Tupac: A Thug Life is an anthology and collection of writings on the rapper Tupac Shakur released in 2005 by Plexus Publishing in the UK. The book was edited by Sam Brown with a foreword by music journalist Kris Ex. The title was taken from a quote by Shakur, who once said, "I didn't choose the thug life; the thug life chose me.

1. 2PAC AND HIS LIFE

2. Birth name: Parish Lesane Crooks Later changed to
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Also known as: 2Pac, Makaveli
Born: June 16,1971 New York City
Origin: Oakland (1991-1992)
Died: September 13, 1996Las Vegas (Age 25)
Genres: Rap
Occupation(s): Rapper, Actor, Producer, Poet,
Screenwriter, Activist

3. Years active: 1991–1996
Label(s): Interscope Records
Death Row Records
Makaveli Records
Amaru Entertainment
Associated acts: Outlawz, Thug Life, Digital Underground
Website: 2PacLegacy.com

4. 2PAC FT ASHNTI &T.I - Pac’s Life
2PAC -Changes
2PAC - Ghetto Gospel
2PAC - Thugz Mansion
2PAC - I Aint Mad at Cha
2PAC - Keep Ya Head Up
2PAC - Life Goes On
2PAC - Thug Love
2PAC - Dear Mama
2PAC - Hail Mary

5. The uncontested facts:
After leaving the Tyson fight on Saturday September 7, 1996 Tupac
was allegedly shot 5 times. He lived through the shooting and was
taken to a nearby hospital.
He was pronounced dead on Friday September 13, 1996. The
suspicious facts:
Friday the 13th is a very suspicious day.
There were never any pictures released of Tupac in the hospital.
In the song "Life Goes On", Tupac raps about his own funeral.
The driver of the car in which Tupac was riding, Suge Knight (the
executive producer of Death Row Records), didn't show up for
questioning about the shooting.

6. The video "I ain't Mad at Cha" was released only a few days after
his death. "I ain't Mad at Cha" is track 13 on the album All Eyes On
Me. The video shows Tupac as an angel in heaven. In the video,
Tupac was shot after leaving a theater with a friend, which is very
similar to how he was shot in real life. Interestingly, Tupac dies in his
last video released under the name "Tupac". His new video "Toss It
Up" from the new album was released under the name "Makaveli".
The second video to be released by the name Makaveli is "To Live
and Die in L.A." But how could they shoot the second video when he
is "dead". Do you really think the video was shot 4 months ago, back
in August of '96? Think about it.
In the video "Hail Mary" released under the name Makaveli, there is
a gravestone that says Makaveli. But the gravestone is cracked and
there is a hole right in front of it, inferring that Makaveli rose from the
dead.

7. A shooting involving Snoop Doggy Dogg occurred close to
the release of his album Doggy style. The shooting
made Snoop appear more "real" and showed his fans
that he really was a gangsta. The shooting gave him
respect because everyone that bought his album
believed what he was talking about. Within one week of
its release, Doggy style went platinum. Snoop is signed
to the same label as Tupac which is Death Row
Records. In December '96, Tupacs new album went
platinum. In interviews prior to the shooting, Tupac talked
about how he wanted to stop rapping and being a
gangsta and get out of the limelight. What is the only
way Tupac could completely escape the media spotlight
??? (Answer: if the public thought he was dead.)

8. There are no suspects for the shooting.
Press wasn't going to be allowed at the funeral, but then the funeral
was cancelled for unknown reasons.
Tupac always wore a bullet-proof vest, no matter where he
went. Why didn't he wear it to a very public event like a Tyson fight?
(Because he wanted to make it seem like he could be shot.)
In most of his songs he talks about being buried, so why was he
allegedly cremated the day after he "died"? And since when do they
cremate someone the day after death without an
autopsy? Furthermore, it is illegal to bury someone who has been
murdered without an autopsy.

9. The new Tupac album released on Nov. 5, and was originally supposed to be
an EP of 6 songs, but was then extended to a full length album of 12
songs.
Tupacs alias is Makaveli. Though the spelling is different, Machiavelli was a
16th century Italian philosopher who advocated the staging of one's death in
order to evade one's enemies and gain power. In Machiavelli's book
Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy, in Book 2 Chapter XIII he
says "a prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to
deceive". This is Machiavelli's main idea and is the connection
between Tupac and the writings of Machiavelli The title of the new album by
Makaveli (Tupac) is The 7 Day Theory. He was shot on September 7th; and
survived on the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and" died" the 13th. Hence
the title The 7 Day Theory.
Tupacs album All Eyes on Me was released on Feb.13, 1996. Tupac "died"
on Sept.13, 1996. It is quite a coincidence that the two dates are exactly 7
months apart.

