Suge Knight alleges from prison that Tupac Shakur’s mom ‘gave him pills’ to help him die the night he was shot
The 60-year-old claimed in a new interview that he witnessed Afeni Shakur give her son pills “in an attempt to honor his wishes” the night he died in 1996. :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/tupac-shakur-Afeni-Shakur-hey-mama-042123-0ac81f88444b4d0c9020c5ac5ec842dd.jpg)
Suge Knight, former Death Row Records CEO, has alleged in a new interview from prison over a fatal hit-and-run that he witnessed rapper Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, help her son die the night he was shot in 1996.
Speaking to PEOPLE from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in California, the 60-year-old has alleged new details he recalled in the aftermath of Tupac’s murder in Las Vegas.
Knight recalled being in the car when gunfire hit him and Tupac, who was sitting the passenger seat, while they sat at a red light. Both Knight and Tupac were transported to the nearby University Medical Center hospital, where Knight was treated for his injuries, though Shakur’s injuries were more serious.
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Afeni Shakur and Tupac Shakur.Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
Knight alleged that Tupac at first requested “a blunt,” and later joked, “bring me two blunts,” he remembered, in addition to claiming that the 25-year-old also requested Hennessy from his hospital bed.
He also said that Tupac told him, âKill me. Shoot me,â and voiced interest in recording a will and a farewell music track from the hospital.
Knight claimed that Tupac began slipping in and out of consciousness, and, as he struggled, allegedly asked his mother to help him die.
The outlet wrote that Knight described the act as a “devastating and merciful” one, with Knight telling the publication that Afeni, who died in 2016, allegedly attempted to follow through.
âShe gave him pills,â Knight claimed of the night Tupac died on Sept. 13, âIn an attempt to honor his wishes.â
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation â which was founded by Afeni with Sekyiwa âSetâ Shakur, Tupac’s sister, serving as its president â for comment.
Tupac’s life with Afeni was chronicled in the 2017 film All Eyez on Me, which took its title from Tupac’s album of the same name.
Demetrius Shipp Jr. starred in the Benny Boom-directed project as Tupac, while The Walking Dead and Black Panther alum Danai Gurira played Afeni, whose life also included political activism and involvement with the Black Panthers.
Roughly 20 years after her son’s death, Afeni died in 2016 after reportedly going into cardiac arrest at her California home.
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