Tupac Shakur was shot and robbed at Quad Studios 30 years ago

Many would argue that it was on this day in hip-hop history that the legend of Thug Life and Tupac Shakur began.

On this day in 1994, the rapper headed to the building on 7th Avenue in Manhattan, home of the Quad recording studio, along with his manager Freddie Moore and friend Randy “Stretch” Walker (RIP) of Live Squad the day after discussing the case Puck’s rape. happening. As Tupac and his crew approached the elevator, three gunmen approached them and demanded their money and jewelry. Moore and Walker obeyed commands, but ‘Pac began cursing at the gunmen, resulting in him being shot five times and having $40,000 worth of jewelry stolen before Walker pulled him into an elevator to safety.

Many people, including Shakur, suspected Lil Cease, who called Pac from the 8th floor window before he was shot, Diddy and the late Notorious B.I.G. in the attempted assault/robbery, however Keys, Diddy debunked this theory. , and BIG, and no evidence of their involvement has ever emerged. Others suspected Brooklyn street legends Jacques “Haitian Jack” Agyan, James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond and Walter “Tooth” Johnson of being behind the shooting, which amounts to nothing more than a grand fable. One thing is for sure. After the shooting, relations between the East and West Coast hip-hop communities were never the same.