Coolest CT: Tupac Is Still Alive

1337m4n · 9th February 2008, 06:51 PM

Here's a conspiracy theory that we can all enjoy!

The "official story" is that Tupac died September 1996.

This guy claims otherwise:

Quote:

Tupac Shakur's life supposedly ended in September of 1996, a gangster who died a gangster's death, the victim of a drive-by shooting.

But in the years since, fans and friends of the rapper/actor have kept rumors alive that the star might not have died at the hands of an anonymous gunman that warm September night. It's here, at the supposed end of Shakur's life, where our journey begins.

The first album after Tupac's "death" was released in November of 1996: Makaveli: Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The title aroused some curious glances from those who knew Shakur. The first part of the title refers to Niccol Machiavelli, an old-school Italian philosopher who believed the faking one's own death was a sure way to foil his enemies. Machiavelli's two most famous books, Discorsi dopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Life With Tito) and Il Principe (Ill Communication) were both written well after his death. Some wonder if Tupac's reference wasn't a signal to the world that things were not as they seemed.

This is perhaps mere paranoia, as this album was obviously recorded while Tupac was "still" alive. But then, one year later, R U Still Down? is released in stores (November of '97). This was a full 14 months after the performer's death, and Tupac appeared in three videos in support of the album. When questioned about this, Tupac's manager Robert Bloomenstein said, "Tupac was a forward-thinking man. His performances in those videos were shot more than two months before his unfortunate 'death,' and in no way should indicate that Tupac is still alive."

[Read the link for more]

This would be awesome if it were true, if you ask me.

Unsecured Coins · 9th February 2008, 06:56 PM

Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool.

OldTigerCub · 9th February 2008, 06:58 PM

Tupac is dead? I thought he was hiding out in the Carribean with Elvis and James Dean! (and that Eddie guy from "Eddie and the Cruisers")

littlehulkster · 9th February 2008, 06:59 PM

I would be much happier if they found that Biggie is still alive. Pac never did it for me. Guy had no flow and a lot of his rhymes reeked of trying way too hard.

Biggie had that natural flow that made for much better music, if you ask me.

defaultdotxbe · 9th February 2008, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by littlehulkster

I would be much happier if they found that Biggie is still alive. Pac never did it for me. Guy had no flow and a lot of his rhymes reeked of trying way too hard.

Biggie had that natural flow that made for much better music, if you ask me.

next halloween look into a mirror and say "biggie smalls" 3 times and he will appear

ElMondoHummus · 9th February 2008, 07:27 PM

So, next we'll start having Tupac sightings, after a while his house will become a tourist attraction, and in a decade we'll be seeing the Flying Tupacs in Vegas? Is that what you all are saying?

cisco · 9th February 2008, 07:29 PM

Are you just now hearing this?

I was in high school when he died and when the Makavelli album came out and this was all very "common knowledge" at the time. I wanted to believe it for years but it's almost surely not true.

He's my generation's Elvis.

OldTigerCub · 9th February 2008, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by ElMondoHummus

So, next we'll start having Tupac sightings, after a while his house will become a tourist attraction, and in a decade we'll be seeing the Flying Tupacs in Vegas? Is that what you all are saying?

Nah....I'm pretty sure that Elvis has all the patents and copyrights on those gigs.....

Edx · 10th February 2008, 06:18 AM

If you not down wit Tupac I pop cap in da ass.

ref · 10th February 2008, 11:19 PM

Oh, these 2pac rumors started almost immediately. At time I wished they really were true, all the Makaveli mystery and posthumous albums. I was a big fan of Lesane Crooks aka Tupac Shakur. And Gridlock'd is a decent movie, don't you tell me otherwise!

dudalb · 11th February 2008, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Unsecured Coins

Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool.

And Heath Ledger dropped in the other day.

David Wong · 11th February 2008, 10:00 AM

"This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here?

twinstead · 11th February 2008, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by OldTigerCub

Tupac is dead? I thought he was hiding out in the Carribean with Elvis and James Dean! (and that Eddie guy from "Eddie and the Cruisers")

Go with Eddie from The Munsters instead and I'm on it. Yea, Eddie Munster.

BenBurch · 11th February 2008, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Unsecured Coins

Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool.

