The $500 Million Secret: Leaked FBI Files Claim a ‘Rare Tape’ Exists of the Tupac Murder, Exposing an Alleged LAPD Cover-Up and a Coerced Confession

The murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace are more than two of the most tragic, unsolved crimes in music history; they are a gaping wound in the American justice system. For decades, the narrative has been defined by silence, speculation, and the relentless fog of a gang war. Now, an explosive investigation, drawing on the testimony of an undercover agent and internal government documents, suggests the word “unsolved” is a deliberate misnomer. The truth, according to startling leaks, may be locked away in an FBI vault—a videotape allegedly capturing the moment Tupac was shot, revealing a conspiracy that implicates not just rival gangs, but the very law enforcement tasked with solving the crimes.

This profound claim of a hidden “rare tape” emerges from a multi-agency task force investigation initiated by the U.S. government in 2008, specifically to address the pervasive suspicion that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was involved in The Notorious B.I.G.’s murder [01:06]. The deeper the task force dug, the more it suggested that these two crimes are inextricably linked—not just by tragedy, but by a chilling, deliberate police cover-up that extends from the grimy streets of Compton to the highest echelons of the music industry. The question is no longer who pulled the trigger, but who is powerful enough to keep the footage hidden.

The Unseen Footage: A Crime Captured 24 Feet Away

The most sensational claim is the existence of a videotape that allegedly captured the Tupac murder. Kevin Hackey, a former bodyguard for Suge Knight who acted as an undercover informant for the multi-agency task force, confirmed that paperwork revealed the FBI possesses a tape of the crime being carried out [00:30]. This tape, purportedly captured from approximately 24 feet away—roughly the distance behind Tupac’s BMW [00:36]—is said to contain the entire crime. Hackey later claimed he believed he was set up by the agency after revealing this explosive information, having served jail time in a subsequent sting operation [09:53].

This stunning revelation arrives amidst the current murder case against Dwayne “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged in 2023 and is pending trial [00:48]. The tape, if it exists, would instantly prove whether the hitman was Keffe D’s deceased nephew, Orlando Anderson—the official narrative’s prime suspect—or if an entirely different story is true, potentially implicating the corrupt LAPD officers many believe were involved in both killings [01:51:55]. The knowledge that law enforcement may hold the definitive visual evidence of one of music’s biggest tragedies transforms the entire prosecution into a highly suspect exercise in selective justice.

The Sting and the Fabricated Confession

The case against Davis is built upon a foundation of coercive pressure. The 2008 task force set up a sting operation, offering him a choice: either partial immunity through a proffer agreement or 25 years in prison [01:23]. Davis, whose confession was secretly recorded and later published by the task force’s lead investigator, Greg Kading, now claims he fabricated the story of assisting his nephew Anderson while under duress [01:30].

The credibility of the task force itself is severely undermined by allegations of misconduct. Greg Kading was eventually removed after an external investigation into allegations of “bribing and intimidating suspects into providing false testimony” [02:05]. Furthermore, another LAPD officer on the task force, Darren Drai, allegedly helped Davis secure a massive $150,000 deal with the BET network to repeat his controversial claims on the show Death Row Chronicles [02:38]. This detail suggests a terrifying level of orchestration: an entire narrative being bought and sold on national television, using a coerced confession as its script, with law enforcement allegedly facilitating the transaction. This paints a grim picture of a justice system actively shaping, rather than seeking, the truth.

Death Row’s Dark Empire: Kingpin Money and Laundering

The federal investigation into the murders soon peeled back the layers on Death Row Records, exposing it not merely as a successful record label, but as an alleged criminal enterprise built on illicit funds. The task force pressed tax charges against Suge Knight and his lawyer, David Kenner [01:00:05], but the core scandal involved the label’s financing.

It was revealed that Death Row was allegedly started with “front money” from Compton Kingpin Pat Johnson [01:11:42]. This money, according to former Death Row head of security Reggie Wright Jr., was brokered by an initial financier, Hario, and flowed into the company through a process of money laundering [01:11:58]. The financial scheme became extraordinarily complex, involving major corporations like Sony, which was run by Tommy Mottola at the time, and Interscope Records [01:13:53]. Funds from the Kingpins were allegedly “kicked back” through joint ventures and distribution deals, effectively washing criminal money through the legitimate facade of the music industry. The label’s operations were allegedly riddled with fraud, including Suge Knight reportedly using a person at the DMV who was an expert at forging signatures and providing fake IDs [01:15:40]. Suge Knight’s empire was a criminal dynasty, allegedly using intimidation, forgery, and organized crime to climb to the top of the music world, making the violence surrounding the label an inevitability, not a coincidence.

The LAPD and the Biggie Murder Cover-Up

The link between the two cases, however, remains the most damning part of the government’s secrets. The investigation into Biggie’s murder revealed the alleged involvement of LAPD officers. At the crime scene, Officer Raphael Perez was reportedly seen “picking up shell casings and actually is on a log as an LAPD officer on site” [01:48:52], suggesting active evidence tampering.

Most explosively, former FBI agent Phil Carson presented a document from the LAPD Internal Affairs department which concluded that an investigation revealed Officer David Mack and Perez were alleged to have conspired in the murder of Biggie [01:49:12]. The document then chillingly revealed that the entire internal investigation was “illegally adjudicated” [01:49:20]—meaning the LAPD was “not allowed to adjudicate and make a determination on it” under federal decree [01:49:44]. The LAPD was effectively accused of violating federal law to clear its own officers, confirming the worst suspicions that the force was actively covering up the murder.

The Haunting Theory: A Double Murder Forged by Cops

The man who pieced together the most devastating conclusion was the late LAPD Detective Russell Poole. In a theory so explosive it arguably cost him his career and led to his premature death at the LA County Sheriff’s Office [01:51:01], Poole concluded that corrupt LAPD officers murdered Biggie to cover up their earlier murder of Tupac [01:50:17].

Poole’s evidence suggested the police involvement was sophisticated and organized, using “radios being used, communication and had to be experienced police officers [who] knew exactly what to do” [01:50:43]. This wasn’t an isolated incident of police misconduct; it was a strategically orchestrated, professional hit executed by those trained to uphold the law. The revelation that the 2008 government task force—set up to investigate the LAPD’s role in Biggie’s murder—was actually headed by LAPD and Compton PD [01:51:15] then becomes the final, terrifying paradox. They secured the controversial Tupac confession from Keffe D and put forward a new Biggie suspect, Wardell “Poochie” Fouché, a known Compton mob member [01:51:27]. Shortly after, the $500 million lawsuit against the LAPD was dropped [01:51:32].

The entire operation seems to have been designed not to find justice, but to provide a palatable, non-police narrative (Keffe D/Anderson and Poochie) to quash the multi-million dollar lawsuit and bury the LAPD’s deep involvement. The core truth, however, remains untouched: Kevin Hackey’s claim that the FBI has video proof of both the Tupac and Biggie murders [01:51:42]. The final, agonizing question is whether that tape shows the gang hitman the LAPD wants the public to see, or the corrupt officers whose guilt would collapse the entire system of justice. The most painful secret of music history may be that the most famous unsolved crimes were never meant to be solved at all.