Tupac Assassination - Conspiracy Or Revenge

Who killed Tupac? The debate rages on…

Eleven years on from Tupac’s shooting on the streets of Las Vegas the argument over who was behind the rapper’s demise continues unabated. Co-written by Tupac’s bodyguard Big Frank Alexander, Tupac Assassination feels like one of the slickly-made crime documentaries that have a habit of turning up on Channel 5 as it goes about its forensically in-depth re-examination of the manner and circumstances of Tupac’s death.

Unlike Nick Broomfield’s Biggie & Tupac, little or no mention is made of Tupac’s beef with the similarly star-crossed Biggie Smalls. Instead, using interviews with a former prosecuting attorney, homicide detectives, Tupac protégés The Outlawz and, most significantly, his bodyguards, this details the Las Vegas police department’s alleged botched investigation. It’s argued that Tupac’s killing bears all the hallmarks of a meticulously planned hit, with the argued motivation being that Tupac was about to leave Suge Knight’s Death Row operation en route to setting up his own label, Makaveli. Numerous angles have been taken now, and still it’s destined to remain conjecture.

Liberation Entertainment | LIB 6131

Reviewed by Grahame Bent
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