Inside the wild conspiracy theory that says Tupac is alive and living in Cuba with his aunt who is wanted by the FBI

THE unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur has birthed a smorgasbord of wild conspiracy theories in the 25 years since he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting.

The Hit Em Up rapper died in a Las Vegas hospital on September 13, 1996, six days after he was shot while riding in a car along the strip after watching Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand.

Shakur was hit with four .40 caliber bullets: two in the chest, one in the thigh, one in the arm.

Two hours before the shooting, Shakur got into a scuffle with gang member Orlando Anderson in the lobby of the MGM.

Anderson was one of the main suspects in Shakur's killing before he died in a gang shootout in 1998. No arrests have ever been made.

WILD CONSPIRACIES

The lack of closure in the high-profile case has permitted a wealth of wild conspiracy theories to spread, including enduring claims Tupac actually survived the shooting but faked his death.

A former bodyguard, Michael Nice, poured fuel on the theories in 2018 when he sensationally claimed Tupac is still alive and that he helped the rapper flee to Cuba.

He told TMZ: "Why you think nobody been arrested if they said they the one that killed Tupac?

"Because Tupac is not dead. If he was dead, they’d be arresting those dudes for murder.

"You know he’s somewhere smoking a Cuban cigar on an island."

Michael claims he was part of the security team for The Black Panthers political party in the 1990s. He says the group heard about a hit being put out on the Changes singer - and the order went out to get him to a hiding place.

Michael says the rapper was only injured on September 7, 1996, and was rushed out of the country.

He said: "It was me, my brother, the pilot, Tupac as the co-pilot and two Panther guys on the jet. We took off and immediately knew we were safe, we felt good and it was like escaping from prison.

"There were hugs and handshakes when we finally managed to get him to Barbados."