A new book presents a new theory about the two decades-old mystery surrounding the murder of the rapper Tupac Shakur. According to the book, Tupac was the victim of an assassination orchestrated by the CIA.
John Potash, in his book Drugs As Weapons Against Us, claims that Tupac was killed by the CIA in a drive-by shooting because the authorities feared he was trying to forge Los Angeles street gangs into a unified political force.
But the rap star died six days after he was shot and wounded four times on September 7, 1996, at the age of 25. Notorious B.I.G. was also murdered six months later in March 1997.
Tupac's death generated a host of conspiracy theories, including that he survived the shooting and went into hiding. Some claimed that he faked his death and that he was hiding in Cuba.