Sad note; Elvis used to park his RV out back of their place, but he had a heart attack last year and is finally really dead.

Minadin · 11th February 2008, 10:14 AM

Of course Tupac is still alive. So is Bradley Nowell of Sublime. I mean, how else would they keep coming out with albums? Most music careers end at the time of the artist's death . . .

[/sarcasm]

ref · 11th February 2008, 10:22 AM

Thanks to this thread I had to find my precious "All Eyez On Me" which is playing right now

ref · 11th February 2008, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by David Wong

"This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here?

You're the man.

Minadin · 11th February 2008, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by David Wong

"This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here?

Dave, I actually read some of your stuff related to 9-11 CT's before I ever found this forum, if it matters to you.

David Wong · 11th February 2008, 10:35 AM

It's just weird what a small place the internet is, that you can run into your own links like that. This whole thing will culminate a year from now when my Mom forwards me an email saying "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS LOL!" and it turns out to be one of my own articles.

ref · 11th February 2008, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by David Wong

It's just weird what a small place the internet is, that you can run into your own links like that. This whole thing will culminate a year from now when my Mom forwards me an email saying "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS LOL!" and it turns out to be one of my own articles.

Your book has excellent reviews at Amazon, 5 star average. Should I get a copy?

johnny karate · 11th February 2008, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by ref

Your book has excellent reviews at Amazon, 5 star average. Should I get a copy?

You should actually. It's hilarious.

Also, for every book he sells, Dave releases one of the small children he's holding captive. So I guess it's not so much that the book is funny; I'm just happy to have my son back.

9th February 2008, 06:51 PM	#1
1337m4n Alphanumeric Anonymous Stick Man Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,499	Coolest CT: Tupac Is Still Alive Here's a conspiracy theory that we can all enjoy! The "official story" is that Tupac died September 1996. This guy claims otherwise: Quote: Tupac Shakur's life supposedly ended in September of 1996, a gangster who died a gangster's death, the victim of a drive-by shooting. But in the years since, fans and friends of the rapper/actor have kept rumors alive that the star might not have died at the hands of an anonymous gunman that warm September night. It's here, at the supposed end of Shakur's life, where our journey begins. The first album after Tupac's "death" was released in November of 1996: Makaveli: Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. The title aroused some curious glances from those who knew Shakur. The first part of the title refers to Niccol Machiavelli, an old-school Italian philosopher who believed the faking one's own death was a sure way to foil his enemies. Machiavelli's two most famous books, Discorsi dopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Life With Tito) and Il Principe (Ill Communication) were both written well after his death. Some wonder if Tupac's reference wasn't a signal to the world that things were not as they seemed. This is perhaps mere paranoia, as this album was obviously recorded while Tupac was "still" alive. But then, one year later, R U Still Down? is released in stores (November of '97). This was a full 14 months after the performer's death, and Tupac appeared in three videos in support of the album. When questioned about this, Tupac's manager Robert Bloomenstein said, "Tupac was a forward-thinking man. His performances in those videos were shot more than two months before his unfortunate 'death,' and in no way should indicate that Tupac is still alive." [Read the link for more] This would be awesome if it were true, if you ask me.

9th February 2008, 06:56 PM	#2
Unsecured Coins Hoku-maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: in your macaronis. warming my feets Posts: 5,741	Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool.
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9th February 2008, 06:58 PM	#3
OldTigerCub Striped Shapeshifting Reptoid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Steeler Nation, Pa. Posts: 1,633	Tupac is dead? I thought he was hiding out in the Carribean with Elvis and James Dean! (and that Eddie guy from "Eddie and the Cruisers")
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9th February 2008, 07:08 PM	#5
defaultdotxbe Drunken Shikigami Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Dark Side of the Sun Posts: 7,482	Originally Posted by littlehulkster I would be much happier if they found that Biggie is still alive. Pac never did it for me. Guy had no flow and a lot of his rhymes reeked of trying way too hard. Biggie had that natural flow that made for much better music, if you ask me. next halloween look into a mirror and say "biggie smalls" 3 times and he will appear
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9th February 2008, 07:27 PM	#6
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9th February 2008, 06:59 PM	#4
littlehulkster Critical Thinker Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 428	I would be much happier if they found that Biggie is still alive. Pac never did it for me. Guy had no flow and a lot of his rhymes reeked of trying way too hard. Biggie had that natural flow that made for much better music, if you ask me.