10. Tupac officially died at 4:03 PM. 4+3 = 7 Also he "died" at an age of 25
years. 2+5 = 7 It seems as if seven is Tupac's number.
There is nothing in the new album that says TUPAC RIP 1971-
1996. Wouldn't it make sense to include something like that in the
first album after his "death"? The only thing mentioned is "EXIT
TUPAC ENTER MAKAVELI".
The executive producer of The 7 Day Theory , as listed in the CD
booklet of the album, is Simon (who is a previously unknown
producer in the rap music industry). In the bible, Simon was an
apostle of Jesus. Simon was one of the first witnesses of the
Resurrection listed by Saint Paul (I Cor. 15: 5). Could Simon be a
reference to Suge Knight(the executive producer of Death Row
records)? Simon was renamed "Peter, the rock" (John 1:42).

11. In Richie Rich's album Seasoned Veteran, which was released on the
same day as The 7 Day Theory, on the song "N*ggas Done
Changed" which is a duet with Tupac, Tupac says the following
lyrics: "I've been shot and murdered, can't tell you how it happened
word for word / but best believe that n*ggas' gonna get what they
deserve." This phrase implies that Tupac knows he will be dead
when Richie Rich's album is released. In Makaveli's (Tupac's) song
"White Man's World" on album The 7 Day Theory, he says "We ain't
never gonna walk off this planet unless ya'll choose to." Did he
choose to walk off the planet by faking his death?

12. In Tupac's song "Ambitionz az a Ridah" on the album All Eyes On Me,
he says "Blast me but they didn't finish, didn't diminish my powers
so now I'm back to be a muthaf*ckin' menace, they cowards that's
why they tried to set me up, had b*tch *ss n*ggas on my team so
indeed they wet me up, BUT I'M BACK REINCARNATED." This
implies that Tupac is reincarnated as Makaveli. In Tupac's song "Life
of an Outlaw" on the album The 7 Day Theory, he says "All for the
street fame on how to be managed, to plan sh*t, 6 months in
advance to what we plotted, approved to go on swole and now I got
it"-Life Of An Outlaw. This implies that Tupac planned his "death" in
advance and now he is enjoying the success of his plan.

13. In Tupac's song "Made Niggaz" from the Super cop Soundtrack, he
says "F*ck 'em all who don't understand my plot to get richer...
Outlaw to the grave, a muthaf*ckin' made nigga I got a plan to get
richer. Take my picture." Once again he mentions his "plan" to get
rich.

14. In E-40's album Hall Of Game in the song "Million Dollar Spot" which is
a duet with Tupac, Tupac says, "Fans can't understand my ghetto
slang, so i evade and plot and plan a life of better things...." Once
again Tupac mentions his "plan".
In Tupac's song "Ain't Hard 2 Find" on the album All Eyes On Me, he
says "I heard rumours I died, murdered in cold blood, traumatized
pictures of me in my final states, you know momma cried, but that
was fiction, some coward got the story twisted." It seems as if
Tupac foretold the future.

15. Scarface's song "Smile", which is a duet with Tupac, was supposedly
recorded in September of '96, before Tupac was "shot". But the
video for the song was released in May of '97 and the video depicts
Tupac rapping while he appears to be crucified. At the end of the
video, Tupac falls off the cross and stands up...which is another
image of resurrection. Towards the end of the video, it becomes
slightly apparent that Tupac is actually portrayed by a look-alike. I
still wonder, if he is really dead, then why do they keep making
everyone so suspicious???

16. In the video for "I Wonder if Heaven Got a Ghetto" the town it takes
place in is called Rukahs. "Rukahs" spelled backwards is
"Shakur". The room he goes into with the girl is room number 7. The
clock in the background at the end is at 4:03...the same time he
officially died. More funny stuff from the video producers. My
question still remains, why?
In Tupacs song "No More Pain" on the album All Eyes On Me, he
says "A heart of a soldier with the brains to teach a whole nation."
Could this be a reference to Machievelli or Jesus? On the cover of
The 7 Day Theory, there is a picture of Tupac being crucified. This
fits with the idea that Tupac "died" so he could be reincarnated as
Makaveli. In the picture, there are five bullet holes. Interestingly,
Tupac was "shot" 5 times.

