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= Tupac Shakur Death Theories = Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by shooting on Saturday, September 7, 1996, at 11:15 pm. Shakur was on his way to a night club in Las Vegas, Nevada after leaving a boxing match at the MGM Grand Arena. A white Cadillac pulled up next to the car that Shakur was in at a stoplight and opened fire. Shakur was hit once in the arm, once in the thigh, and twice in the chest. He was rushed to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada and put into a medically induced coma after repeatedly trying to get out of bed. Shakur died six days later, on September 13, 1996, at 4:03 pm. His official cause of death was cardiac arrest. The death is still unsolved.

Gang Retaliation
On the night of September 7, 1996, while leaving the MGM Grand Arena, Shakur and his crew jumped a man named Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson. Some of Tupac's close crew members were affiliated with the Bloods while Anderson was reportedly affiliated with the Crips. The car that Shakur was in during the time of the shooting was accompanied by ten other cars following behind who said Anderson was the shooter.

Suge Knight and Death Row
It was reported that Tupac Shakur was tired of doing business with Death Row Records, the label company that he was affiliated with, and wanted out. He was ready to leave Death Row and start his own label. Suge Knight, the CEO of Death Records, was with Shakur the night he was shot and was driving the car he was in when shot. Knight was also injured too during the shooting.

Suge Knights Ex-Wife
Recently conspiracy theorists have accused Suge Knight's ex-wife Sharitha Golden as orchestrating the murder. Some believe that Golden and the former head of security at Death Row Records planned to kill Knight to take control of the record label and that Shakur was just killed in the crossfire. Golden has recently denied these reports.

East Coast vs. West Coast
One of the more popular murder theories is that Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious BIG, orchestrated the murder. Shakur and Wallace were close friends until an incident outside a New York nightclub in 1994 where Tupac was shot and robbed. Soon thereafter Biggie Smalls released a song called "Who Shot Ya?" Which was believed to be about the shooting. Tupac then released a song called "Hit Em Up" which was believed to be a distract claiming that Shakur had had an affair with Wallace's wife Faith Evans. By killing Shakur, Wallace would be the poster boy of rap with hardly any competition. Wallace was killed in a drive by shooting 2 years later in what was believed to be retaliation of Tupac's death.

Tupac is Still Alive
The most popular conspiracy is that Tupac Shakur is still alive. Many believe that Shakur faked his death and has been hiding out in Cuba. Conspiracy theorists believe that because there was no funeral and no autopsy photos were released, that there was no death. Shakur's mother has stated that "he went out quietly" and some believe that this meant he just couldn't handle all of the noise around him and wanted to get out of the spotlight. Suge Knight has even said that he believes that Shakur is still alive because they were "laughing and joking days before [his death]".