Tupac by Tony Combs

The death of Tupac Shakur has been a conspiracy for more than ten years. Tupac was a famous rapper who did not fear anything and felt free to express his feelings. He was murdered in Las Vegas Nevada at the age of twenty five years old in year of 1996, after watching boxer Mike Tyson in the MGM Grand. The MGM Grand is where major events take place, such as boxing events. Cameras showed Tupac Shakur and his friends get into an altercation with gang member rivals in the building of the MGM. Just fifteen minutes after the altercation, he was shot multiple times in the middle of the road while in his vehicle then he was rushed to the hospital. At the time, Tupac and rapper Biggie Smalls’ were rivals. Some say Biggie Smalls’ the signee of Bad Boy Records had something to do with his death. Even though it could not be proven. Less than a year later Biggie Smalls was killed as well. Tupac Shakur’s manager Suge Knight and ex owner of Death Row Records said Tupac is not dead. He moved away to live in peace and to avoid prison (Suge Knight).

            Tupac Shakur believed in getting pay back, rather if it were physically or verbally. Once he recovered from his bullet wounds his friends and himself went to one of Biggie Smalls’ album promoting parties in California. Where he had tried to get to Biggie but a gun was drawn on him by one of his security guards (Notorious). After that every chance Tupac had to “diss” Biggie Smalls’ he did it. Prior to that situation where the gun was drawn on him he had previously made a “diss” track

saying things about biggie smalls, his wife, his kids and all of his friends Biggie Smalls’ hanged around. He never had any intentions on attempting to become friends with someone who he has already disliked. Once he didn’t like someone there was no turning back (Shakur). He considered himself as a “thug” and others saw him as one as well. On Tupac’s stomach he had tattoos that said Thug Life, a tattoo of a machine gun, and a tattoo that said M.O.B. He had many more tattoos but those were the main one that were really noticed by the public (Shakur, Tupac Amaru). He would also use the words of his tattoos in his songs often (Shakur, Tupac).

            Biggie Smalls said in the movie Notorious; “you never knew which side of Tupac you were going to get, if you ask ten different people what kind of guy Pac is, you would get ten different answers” (Notorious). Tupac was the type who did not care what others thought about him and his crew felt that they could not be touched.

If Tupac or his crew did not get their way in situations or thought someone was trying to get over them involving money, there were always consequences. Tupac’s manager Suge Knight was just as crazy and they were always together. Suge Knight was an ex body guard, who was known for bullying people to get what he wanted. Which reflected on Tupac, rumors say Tupac did not completely change when he was signed by Death Row but his level of craziness did change a little. Suge Knight had a numerous amount of friends that were just as a bully as he was, they were labeled by the name of Death Row but they were also known as gang members that made themselves known as “Bloods” as well.

 There were rumors going around that Tupac was ready to leave his current label “Death Row” because he felt has if his share of money was not what it was supposed to be. He never spoke on wanting to leave Death Row but his close friends always said he did in interviews they spoke in (Walker). They also spoke on his only way out of Death Row was if Tupac was to die. People say Tupac wanted to leave the record label the same reason Dr. Dre wanted to. Dr. Dre wanted to leave Death Row because of all the violence the record label caused plus the money he was promised that he somehow never received (Straight Outta Compton). Shortly after Dr. Dre parted with record label “N.W.A.” he lost everything he had and didn’t have money to feed himself and his family. After months of struggling Suge Knight came along and signed Dr. Dr. Dre to Death Row (Straight Outta Compton).

Although before Dr. Dre was signed by Death Row, Suge Knight would give Dr. Dre money for him and his girlfriend to survive (Straight Outta Compton). He also let them travel with him to different Countries and States. Once he was finally signed Dr. Dre felt he could not let Suge down because he took care of him and his family when they did not have anything. Suge also felt Dr. Dre owed him, because of the money he had given him. He felt he had power over Dr. Dre and make him do what he wanted and talk to him any kind of way. One day Dr. Dre had enough of the terrible things Suge Knight was doing and tried to talk to him about it but Suge did not want to hear his opinion. Dr. Dre wanted to leave the label and made it known he did not want to be a part of Death Row Records anymore.

