News of October 19, 2007
On the Trail of 2Pac's Killer: The Suge Knight Case (Part 1)
In 2007, the blog floated the theory that Suge Knight planned Tupac's murder. What was behind the speculation, which details were wrong, and what is proven.
On October 19, 2007, the site’s blog (then Thuglove.de / United-Tupac.Com) published its own murder theory. The opinion piece drew on statements by Kevin Hackie, which the site also covered in the news, and developed its own scenario from them.
A Murder Out of Financial Desperation, Disguised as Revenge
The author assumed that Suge Knight owed Tupac millions and therefore planned his death. Knight, the piece argued, had provoked the brawl with Orlando Anderson to make the murder look like revenge, and distracted Tupac’s bodyguard Frank Alexander with phone calls. Knight’s own grazing wound was intended to make him appear as a fellow victim.
Afterward, he allegedly profited from Tupac’s death with the Makaveli album and the ‘7-Day Theory,’ and finally had Biggie killed as well to fuel the East-West conflict.
False Details and a Never-Proven Murder Contract
There was no evidence for this account; it was speculation by the author at the time. Several details were also wrong: The boxing match on September 7, 1996, was Mike Tyson against Bruce Seldon, not against Frank Bruno. All Eyez on Me was not created in two weeks, but between October and December 1995. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory had already been recorded in the summer of 1996 and was released on November 5, 1996, barely two months after Tupac’s death.
Even so, the Knight theory was widespread in the scene in 2007, for instance through the documentary Tupac Assassination: Conspiracy or Revenge (October 2007), produced by Frank Alexander. It also spoke of heavy debts Knight owed Death Row artists and of Tupac’s intention to leave the label. A murder contract was never proven.
No Charges Against Knight, Keffe D Found Guilty
Suge Knight was never charged in the Tupac case. Since 2018, he has been serving a 28-year prison sentence for manslaughter in an unrelated case.
On August 31, 2026, Duane “Keffe D” Davis (first-degree murder), former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, was found guilty; according to the prosecution, the crime was revenge for the brawl against his nephew Orlando Anderson. As of October 2026: The verdict is not final (Davis announced an appeal), and sentencing is scheduled for October 13, 2026.
Continued: Part 2.