A&E’s “Who Killed Tupac?”-Review
Who Killed Tupac?
On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was gunned down in the streets of Las Vegas. He was riding in a car next to his record producer and friend, Suge Knight. Several bullets struck Tupac. He died a week later. 20 years have passed and the crime has still gone unsolved despite multiple clues and suspects. According to Ben Crump this is a miscarriage of justice. A civil crime against one of the most outspoken and politically vocal rap artists of all time.

Afeni Shukur, Tupac’s mother, was a well known Black Panther Party member. “Who Killed Tupac?” looks into the early years growing up in such a well known family. Tupacs brother, Mopreme Shakur, remembers how his family was under constant surveillance by the FBI and government officials. Mopreme talk about the time when they were younger and watching “Enter the Dragon” and would have “white men in suits” rummaging through their trash outside.
Did you know that there are 26 additional murders associated with the murder of Tupac Shakur?
E.D. I.Mean, Tupacs childhood friend and band mate, recounts how visionary Tupac was at an early age. He remembers that Tupac’s mother always stressed “Intelligence” above all else. Tupac’s mother would make him read the Wall Street Journal and E.D.I. says that Tupac always had a great imagination.

Three out of four of the female eye witnesses to the shooting return to the scene of the crime and recount what they had seen. They were the last people to talk to Suge and Tupac. They were in the car that was in front of the shooters car just before the incident.
“Who Killed Tupac” speaks to the first police officer on the scene, bike officer Chris Carroll. Carroll recalls the chaos of the scene and being the first responder. As he watched Tupac dying he asked Tupac for a “dying declaration” of who shot him. A dying declaration is an admissible piece of verbal evidence that can come from a person who is dying. Tupacs response to Officer Carroll was: ”Fuck you”. Officer Carroll remembers that he was meeting a lot, of what he calls, “passive resistance” from Tupac’s entourage when trying to find out what had happened to the 25 year old rapper.

The series explores over 6 episodes eye-witness testimony and the heresy of conspiracy theories. Ben Crump is trying to connect all of the pieces of evidence to break the silence that has left this crime unsolved for over two decades.

“The truth is out there!”
Tune into the 6-part series Biography: “Who Killed Tupac?” starting November 21st at 9pm ET/PT on A&E to see it for yourself. Check your local listings for show times.