9th February 2008, 07:29 PM	#7
cisco Muse Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 709	Are you just now hearing this? I was in high school when he died and when the Makavelli album came out and this was all very "common knowledge" at the time. I wanted to believe it for years but it's almost surely not true. He's my generation's Elvis.
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9th February 2008, 08:08 PM	#8
OldTigerCub Striped Shapeshifting Reptoid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Steeler Nation, Pa. Posts: 1,633	Originally Posted by ElMondoHummus So, next we'll start having Tupac sightings, after a while his house will become a tourist attraction, and in a decade we'll be seeing the Flying Tupacs in Vegas? Is that what you all are saying? Nah....I'm pretty sure that Elvis has all the patents and copyrights on those gigs.....
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10th February 2008, 06:18 AM	#9
Edx Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4,242	If you not down wit Tupac I pop cap in da ass.
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10th February 2008, 11:19 PM	#10
ref Master Poster Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,663	Oh, these 2pac rumors started almost immediately. At time I wished they really were true, all the Makaveli mystery and posthumous albums. I was a big fan of Lesane Crooks aka Tupac Shakur. And Gridlock'd is a decent movie, don't you tell me otherwise!
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11th February 2008, 09:55 AM	#11
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 22,836	Originally Posted by Unsecured Coins Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool. And Heath Ledger dropped in the other day.

11th February 2008, 10:00 AM	#12
David Wong Graduate Poster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,768	"This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here?
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11th February 2008, 10:06 AM	#13
twinstead Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Big corner office in NWO Towers Posts: 11,577	Originally Posted by OldTigerCub Tupac is dead? I thought he was hiding out in the Carribean with Elvis and James Dean! (and that Eddie guy from "Eddie and the Cruisers") Go with Eddie from The Munsters instead and I'm on it. Yea, Eddie Munster.
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11th February 2008, 10:10 AM	#14
BenBurch Gatekeeper of The Left Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Universe 35.2 ms ahead of this one. Posts: 32,195	Originally Posted by Unsecured Coins Tupac IS alive. He shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, they live next to Marylin Monroe, Bigfoot is their landscaper and they have the Loch Ness Monster in their swimming pool. Sad note; Elvis used to park his RV out back of their place, but he had a heart attack last year and is finally really dead.
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11th February 2008, 10:14 AM	#15
Minadin Hiding his Head in the Sane Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,473	Of course Tupac is still alive. So is Bradley Nowell of Sublime. I mean, how else would they keep coming out with albums? Most music careers end at the time of the artist's death . . . [/sarcasm]
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11th February 2008, 10:22 AM	#16
ref Master Poster Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,663	Thanks to this thread I had to find my precious "All Eyez On Me" which is playing right now
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11th February 2008, 10:24 AM	#17
ref Master Poster Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,663	Originally Posted by David Wong "This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here? You're the man.
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11th February 2008, 10:27 AM	#18
Minadin Hiding his Head in the Sane Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 2,473	Originally Posted by David Wong "This guy?" What can I do to get some credit around here? Dave, I actually read some of your stuff related to 9-11 CT's before I ever found this forum, if it matters to you.
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11th February 2008, 10:35 AM	#19
David Wong Graduate Poster Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,768	It's just weird what a small place the internet is, that you can run into your own links like that. This whole thing will culminate a year from now when my Mom forwards me an email saying "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS LOL!" and it turns out to be one of my own articles.
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11th February 2008, 10:40 AM	#20
ref Master Poster Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,663	Originally Posted by David Wong It's just weird what a small place the internet is, that you can run into your own links like that. This whole thing will culminate a year from now when my Mom forwards me an email saying "YOU HAVE TO READ THIS LOL!" and it turns out to be one of my own articles. Your book has excellent reviews at Amazon, 5 star average. Should I get a copy?
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11th February 2008, 12:04 PM	#21
johnny karate ... and your little dog too. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 7,830	Originally Posted by ref Your book has excellent reviews at Amazon, 5 star average. Should I get a copy? You should actually. It's hilarious. Also, for every book he sells, Dave releases one of the small children he's holding captive. So I guess it's not so much that the book is funny; I'm just happy to have my son back.
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