Funk Flex Says Tupac Shakur Shot Himself During Infamous 1994 Shooting

Hot 97 DJ Funkmaster Flex has never been one to bite his tongue so it was no surprise when the DJ took to Twitter on early Wednesday to tweet about the late Tupac Shakur. According to Flex, 2Pac knew who was responsible for the infamous 1994 Quad Recording Studios shooting in New York City and said the rapper actually shot himself during the incident.

“Pac knew who got him… but blamed it on Biggie! That was easier than the truth,” Flex tweeted, saying people need to know the truth. The DJ continued tweeting, writing, “Pac put a whole bunch of people around him from ny that he couldn’t control!”

Flex then said, “there would have been no east/west beef if Pac wouldn’t of lied about who hit him up.” The DJ doubled down on claiming the late rapper knew who shot him, saying 2Pac was “scared,” adding, “Big set him up!”

Following the tweets, Funk Flex took to Instagram and posted a photo with a lengthy caption that claimed Shakur actually shot himself. “They was never going to shoot him,” Flex wrote, insisting that Pac was supposed to give up his belongings in a robbery but panicked and shot himself. Following the alleged accidental shooting, Flex claims 2Pac went on a “campaign” against The Notorious B.I.G.

“He knew why it was happening,” Flex wrote. “Yes I dislike him for that… Yes I feel a way… Because I know the truth… We all knew the truth… Big never did nothing to him… It makes me sick to hear u stans talk and worship that behavior.”

Adding to Flex’s claim is a comment from rapper Lil Cease — a member of Biggie’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. group — who backed up the DJ’s comments. “He resisted!!” wrote Lil Cease. “From what I know… and I heard he reached for this joint and pop his self (sic) 1st by a mistake.”

While the Hot 97 DJ’s claims may sound absurd, it’s not the first time that Pac was accused of shooting himself. In 2008, Los Angeles Times journalist Chuck Philips alleged that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Biggie were aware the incident would take place a week prior.

“They were advised in advance of what was going to happen,” Philips told MTV News. “They did not know the assailants were going to be shooting. In fact, [the assailants] were told no shooting. But Tupac pulled a gun, and it went haywire. It was supposed to be a severe beating.”

Following the Flex and Lil Cease comments, the two received backlash for speaking bad about the late rapper, which led Cease to release a statement on Instagram. “I said nothing bad or negative about Tupac,” he wrote. “I would never say anything foul about him now or never!”

He continued, “I don’t know how that got twisted up.. That’s (sic) was not me making the cheddar bomb (sic) statement smh.. I was on his IG Live and I was not at the station.. I have too much love and respect for The Outlaws and his family.”