Suge Knight the owner of Death Row was always the instigator of their team (Straight Outta Compton). He always made sure he got his way; if he didn’t, he knew he could bully someone into getting what he wanted. He has bullied many people out of record deal contracts, money and many more things. Tupac’s friends spoke on why he never said publicly way he wanted to leave Death Row. They said he never complained to the media about wanting to leave because he felt as if he owed Suge Knight for always having his back and bailing him out of jail, spending thousand and thousand of dollars. Suge Knight first bailed Tupac out of jail when he was signed by label by the name of the “Out Laws”.

Around the time Tupac was signed to Death Row Records by Suge Knight, he was going through a lot, which was why the first conspiracy theory is when Suge Knight said Tupac moved away to avoid going back to prison for being guilty of a rape case.

Tupac had recently got shot five times while being robbed. Just a few days after he survived the five bullets wounds, he was announced guilty of a sex abuse charge and was sent to jail immediately. When he was bailed out of jail, Tupac immediately became better friends with Suge Knight than they were before. Tupac knew if he attempted to try anything with anyone he disliked it probably would not have went his way. It was pretty obviously Tupac knew if he had Suge Knight and the rest of Death Row Records behind him that he could be untouchable.

When Tupac was released from jail he went for everybody he didn’t like. He said Biggie Smalls set him up (Notorious), which started commotion between both of them. Biggie Smalls found it hard to believe that Tupac would have thought he would have set him up. What really put the icing on the cake is the song Biggie Smalls wrote a few days after Tupac had gotten shot. The name of the song was “Who shot ya”.

The second conspiracy theory is Biggie Smalls’ setting Tupac up to get killed because he made a song called named “Who shot ya”.  When that song was released and played on the radio, it took their problems to another level. When Biggie Smalls’ found out Tupac accused him of setting him up he had all radio stations stop playing the song hoping the drama would calm down. Fans and labels began to choose sides. Tupac represented the “West Coast” and Biggie Smalls represented the “East Coast”. According to (Notorious) the day Tupac had gotten shot five times Biggie Smalls tried to visit him at the hospital, but doctors and family would not let any members of Bad Boy Records in for visitation.

          When Tupac was bonded out of jail by Suge Knight, he immediately went after everyone who was signed to Bad Boy records, making a song called “Hit ‘Em up” (Notorious). After the song was released, it made the madness between both record labels get worse than it was. The media and magazines did everything they could to keep the East Coast and West Coast rivalry going. In the “Hit ‘Em Up” diss track, Tupac let all of his anger go on the entire Bad Boy Record label saying he’s had sexual conflict with Biggie Smalls’ wife. How he would kill everyone signed with Bad Boy Records including their kids. (Shakur, Tupac Amaru). At this point, there was no sitting down and talking about it. Tupac wanted physical contact with every signee of Bad Boy. Their situation and anger had gone too far to sit down and talk things out. From that point on, Death Row members began to appear at Biggie Smalls’ concerts making it known by holding signs and sending life threatening phones calls to Biggie Smalls’ phone (Notorious).

While the whole East Coast vs. West Coast was going on, Tupac still had to deal with being accused of raping a woman. In court, Tupac said “the judge and jury did not want to hear anything I had to say (Outside Court). This case isn’t about me anymore, it’s all based off of my Thug Life tattoos and what I chose to say in my lyrics” (Shakur, Tupac) It was pretty obvious to Tupac that he had no chance in winning the rape case. He then did not say a word for many days of being in court. When he finally spoke, the last words he said to the judge was “I am not getting a fair share I can see so you can give me however much time you want to give me, because I am not in your hands I am in god’s hands” (Walker).

