{"id":2792,"date":"2009-04-29T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T13:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/is-tupac-alive.html"},"modified":"2009-04-29T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T13:43:22","slug":"is-tupac-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/04\/is-tupac-alive.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Tupac Alive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tupacbetterpictmz.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/tupacbetterpictmz.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"157\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>In the world of music and pop culture, the question &#8220;Is Tupac really dead?&#8221; will generate as many answers and explainations as &#8220;Is there a God?&#8221; and &#8220;What&#8217;s the meaning of life?&#8221; Everyone has an opinion.<br \/>\nAccording to media reports (and, um, Wikipedia) Tupac Shukur died on September 13, 1996 after being shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. To go into the background surrounding Tupac&#8217;s gang life, successful rap career, and the many enemies he made over the course of his life would take a lot more time than I&#8217;m willing to go into here. However, I have heard good things about the (aptly?) titled 2003 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0343121\/\" target=\"_blank\">documentary &#8220;Tupac: Resurrection&#8221;<\/a> in case you&#8217;re interested). According to many Tupac fans, he&#8217;s alive, most likely in hiding and\/or in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makaveli-board.net\/showthread.php?t=9596\" target=\"_blank\">federal witness protection program<\/a>. The search term &#8220;Tupac is alive&#8221; on Google yields 248,000 results&#8211;many of the articles that come up, like this one, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nairaland.com\/nigeria\/topic-17232.0.html\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Reasons Why 2Pac is Alive<\/a>, attempt to provide answers to exactly why Tupac would have faked his death.<br \/>\nNow, TMZ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2009\/04\/29\/tupac-is-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\">has posted a photo, claiming it is the rapper<\/a> drinking at a bar in New Orleans last weekend.<br \/>\nWhat do you think? Is it really Tupac? Just a look-a-like? Post your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of music and pop culture, the question &#8220;Is Tupac really dead?&#8221; will generate as many answers and explainations as &#8220;Is there a God?&#8221; and &#8220;What&#8217;s the meaning of life?&#8221; Everyone has an opinion. 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