Large amounts of the sightings, even in futuristic 2018, seem to assume that Tupac would look the same 22 years after he was last seen. Just some dude who is similarly handsome and was possibly inspired by his resemblance to Tupac to try the nosering/bandana look as, come on, it looked great on Tupac.All of these seem to come down to either: Like Elvis before him, Tupac is frequently ‘seen’ alive and well, all over the place, and occasionally even photographed. The ongoing mysteries surrounding it remain a source of fascination to millions - last year, the BMW he was riding in when he was shot sold for US$1.5 million.Īnd then there are the sightings. Fans combed his lyrics for supposed clues about his death, piecing together snippets from his posthumous release The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (released under the name Makaveli, which theorists noted is an anagram of ‘AM ALIVE K’ - there’s no suggestion as to what the K stands for) to conclude that his death was faked. His notoriety in life, the lack of a conviction and the similarly mysterious death of the Notorious BIG six months later all contributed to the idea that something unusual was going on. Nobody saw his body, and there were rumours that the body that was cremated just wasn’t him - people spoke of autopsy photos in which he was missing a neck tattoo. He was cremated on 14 September, just a day after he died, and theories started to circulate immediately that his death had been faked. What a horrible, tragic, appalling shame. Eventually his mother asked the medical team to stop attempting to resuscitate him.

He was shot four times by an unknown assailant and placed in a medically-induced coma for six days while doctors worked around the clock to save him. Shakur died as the best rapper in the world, and went from being a superstar to a legend. Gone before they got a big tax bill and did some shitty adverts, or appeared in reality TV shows following messy divorces.

Immortal in the same way as Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix, forever young and beautiful, gone before they did anything rubbish, or their looks faded, or they gained weight. Not a literal way - he was dead at the age of 25 - but in the way that anyone at the top of their game, taken in their prime, does.

When Tupac Shakur was gunned down in 1996, in a way he became immortal.

Lil half dead killed tupac