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Program: Hit 'Em Up: The assassination of Tupac Shakur

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Tupac Shakur was a poet. A performer. A radical.

He might have only been alive for 25 years, but in that time he became the voice of his generation.

And then one night, after a fight in Las Vegas, he was shot four times and left for dead.

This is his story.

How he lived. How he fought. And how, nearly three decades later, his murder is still being untangled and interrogated.

  • Host: Aslan Pahari
  • Producer: Hannah Jose
  • Sound: John Jacobs
  • Video Producer: Tejas Bhat
  • Researcher: Mateo Baskaran
  • Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
  • Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn

To binge even more great episodes of ASSASSINS with Aslan Pahari go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find more stories of the world's most shocking assassinations — from the lone wolf hitman to the professional assassin, you'll hear how famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Benazir Bhutto, Ramses III, Tupac and Gandhi met their end.

History, Crime
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