 Suge Knight spoke on Tupac faking his death. He says he knew how Tupac thinks, and the last thing Tupac wanted to do was go to prison (Suge Knight). He said Tupac would have rather died than go back to prison. Suge Knight told the reporter Tupac moved away to live in peace and to avoid all of the charges he had been accused of (Suge Knight Reveals That Tupac Shakur “faked His Death”). He also said he paid a guy to cremate Tupac and after he paid the guy who supposedly cremated him he retired and was never seen again. In the survey results of my two conspiracy theories, more people believed Tupac moved away to live a peaceful life than the people who believed Biggie Smalls’ set him up to be killed.

Did Biggie Smalls set Tupac up after that fighting altercation at the MGM Grand, or did he really move away to avoid going to jail and to live a normal life like Suge Knight spoke in an interview? The conspiracy’s remains unknown.

                                                                    Work Cited

Notorious. Dir. George Tilman. 2009. DVD.

Outside Court '94, Full Interview. Screenplay by 2 PAC. 2012.

Shakur, Tupac A. "Tupac Shakur - 5 Prophecies Fulfilled In His Music." HipHopDX. 2 Apr.     2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.

Shakur, Tupac. "WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog." WordPress.com. Escobar Rivera, 28 Nov. 2010. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.

Shakur, Tupac Amaru. "2Pac - Hit 'Em Up (Dirty) (Official Video) HD." YouTube. YouTube, 4 June 1996. Web. 24 Feb. 2016.

Straight Outta Compton. Dir. F. Gary. Perf. O'shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Michell. 2015. Film.

Suge Knight Reveals That Tupac Shakur “faked His Death”. Screenplay by Suge Knight. 2015.

Walker Natasha About: 2Pac Didn't Like Death Row & 2pac Acting Different at Death Row.   Screenplay by Natasha Walker. 2014.

Marilyn Monroe by Emily Givens

        
     Marilyn Monroe was such a iconic lady of the 1950’s. She was loved by many and still idolized today. They found her dead in her room on August 5, 1962 (Welkos). What really happened to the beloved Marilyn? There are many different theories portrayed about her death.

1.   Did Marilyn kill herself?

2.   Where the Kennedy’s involved?

3.   Did the mafia murder her?

Character Analysis

      Let’s take a look at Marilyn Monroe and the conspiracies theories surrounding her death, with the most possible solution of death be the Kennedy’s.

     Who was Marilyn Monroe? Google “icon” and Marilyn’s picture would be right there. Marilyn was the women every young girl looked up to in the sixties. Her beautiful bleached hair and curvy body was what attracted men and some women to her. As one of her jobs as a play boy model life was pretty easy we all thought, taking pictures all the time having everything you could every want, but on that tragic day in 1962 we all wondered “why did she do this”?

      How did the world see Marilyn? She was a star, a mystery, intelligent, beautiful, shy, determined, and there are so many more out there but one thing was, she was loved by many (Stewart, Sara).  Marilyn was a real woman, and to those who knew her Monroe was a devoted, if troubled, actress who took her craft seriously (1). In interviews, they remember her as an exceptionally bright and determined woman with a sly sense of humor (Susan King, Los Angeles Times)— a far cry from the sweet but dumb blonds she played in such hits as 1953's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," 1955's "The Seven Year Itch" and 1959's "Some Like It Hot.” She was also someone who could be very hard to work with just because she was so insecure about herself and she wanted to make everything she did perfect (2).

          Marilyn played in the movie “Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend”, but what is funny is that she did not actually like diamonds. She never really liked expensive jewelry, the only thing she really owned where a string of pearls and a diamond ring givens to her by Joe DiMaggio (Beauty and Tips Magazine), her second husband. She also had a very hard childhood. She was put into many different foster homes. Her mother was mentally and financially not stable enough to take care of little Norma Jean (3). There were many people that wanted to adopt young Marilyn but her mother just wouldn’t budge on signing the papers (Chris Wild). After many foster homes, Monroe finally went back to her mother’s friend, Grace. While living there, Monroe was sexually assaulted by Graces husband (4). She moved a few times after that but when she was 16 she moved back in with Grace and Doc (4). They were wanting to move again but didn’t want to take Marilyn, so she married the neighbors son at the age of 16 so she wouldn’t have to go back to foster care (4). They divorced four years later, that same year she began to use the name Marilyn Monroe (4).

