How old was 2pac when he died
The rapper would not see his father again until he was 23. The truth behind Tupac's murder has never been uncovered. Tupac's father, Billy Garland, was also a Panther but lost contact with Afeni when Tupac was five years old.
Theories about the shooting have included Crips after revenge, Wallace arranging a hit or Knight seeking to prevent Tupac from leaving Death Row Records - but all denied any involvement. Tupacs father, Billy Garland, was also a Panther but lost contact with Afeni when Tupac was five years old. He died on September 13, 1996, six days after he'd been shot. Jones, family and friends flocked to the hospital to see him.Īn unconscious Tupac was resuscitated before his mother directed hospital personnel not to do so again. His right lung was removed and he was placed on a ventilator and respirator. Tupac was taken to the hospital, where he would go through several surgeries. In other accounts, Tupac's last words included, "I can't breathe" and "I’m dyin', man." In 2014, a retired Las Vegas cop said Tupac told him, "F**k you," when asked who'd shot him. Police and emergency personnel were soon at the scene. However, Knight's vehicle had two blown-out tires, so he didn't get far before coming to a stop. Knight, whose head had been grazed, then drove away in the BMW. A gunman in that car fired about 13 rounds, hitting Tupac four times before the Cadillac sped off. On the road, a white Cadillac pulled up alongside Knight's BMW. In a 1997 New Yorker article, one said of Tupac, "He didn't realize, or he refused to accept, what anyone from the street would have known - that you can't fire Kenner, you don't leave Death Row." Representing both a company and a signed artist presented a conflict of interest, but some of Tupac's friends still considered his decision to fire Kenner a mistake. On August 27, Tupac fired David Kenner, a lawyer for Death Row who'd taken on Tupac as a client when Tupac signed to the label.
Of course, given Tupac's ongoing success, Knight and Death Row wouldn't have wanted to lose him. Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, a Crips gang member who was beaten up by the Death Row entourage a few hours before Shakurs shooting.
Tupac remained loyal to Death Row in public, as when he stated in an August Vibe interview, "Me and Suge will always do business together, forever." However, Tupac was reportedly interested in signing to a new label as he'd completed his required three albums. At the time of Tupac's death, Death Row calculated he owed the label $4.9 million his bail money was among the costs on Tupac's tab. Since his return to California, he'd been putting out hits and had reached $60 million in album sales, but he'd seen very little money. By the summer of 1996, Tupac was wondering where his Death Row royalties were.