Suge Knight alleges Tupac Shakur’s ashes had been rolled right into a blunt and smoked by his pals after his cremation.

Suge Knight says Tupac Shakur didn’t need to be cremated however was anyway—and in keeping with him, a number of the late rapper’s closest pals honored him in a manner that’s as unconventional as it’s unforgettable: they rolled his ashes right into a blunt and smoked them.

Talking from jail in a brand new interview with PEOPLE, Knight described the chaotic aftermath of Shakur’s demise and the stress he says he confronted from Tupac’s mom, Afeni Shakur, to deal with the cremation instantly.

“She got here as much as me and mentioned, ‘Get it accomplished. Now,’” Knight recalled.

Knight mentioned he initially pushed again, claiming Tupac had expressed clear needs simply weeks earlier than his demise.

“He didn’t need to be cremated,” Knight mentioned. However Afeni wasn’t having it. “She began cussing me out,” he mentioned. “She informed me, ‘Get this s### accomplished!’”

Knight mentioned he adopted via. “I paid somebody one million {dollars} money to care for it.”

What occurred subsequent, in keeping with Knight, was one thing straight out of Hip-Hop folklore.

“A bag along with his ashes was handed round,” he mentioned. “His homies rolled him up. They smoked him.”

Knight described the act as symbolic. “You gotta perceive, that’s what made sense,” he mentioned. “It was symbolic. It’s like… you retain a part of him.”

Knight mentioned he was there for the second however didn’t take part. “I used to be so glad to say I used to be on probation — I couldn’t smoke,” he claimed. “I informed his mom, ‘Mothers, I’d like to, but when I hit that, I’ll get in bother.’” He added, “I used to be in all probability the one one who didn’t hit him.”

Suge Knights Speaks Out On Tupac Shakur’s Loss of life In 1996 Interview

Tupac was shot on September 7, 1996, whereas driving within the passenger seat of a BMW pushed by Knight after a Mike Tyson combat in Las Vegas.

A gunman in a white Cadillac opened hearth, hitting Shakur 4 instances. Knight was grazed by bullet fragments however survived. Tupac died six days later, on September 13, at age 25.

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