      “I am ‘M.M.’ I am not permitted problems, nervousness, humanness, blunders, mistakes . . . and my own thoughts,” she writes in one journal entry. In another, “Maybe I’ll never be able to do what I hope . . . but at least I have hope”. Director Liz Garbus tried to focus on what Monroe went through they all new she was insecure and somewhat depressed when she lost her baby. Monroe always tried to better herself not just to the public but to her husband (4). She had to show people she wasn’t just a dumb blonde taking pictures and being in movies. “She wasn’t dumb at all,” says actress one of the film’s readers. “She was smart — and very well-read. She read all the time, trying to educate herself. But she was fragile. She didn’t have the strength that someone gets if they have a loving mother and father. She was knocked around in foster homes, and she just didn’t have any psychological solidity”. Marilyn wrote every little thing down. She felt like that helped her express her problems and feelings without rubbing anyone the wrong way.

     Monroe was very confident looking she presented herself very well mannered, well sometimes. When she would walk into a room all eyes focused on her, and she knew people were looking right her. She shined like a big star, people dreamed of being her and looking like her, but in all honesty Monroe was tired of having to be perfect for everyone and even herself. These are the famous words of Monroe "I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

    Conspiracy Descriptions (Main Idea and Details with Survey Results)

          In the death of Marilyn, three main theories are sought out. One of the theories suggest that she had overdosed on drugs, and committed suicide, the other two involve two different murders, both connecting to the Kennedy’s.

     The first conspiracy theory composes that Marilyn was just so depressed about her life she killed herself by taking pills before she had went to bed. When the investigators showed up the house and saw Marilyn lying there necked with the phone in one hand and pills scattered all over the place (A&E Publisher). The police just jumped to conclusion saying it was a suicide. They knew she was depressed so they really never even bothered to look further into her death (5). Marilyn had tried to kill herself a few years before so that made it seem more likely that she had killed herself knowing this wasn’t the first time. When they did her autopsy they did find drugs in her system but the thing about it is they were in her blood stream not her stomach where the pills should have been (5).

      The second conclusion is, John F. Kennedy had killed Marilyn. John and Marilyn had a secret relationship while Kennedy was serving as the president of the Untied States. John would sneak her into his room through the secret tunnels in the white house. Monroe was threating to tell political secrets that had been shared to her by both of the brothers (Maria Vultaggio). By that time Bobby Kennedy wanted to shut her up so he did what he had to do and he killed her (6). Supposedly the murder was conducted by giving her a lethal injection, via enema. Traces of pills where not found on her stomach during the autopsy, in fact there was also nothing to drink with the pills to help her swallow them. There also wasn’t any vomit, that usually happens when you over dose on pills. The Kennedys where very sneaky people, they didn’t want to ruin their reputation over one women, so they did what they had to do and killed young Marilyn.

     The last and final theory is that the mafia had killed Monroe. The night before her death she was at the Frank Sinatra lodge (Daniel Bates). She was spotted with the mafia boss Sam  Giancana that night. Kennedy had a little go around with the mafia. The way things happened it sounds like the Kennedys hired Sam to do all the dirty work for him so he could keep his hands clean from the whole situation (7).

     Why do the Kennedys still remain the number one cause of her death? Because all of the things, a president could do and get away with. John had so much power in is hands when he had committed this murder that should have had never happened. Yes Monroe should have just stayed out of the president’s political business, but it should have been just as right for Mr. President to not say a word to his side girlfriend about what was going on with his life.

     Monroe was such a seductive young women, she could have just looked at you, and you would have fallen for her in that split second. To this, day she is still loved and this mystery still remain’s not unsolved. No one knew really exactly what had happened on that day in August of 1962. The Kennedys are both dead and the mafia boss went missing in 1975 (7). All this remains unknown, maybe if Monroe just ignored JFK she would be alive to this very day.

Conclusion

     On August 5, 1962, the iconic lady of the 50’s suddenly died. Our beloved Marilyn was dead. The results of her death led to three conspiracy theories.

