Is Tupac alive? Bizarre theory claims that rapper is not dead and working on new music

Tupac Shakur was fatally shot multiple times in 1996 on his way to a party with his friend Suge Knight

PUBLISHED OCT 16, 2022

Tupac was shot dead on his way to a party in 1996 (@2pac/Instagram)

Tupac Shakur is alive! At least that's what the son of his good friend Suge J. Knight claims as truth. Knight has not just widely claimed that the rapper is alive, but also that he is working on new music!

Knight’s father Suge Knight, was with Shakur on the day of his fatal shooting in 1996 in Las Vegas when they had left after watching a fight between Mike Tyson and Bruce Sheldon. They were on their way to a party. Shakur was 25. In the many years that followed, Shakur has been the central subject of intrigue and discussions alike- his death being a favorite topic of discussion amongst fans 26 years later.

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The man who makes these claims, Suge J Knight, is the son of Suge Knight, he was one of Shakur’s closest friends and is the last person to see him before the shooting. He is now serving a 28-year jail sentence after being acquitted in a hit-and-run case, to which he pleaded no contest.

Suge J Knight’s son, however, has been making wild claims about the rapper’s (supposed) health. In many years since Tupac’s death, Knight Jr has made many claims about how the rapper was still alive, despite his widely known death in September 1996.

As per a report made by the Daily Star, Suge J Knight took to his Instagram account in 2018 to claim that Tupac was still alive and was actually living out his days in Malaysia! He later posted pictures of texts which seem to be scolding him for revealing the ‘secret.’ Not only did he make bizarre claims about the singer who is widely known to be dead, but he further went a step forward and also assured everyone that Shakur was ‘not on drugs.’

Later in 2019, he said that Tupac was back in the studio and that he was working on new music!

But it might just be a big hoax because after all, Tupac’s death was well documented. It may also be because Suge J Knight was looking for some internet clout, which his statements indicate. “Everybody was like, ‘What's going on?’ I went and got 200,000 followers within two days. And I was like, ‘Wow, like this is, this is crazy. Germany's calling me [to do interviews], and I don't even speak German’," he said.