17. The only witness to the shooting, Yafeu Fula, was found shot to death
on Nov. 10th in a hallway of an apartment building in East Orange,
NJ. Hmm...now no one will get any info out of him. After the
shooting of Notorious B.I.G. on March 9th, 1997 Lieutenant Wayne
Petersen of the homicide division of the Las Vegas Police
Department who has been investigating Shakur's alleged killing
said, "Before yesterday, I had never even heard of the Notorious
B.I.G. There is no link between the two murders. We think the only
connection is in the minds of the media. The media wants to connect
the two." If you asked anyone who knows anything about the Tupac
case, they would say something about the rivalry between Biggie
and Tupac. How will the Las Vegas police ever solve the case if they
don't know the basics? The answer is that they won't. C'mon guys,
that is pretty pathetic. According to my friend Roger as well as
numerous other sources, in the first three seconds of The 7 Day
Theory, the words "Suge shot me" are spoken very softly. Check it
out for yourself, but that certainly is suspicious and it must mean
something.

18. According to Neal, on the song "Thug Luv" which is a duet with Tupac
on Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's double CD Art Of War after Tupac
says "whuz poppin' n*gga", Bizzy Bone can be heard saying "He's
Alive He's Alive He's Alive" in the background. During an interview,
an ABC correspondent asked Suge Knight, "If you knew who killed
Tupac, would you tell the police?". Suge answered, "Absolutely
not." On November 25, 1997 a new 2 Pac album will be released on
Jive Records called R U Still Down. It is being released under the
name "2 Pac" not "Makaveli". This implies many things...does this
mean that "2 Pac" is back? I have heard there is a "new" artist called
"Blac Haze". The song that I have heard by them is called "Let Me
Holla At Cha". A clip can be downloaded here from the site Exit-2
pac-Enter-Makaveli.The rapper sounds like Tupac, at least to me.
Check it out for yourself.

19. In the video "Heaven Gotta Ghetto", the license plate of the car that he
gets in with the older man reads "61671". Another obvious
occurrence of the number seven and the sum of seven (6+1). This
bit of info comes from Michael Penn: In the CD booklet of the "R U
Still Down" album the it is written "Keep the faith in me I wont let u
down...love 2pac". Can he be advising us not to dwell on his "death"
because he is coming back? This comes from Mike Frankel: If you
rearrange the letters in the album title "Makaveli The Don Killuminati
The 7Day Theory" You can make the sentence "Ok on tha 7th u
think I'm dead yet I'm really alive". Mike explains "7th meaning the
7th day after he was shot, he supposedly died but is really alive."
That's quite amazing, try it for yourself.

20. This comes from Mike Frankel: If you rearrange the letters in the album
title "Makaveli The Don Killuminati The 7Day Theory" You can make
the sentence "Ok on tha 7th u think I'm dead yet I'm really alive".
Mike explains "7th meaning the 7th day after he was shot, he
supposedly died but is really alive." That's quite amazing, try it for
yourself.

21. LAS VEGAS --The city's neon lights vibrated in the polished hood of
the black BMW as it cruised up Las Vegas Boulevard.
The man in the passenger seat was instantly recognizable. Fans
lined the streets, waving, snapping photos, begging Tupac Shakur
for his autograph. Cops were everywhere, smiling.
The BMW 750 sedan, with rap magnate Marion "Suge" Knight at the
wheel, was leading a procession of luxury vehicles past the MGM
Grand Hotel and Caesars Palace, on their way to a hot new
nightclub. It was after 11 on a Saturday night—Sept. 7, 1996. The
caravan paused at a crowded intersection a block from the Strip.
Shakur flirted with a carful of women—unaware that a white Cadillac
had quietly pulled up beside him. A hand emerged from the Cadillac.
In it was a semiautomatic pistol, aimed straight at Shakur.

22. Many of the rapper's lyrics seemed to foretell this moment.
"The fast life ain't everything they told ya," he sang in an early hit,
"Soulja's Story."
"Never get much older, following the tracks of a soulja."
Six years later, the killing of the world's most famous rap star
remains officially unsolved. Las Vegas police have never made an
arrest. Speculation and wild theories continue to flourish in the
music media and among Shakur's followers. One is that Knight,
owner of Shakur's record label, arranged the killing so he could
exploit the rapper's martyrdom commercially. Another persistent
legend is that Shakur faked his own death to escape the pressures
of stardom

23. A yearlong investigation by The Times reconstructed the crime and the events
leading up to it. Evidence gathered by the paper indicates:
• The shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside
Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours
earlier.
• Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal
shots. Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed
him only once, briefly. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting.
• The murder weapon was supplied by New York rapper Notorious
B.I.G., who agreed to pay the Crips $1 million for killing Shakur.
Notorious B.I.G. and Shakur had been feuding for more than a year,
exchanging insults on recordings and at award shows and concerts.
B.I.G. was gunned down six months later in Los Angeles. That killing
also remains unsolved.