1.   Did Marilyn kill herself?

2.   Where the Kennedy’s involved?

3.   Did the mafia murder her?

Even today, 53 years after the beautiful blonde bomb shell had died, her death still remains a mystery. The Kennedy’s still are in the eye of the public linking toward her tragic accident.

 Citations  

Stewart, Sara. "Personal Letters Reveal Marilyn Monroe's Inner Turmoil." New York Post Personal Letters Reveal Marilyn Monroes Innerturmoil Comments. 2013. Web. 10 May 2016. <http://nypost.com/2013/06/13/personal-letters-reveal-marilyn-monroes-inner-turmoil/>.

King, Susan. "Marilyn Monroe: People Who Knew Her Recall the Real Person." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 2012. Web. 10 May 2016. <http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/04/entertainment/la-et-mn-marilyn-monroe-memories-20120804>.

"10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MARILYN MONROE YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT." Beauty And Tips Magazine. Web. 10 May 2016. <http://www.beautyandtips.com/inspirational-people/10-interesting-facts-about-marilyn-monroe-you-probably-didnt-know-about />.

Wild, Chris. "A Young Marilyn Monroe with Her Mother at the Beach." Mashable. 2015. Web. 10 May 2016. <http://mashable.com/2015/03/01/marilyn-monroe-child/#5Q8uSKeJgkqS>.

"Why the Mafia Had to Murder Marilyn Monroe." World. Web. 11 May 2016. <http://www.scotsman.com/news/world/why-the-mafia-had-to-murder-marilyn-monroe-1-1375559>.

York, Daniel Bates In New. "Marilyn Monroe 'spent Her Last Night with Mafia Boss Sam Giancana at Frank Sinatra's Lodge'" Mail Online. Associated Newspapers. Web. 11 May 2016. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1381431/Marilyn-Monroe-spent-night-mafia-boss-Sam-Giancana-Frank-Sinatras-lodge.html>.

"Marilyn Monroe Is Found Dead." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 11 May 2016. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marilyn-monroe-is-found-dead>.

"Marilyn Monroe Death Conspiracy Theories: How Did Norma Jean Die? [PHOTOS]." International Business Times. 2015. Web. 11 May 2016. <http://www.ibtimes.com/marilyn-monroe-death-conspiracy-theories-how-did-norma-jean-die-photos-1944669>.

Death of Tupac Shakur By: Tony Combs

 

The death of Tupac Shakur has been a conspiracy for more than ten years. Tupac was a famous rapper who did not fear anything and felt free to express his feelings. He was murdered in Las Vegas Nevada at the age of twenty five years old in year of 1996, after watching boxer Mike Tyson in the MGM Grand. The MGM Grand is where major events take place, such as boxing events. Cameras showed Tupac Shakur and his friends get into an altercation with gang member rivals in the building of the MGM. Just fifteen minutes after the altercation, he was shot multiple times in the middle of the road while in his vehicle then he was rushed to the hospital. At the time, Tupac and rapper Biggie Smalls’ were rivals. Some say Biggie Smalls’ the signee of Bad Boy Records had something to do with his death. Even though it could not be proven. Less than a year later Biggie Smalls was killed as well. Tupac Shakur’s manager Suge Knight and ex owner of Death Row Records said Tupac is not dead. He moved away to live in peace and to avoid prison (Suge Knight).

            Tupac Shakur believed in getting pay back, rather if it were physically or verbally. Once he recovered from his bullet wounds his friends and himself went to one of Biggie Smalls’ album promoting parties in California. Where he had tried to get to Biggie but a gun was drawn on him by one of his security guards (Notorious). After that every chance Tupac had to “diss” Biggie Smalls’ he did it. Prior to that situation where the gun was drawn on him he had previously made a “diss” track

saying things about biggie smalls, his wife, his kids and all of his friends Biggie Smalls’ hanged around. He never had any intentions on attempting to become friends with someone who he has already disliked. Once he didn’t like someone there was no turning back (Shakur). He considered himself as a “thug” and others saw him as one as well. On Tupac’s stomach he had tattoos that said Thug Life, a tattoo of a machine gun, and a tattoo that said M.O.B. He had many more tattoos but those were the main one that were really noticed by the public (Shakur, Tupac Amaru). He would also use the words of his tattoos in his songs often (Shakur, Tupac).

