Tupac: Alive or No

Is Tupac Shakur alive? Let's look at what we know.

1. Tupac was alive at one point. We know that for sure.
2. He made rap (and the occasional movie).
3. He is still releasing music.

Now let's look at reasons why he might be alive.

1. Makaveli theory. Tupac called himself Makaveli. Nicolo Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance man. Literally. He's one of the fathers of modern political science, and if you've ever read "The Prince" you'll likely have a sense of his general douchebaggy-ness. I'm just saying. One of the things Machiavelli talks about is faking your own death to fool your enemies. The idea here is that Tupac told us via a name change that he was going to be faking his own death. As Elvis and Jim Morrison could have told Tupac, the first rule of faking your own death is: you do not talk about faking your own death.
2. Future sneakers. There are two videos in which Tupac is wearing sneakers that were not available when he died. In the videos for "Toss It Up" and "To Live and Die in L.A." he is seen in these mysterious shoes of the future.
3. Bulletproof. Tupac always wore a bullet proof vest. Word on the street is this makes it much harder to die of a gun shot wound.
4. The shot up car and Suge. Twelve shots were fired into Tupac's car and not one hit Suge Knight. But, to quote Denis Leary "We live in a country where John Lennon takes five bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her.". So I think bullets work differently in the USA.

Of course we need to lool at reasons why he might actually be dead.

1. Hospital. Tupac died of respiratory failure after being shot in the chest. That's a tough one to fake. It would be far easier to go with a boat sinking like Olivia Newton-John's ex-boyfriend (look it up, it's a good one).
2. Murder investigation. However lacklustre the investigation may have been, it was still opened. Generally speaking, that is rarely done without an actual death.
3. If Tupac paid off police, hospital staff, coroners and anyone else who may have to be involved - the secret would have leaked many years ago. Like Ben Franklin said "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."

It is important to consider all sides of a story when considering the likely truth. So chew it over it your mindhole and decide for yourself... Tupac: alive or no.