How Tupac Came to Rest in North Carolina

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The episode explores the surprising final resting place of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, whose remains were secretly buried in a neglected yard in Lumberton, North Carolina, by his mother, Afeni Shakur, in 2002. While public belief long held that his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean after his 1996 murder, author Jeff Pearlman investigates the reality of the marker during his research for a new biography. The excerpt highlights the lack of dignity surrounding the abandoned gravesite,…