Who Killed Tupac? Suge Knight Exposes Masterminds Behind Rapper's Murder

The world has waited more than two decades to learn who killed the late rapper Tupac Shakur. Now, former rap mogul Suge Knight has revealed the masterminds behind the drive-by shooting that killed Shakur in Las Vegas in September 1996 as his ex-wife, Sharitha Golden, as well as Reggie Wright Jr., a former CEO of Death Row Records.

However, the bullets that pierced through the black BMW being driven by Knight as Shakur sat on the passenger side during that fateful night weren't meant for the superstar 25-year-old rapper. Instead, Knight said, they were intended for him, Music News reported.

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Knight confirmed the allegations that Wright Jr. and his ex-wife, were, in fact, responsible for Shakur’s death, according to an affidavit signed by co-directors Michael Douglas Carlin and Richard Bond for the new documentary, "Tupac Assassination: Battle for Compton."

It remained unclear why Knight waited all of these years to finally release the names of those who he says orchestrated Shakur’s killing. However, it should be noted that Knight has been behind bars since January 2015 facing murder and attempted murder charges while awaiting trial.

"Knight has known for many years that Reggie Wright Jr. and his ex-wife Sharitha were behind the murder of Tupac and attempted murder of Knight," Suge's lawyer Thaddeus Culpepper wrote in the statement.

The documentary indicated Golden and Wright targeted Knight so they could take control of Death Row Records.

"Suge wasn't divorced yet and if he died in that hit, she'd get most of everything… So she went to Wright Jr., who was in charge of Death Row and ran it while Suge was in prison," former LAPD detective Russell Poole told Vice in 2015.

Wright has denied those accusations.