This Is How Tupac Predicted His Own Death

Though many of Tupac's songs talk about death, some of the lyrics sound more like direct foreshadowing of the rapper's demise than others. In "If I Die 2Nite" he raps, "I hope they bury me and send me to my rest / Headlines reading 'Murdered to death' / My last breath." In another song by Richie Rich featuring Tupac — titled "N***** Done Changed" — Tupac says, "I been shot and murdered, can't tell you how it happened word for word."

The closest foreshadowing of Tupac's murder was the last music video he made — "I Ain't Mad At Cha" — about a month before his death. In it, he gets shot several times after leaving an event, a scenario that eerily reflects what happened in real life. Tupac eventually dies in an ambulance, and the scene transitions to heaven, where he arrives in a white suit. The place has white clouds and artists in the likeness of Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis, who are all having an eternal jam session together.

The video was released two days after Tupac Shakur's death. Speaking to the New York Post (via the Las Vegas Sun), the late George Pryce of Death Row Records said, "It is ironic — definitely a case of life imitating art. It's almost as if Tupac had a sense of foreboding." Until the 2023 arrest of Duane Keith Davis, aka "Keffe D," all leads linked to Tupac's murder led to nothing but dead ends.

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