The son of legendary hip-hop mogul Suge Knight reignited the theory that rapper Tupac Shakur is alive and well living abroad — and he backed up his claim with pictures. Suge Knight Jr. posted a photo on Instagram Wednesday with the words: “Tupac Is Alive.” He followed it with another post of two messages he claimed to have received following the Tupac claim. “You said to (sic) much,” the text message chain allegedly read. “Time for you to go.” Knight appeared to have replied, “The Truth will be out and I’m not going anywhere,” followed by a middle-finger emoji. Knight reportedly goes onto claim on his Instagram story that Shakur is living in Malaysia. He later explained that he wasn’t on any kind of drugs and shared one last mysterious post, according to Complex. “I'm safe and just know it was self defense. #killuminati.” Knight also posted two photos which appear to show Shakur. In one photo the rapper is next to 50 Cent and in the other photo he’s posing with Beyonce. Shakur died on Sept. 13, 1996 after he was shot six times in Las Vegas. There have been no arrests in his murder and the killing is still considered to be an open investigation. Many theories have risen since then, claiming that Shakur was alive in Cuba or that some people know who the “real killer” is.<doc-sep>Tupac is still alive? (Picture: Getty Images) Suge K. Knight’s son claims the late rapper Tupac Shakur is still alive and living in Malaysia. The son of the Death Row Records boss, Suge J. Knight, made the claims on his Instagram suggesting that the fatal shooting in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996 was staged. The Brenda’s Got A Baby hitmaker died from gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting in a car driven by Suge Snr. ‘Tupac is alive… he never left us,’ he wrote whilst sharing images of a man, who looks like what Tupac would look like today, hugging a modern-day Beyonce and 50 Cent. He also shared a video on his social media page of a man who looks like the late Hail Mary rapper, filmed in Malaysia before claiming that an organisation is attempting to silence him from sharing his claims online. Suge Knight’s son believes Tupac is still alive (Picture: sugejknight/Instagram) The son of the incarcerated music mogul then shared screengrabs of an eerie direct message which read: ‘You said to much. Time for you to go [sic],’ he then replied: ‘The truth will be out and I’m not going anywhere.’ Insisting that he is ‘not on drugs’, he said on this page: ‘They’ll be after me soon smh [sic].’ Suge Jnr, did not stop there as he also posted another video claiming that people were following him as he called the supposed secret society, the Illuminati, ‘powerful’ He posted: ‘Beware of fake accounts. Their job is to distract you. The Illuminati are all about power. This is why you see powerful names getting locked up.’ At 25, Tupac was shot four times as he pulled up outside Las Vegas’ Club 662 in a black BMW owned and driven by Suge Knight who was his music executive at the time. His murder case has been unsolved all this time but has been the talking point of many conspiracy theorists for the past two decades. Suge Knight has been sentenced to 28 years in prison (Picture: Pool Reuters) In an unrelated case, Suge Knight Snr was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison after striking a plea deal for involuntary manslaughter. The hit-and-run incident took place at a restaurant car park in Compton, Los Angeles following an argument between Suge and the two men on the nearby set of N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton. Meanwhile, another conspiracy theorist has said that Tupac is alive and living in Cuba which is one of the more popular theories out there as the rapper’s aunt Assata Shakur fled to the Caribbean island as a political asylum in 1984 after escaping from prison. Now Michael Nice, whose YouTube channel centers on this conspiracy theory, now claims to have strong evidence that late Cuban President, Fidel Castro, allowed the musician to live in his country secretly. In his latest YouTube video, Michael, who has 49,000 subscribers, alleges: ‘I have audio and video evidence of Fidel Castro confirming he sanctioned Tupac to live in Cuba. Although it’s been more than two decades, Tupac’s death remains a topic of interest for many hip hop fans. In September, Eminem sparked controversy when he jokingly accused P Diddy of orchestrating Tupac’s murder on his new album Kamikaze. Got a showbiz story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. MORE : Tupac’s estate regains control of his unreleased music after winning legal battle MORE : Suge Knight ‘cracks joke’ in courtroom as he’s sentenced to 28 years in prison for hit-and-run death<doc-sep>Everything you know about the death of rap don Tupac Shakur is wrong, according to fever dream-like posts by the son of Suge Knight, the very man who was with Pac when he was shot. The most accepted chronology of Shakur’s last hours on September 7th place him at a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, later getting into a car with Knight to take both men to another party location. Sitting in a BMW on the Vegas strip at 11pm, a mysterious white Cadillac pull up next to their vehicle and opened fire. Tupac was shot four times, Suge escaped with a light graze from bullet fragments. Rushed to a nearby hospital, Shakur succumbed to his injuries six days later Theories have always been thrown around, claiming that Pac never actually left us, in the same vein that Elvis never died, but had to fake their deaths to live lives out of the spotlight. Suge J. Knight added fuel to the conspiracy theory fire this week by posting to his Instagram account that Tupac “never left us,” and of all places, would you know that he’s been living quietly in Malaysia this whole time. Another post appears to be a text conversation between Suge J. and a person who tells him “you said too much,” and “time for you to go.” Subsequent posts show an image of Shakur with various celebrities who would appear to be the world’s best secret-keepers if these were actually real. While Beyonce strikes us as a vault of tales, 50-cent seems like a right ninny, if his social media account and sundry beefs are anything to go by, so we’re gonna have to call bullsh*t. He later told his followers to watch his story, where he claimed that Pac was alive and well in Malaysia, and that he was “not on drugs.” He also added that it was in “self-defense,” and added the hashtag #killuminati. No word on any Malaysian having ever encountered Tupac, or his likeness, but if we’re going to play this game, let’s suggest that he’s been hiding out in Puchong, might have been a student here at one time, and definitely went to Lust back in the day. Story continues The post Tupac Shakur is alive and well, and living in Malaysia according to Suge Knight’s son appeared first on Coconuts.<doc-sep>
On September 7, 1996 Suge Knight convinced Tupac Shakur to go see a Mike Tyson fight against Bruce Seldon at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. While driving to an afterparty, a white Cadillac pulled up next to Knight and Tupac's BMW and opened fire. Tupac was hit four times and rushed to University Medical Center where he died of his wounds six days later. But in the two decades since his untimely death, rumors and conspiracy theories have claimed that Tupac somehow survived the shooting and fled to a foreign country where he could hide from the spotlight and the growing threats from rivals. In fact, it remains one of the most popular celebrity conspiracy theories of all time, and now, Suge Knight's own son is fueling the rumors by claiming Tupac is indeed alive. On his Instagram this week, Suge J. Knight claims that Tupac "never left us" and is living in Malaysia. It began with a post that simply said Tupac is alive. Next, he posted a bizarre text thread that appeared to be chastising him for claiming that Tupac was alive. "You said to much," the first message read. "Time for you to go." Refusing to be silenced, he responded, "The truth will be out and I'm not going anywhere." He then posted a series of photos of Tupac with 50 Cent and with Beyoncé. On the Beyoncé photo, he included the caption: "He never left us. They’ll be after me soon smh." Then he directed his followers to his story where he claimed that Tupac is living in Malaysia and said he's "not on drugs" and "I'm safe and just know it was self defense. #killuminati." It's a strange series of posts, especially considering his father's relationship to Tupac. Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.