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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seem increasingly compelled to live out the grotesque violence that fills its art. Many initially connected the murder to the rapper's vocal participation in an ugly feud between his California record label, Death Row, and its East Coast competitor, Bad Boy. It was Death Row president Marion ("Suge") Knight who was driving his black BMW after the Tyson fight, with Shakur standing up through the sun roof. Four men rolled up in a white Cadillac, fired about 13 rounds, and sped away, losing the police in traffic. Knight told authorities his head was turned the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT GOES 'ROUND ... | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...charges, but a 1993 sexual-abuse complaint stuck. He arrived for sentencing in a wheelchair; days earlier, he had been shot five times in a Manhattan "robbery" he regarded as a failed hit. Out on appeal last October, he sought protection under the wing of the massive, much feared Knight, who was deeply embroiled in his feud with Bad Boy and the East. In two years the conflict had moved far beyond artistic issues to beatings and perhaps worse: Knight is thought to hold Bad Boy head Sean ("Puffy") Combs indirectly responsible for the shooting death of a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHAT GOES 'ROUND ... | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...VEGAS: Police investigating the mysterious shooting of mega rap star Tupac Shakur remained frustrated Wednesday after record executive Marion "Suge" Knight failed for the third day in a row to show up to answer questions about the incident. Shakur remains in critical condition and on life support after having been shot four times, twice in the chest and once in the throat late Saturday night. Doctors are giving the rapper -->