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Tupac 'faked his own death' on THIS day in 1996 'His family knows'

TUPAC SHAKUR was gunned down in a hail of bullets in a gang-related attack on September 13, 1996, in
Las Vegas but many believe the star staged the whole thing. Did 2Pac fake his own death and flee to the
only place US police could not find him?

By STEFAN KYRIAZIS

PUBLISHED: 10:41, Sun, Sep 13, 2020 | UPDATED: 10:46, Sun, Sep 13, 2020

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It remains one of the most notorious murders in music history. One of the biggest black music stars in
the US was gunned down in his car after a shocking drive-by shooting on the streets of Las Vegas. Six
days later he died in hospital, followed by months of retaliatory violence and deaths between gangs and
leading members of the rap community. Six months later, his fellow star and former friend turned bitter
rival The Notorious BIG, real name Christopher Wallace, was also shot dead in another unsolved drive-by
attack. Apart from numerous claimed sightings of Tupas alive and well, a film maker close to the family
says he has evidence the rapper was warned of the attack and faked his own death.

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The night of teh shooting, Tupac attended a Mike Tyson boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
After the match, there was a fight in the lobby of the hotel when Tupac's record label boss Suge Knight
said he spotted a Crips gang member who had tried to rob him previously in a Footlocker store.

Tupac confronted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson and then knocked him to the floor.

Later that night at around 11.15pm a white Cadillac car pulled alongside the rapper's black BMW and
shot were fired. Tupac was hit four times – in the arm, leg and twice in the chest – and one bullet
entered his right lung.

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Tupac Shakur and mother Afeni in new film (Image: GETTY )

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Many believed Anderson and his Crips gang mates shot Tupac in revenge. Police investigations were
hampered by lack of willing witnesses, including all those who had been with Tupac in the car. Even the
star himself refused to co-operate with questioning immediately after the attack.

He was sedated and then placed into a medically induced coma at the hospital, Las Vegas' University
Medical Center (UMC), and died on September 13. His body was immediately cremated the following
day.

An upcoming film claims to have support from Tupac's own family for the extraordinary claims he
arranged for a double to take his place in the car that night and fled to Navajo tribal lands where US
police can not easily follow.

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Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. (Image: GETTY )

It all sounds extraordinary but the filmmaker, Bob Rose, has close connections to 2Pac's family and to the
rap community.

He said of his film, 2Pac: The Great Escape from UMC: ""You can write a fiction story but this is not a
fiction.

"This is facts through certain people I know.This movie is about Tupac actually escaping from University
Medical Center here in Vegas and relocating to New Mexico... Getting protection from the Navajo tribe."
Boss claims Tupac knew of a planned attack before he even arrived in Las Vegas and staged the entire
evening. Which also potentially means someone else was shot in his place.

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Of course, this also would mean that friends, family nd even hospital authorities colluded with the
deception or were deceived.

Boss clains Tupac then fled across state borders: "When certain FBI agencies are looking for you, they are
going to block the airport. So you can't travel out so the best way to escape is through helicopter, private
helicopter to another state."

Some weight is given to his claims by the fact he knows leading rap figures G-Money and Snoop Dog,
who collaborated with Tupac. Boss' father also knew Tupac's mother Afeni, dating back to their
involvement in the Black Panther political Party.

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