            Biggie Smalls said in the movie Notorious; “you never knew which side of Tupac you were going to get, if you ask ten different people what kind of guy Pac is, you would get ten different answers” (Notorious). Tupac was the type who did not care what others thought about him and his crew felt that they could not be touched.

If Tupac or his crew did not get their way in situations or thought someone was trying to get over them involving money, there were always consequences. Tupac’s manager Suge Knight was just as crazy and they were always together. Suge Knight was an ex body guard, who was known for bullying people to get what he wanted. Which reflected on Tupac, rumors say Tupac did not completely change when he was signed by Death Row but his level of craziness did change a little. Suge Knight had a numerous amount of friends that were just as a bully as he was, they were labeled by the name of Death Row but they were also known as gang members that made themselves known as “Bloods” as well.

 There were rumors going around that Tupac was ready to leave his current label “Death Row” because he felt has if his share of money was not what it was supposed to be. He never spoke on wanting to leave Death Row but his close friends always said he did in interviews they spoke in (Walker). They also spoke on his only way out of Death Row was if Tupac was to die. People say Tupac wanted to leave the record label the same reason Dr. Dre wanted to. Dr. Dre wanted to leave Death Row because of all the violence the record label caused plus the money he was promised that he somehow never received (Straight Outta Compton). Shortly after Dr. Dre parted with record label “N.W.A.” he lost everything he had and didn’t have money to feed himself and his family. After months of struggling Suge Knight came along and signed Dr. Dr. Dre to Death Row (Straight Outta Compton).

Although before Dr. Dre was signed by Death Row, Suge Knight would give Dr. Dre money for him and his girlfriend to survive (Straight Outta Compton). He also let them travel with him to different Countries and States. Once he was finally signed Dr. Dre felt he could not let Suge down because he took care of him and his family when they did not have anything. Suge also felt Dr. Dre owed him, because of the money he had given him. He felt he had power over Dr. Dre and make him do what he wanted and talk to him any kind of way. One day Dr. Dre had enough of the terrible things Suge Knight was doing and tried to talk to him about it but Suge did not want to hear his opinion. Dr. Dre wanted to leave the label and made it known he did not want to be a part of Death Row Records anymore.

Suge Knight the owner of Death Row was always the instigator of their team (Straight Outta Compton). He always made sure he got his way; if he didn’t, he knew he could bully someone into getting what he wanted. He has bullied many people out of record deal contracts, money and many more things. Tupac’s friends spoke on why he never said publicly way he wanted to leave Death Row. They said he never complained to the media about wanting to leave because he felt as if he owed Suge Knight for always having his back and bailing him out of jail, spending thousand and thousand of dollars. Suge Knight first bailed Tupac out of jail when he was signed by label by the name of the “Out Laws”.

Around the time Tupac was signed to Death Row Records by Suge Knight, he was going through a lot, which was why the first conspiracy theory is when Suge Knight said Tupac moved away to avoid going back to prison for being guilty of a rape case.

Tupac had recently got shot five times while being robbed. Just a few days after he survived the five bullets wounds, he was announced guilty of a sex abuse charge and was sent to jail immediately. When he was bailed out of jail, Tupac immediately became better friends with Suge Knight than they were before. Tupac knew if he attempted to try anything with anyone he disliked it probably would not have went his way. It was pretty obviously Tupac knew if he had Suge Knight and the rest of Death Row Records behind him that he could be untouchable.

 

When Tupac was released from jail he went for everybody he didn’t like. He said Biggie Smalls set him up (Notorious), which started commotion between both of them. Biggie Smalls found it hard to believe that Tupac would have thought he would have set him up. What really put the icing on the cake is the song Biggie Smalls wrote a few days after Tupac had gotten shot. The name of the song was “Who shot ya”.

The second conspiracy theory is Biggie Smalls’ setting Tupac up to get killed because he made a song called named “Who shot ya”.  When that song was released and played on the radio, it took their problems to another level. When Biggie Smalls’ found out Tupac accused him of setting him up he had all radio stations stop playing the song hoping the drama would calm down. Fans and labels began to choose sides. Tupac represented the “West Coast” and Biggie Smalls represented the “East Coast”. According to (Notorious) the day Tupac had gotten shot five times Biggie Smalls tried to visit him at the hospital, but doctors and family would not let any members of Bad Boy Records in for visitation.

          When Tupac was bonded out of jail by Suge Knight, he immediately went after everyone who was signed to Bad Boy records, making a song called “Hit ‘Em up” (Notorious). After the song was released, it made the madness between both record labels get worse than it was. The media and magazines did everything they could to keep the East Coast and West Coast rivalry going. In the “Hit ‘Em Up” diss track, Tupac let all of his anger go on the entire Bad Boy Record label saying he’s had sexual conflict with Biggie Smalls’ wife. How he would kill everyone signed with Bad Boy Records including their kids. (Shakur, Tupac Amaru). At this point, there was no sitting down and talking about it. Tupac wanted physical contact with every signee of Bad Boy. Their situation and anger had gone too far to sit down and talk things out. From that point on, Death Row members began to appear at Biggie Smalls’ concerts making it known by holding signs and sending life threatening phones calls to Biggie Smalls’ phone (Notorious).

While the whole East Coast vs. West Coast was going on, Tupac still had to deal with being accused of raping a woman. In court, Tupac said “the judge and jury did not want to hear anything I had to say (Outside Court). This case isn’t about me anymore, it’s all based off of my Thug Life tattoos and what I chose to say in my lyrics” (Shakur, Tupac) It was pretty obvious to Tupac that he had no chance in winning the rape case. He then did not say a word for many days of being in court. When he finally spoke, the last words he said to the judge was “I am not getting a fair share I can see so you can give me however much time you want to give me, because I am not in your hands I am in god’s hands” (Walker).

 Suge Knight spoke on Tupac faking his death. He says he knew how Tupac thinks, and the last thing Tupac wanted to do was go to prison (Suge Knight). He said Tupac would have rather died than go back to prison. Suge Knight told the reporter Tupac moved away to live in peace and to avoid all of the charges he had been accused of (Suge Knight Reveals That Tupac Shakur “faked His Death”). He also said he paid a guy to cremate Tupac and after he paid the guy who supposedly cremated him he retired and was never seen again. In the survey results of my two conspiracy theories, more people believed Tupac moved away to live a peaceful life than the people who believed Biggie Smalls’ set him up to be killed.

Did Biggie Smalls set Tupac up after that fighting altercation at the MGM Grand, or did he really move away to avoid going to jail and to live a normal life like Suge Knight spoke in an interview? The conspiracy’s remains unknown.

 

 

 

 

 

Work Cited

Notorious. Dir. George Tilman. 2009. DVD.

Outside Court '94, Full Interview. Screenplay by 2 PAC. 2012.

Shakur, Tupac A. "Tupac Shakur - 5 Prophecies Fulfilled In His Music." HipHopDX. 2 Apr.     2001. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.

Shakur, Tupac. "WordPress.com: Create a Free Website or Blog." WordPress.com. Escobar Rivera, 28 Nov. 2010. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.

Shakur, Tupac Amaru. "2Pac - Hit 'Em Up (Dirty) (Official Video) HD." YouTube. YouTube, 4 June 1996. Web. 24 Feb. 2016.

Straight Outta Compton. Dir. F. Gary. Perf. O'shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Michell. 2015. Film.

Suge Knight Reveals That Tupac Shakur “faked His Death”. Screenplay by Suge Knight. 2015.

Walker Natasha About: 2Pac Didn't Like Death Row & 2pac Acting Different at Death Row.   Screenplay by Natasha Walker. 2014.