L.A. Times Issues Apology Over Tupac Story
L.A. Times reporter Chuck Philips and his supervisor, deputy managing editor Marc Duvoisin, have both issued apologies over what now appears to be a completely erroneous report on the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur. Questions about the report, which implicated Diddy and Jimmy Henchmen in Pac’s ambush, started to arise yesterday after the Smoking Gun published an article questioning Philips’ source documents.
Philips said he sought to check the authenticity of the documents with the U.S. attorney’s office in New York, which had handled the investigation of the attack on Shakur, and with a retired FBI agent, but did not directly ask the FBI about them. The U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment, while the former FBI agent said the documents appeared legitimate, Philips said.
His statement said he "approached this article the same way I’ve approached every article I’ve ever written: in pursuit of the truth. I now believe the truth here is that I got duped. For this, I take full responsibility and I apologize."
So that’s that. But riddle me this Batman: Who really set ‘Pac up? We all know it wasn’t a random robbery. ‘Pac thought it was Jimmy and Haitian Jack. Was he wrong or paranoid? Does the Hip-Hop community really want to know?
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March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
SMH
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Well it’s about damn time…run quick seed..
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
if you cant trust the newspapers these days… jeez
morning folks: cold, crazy, shanti, icon, billz, big homie, twain, cici, ghost, digi, chea, spot, ease, etc etc
March 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am
And not a minute too soon…
LF: I hate it when mainstream media use the word ’singer’ to describe rap artists… only a few dudes like 50 and Ja fall into that category.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am
whaddup, bay bay?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am
***I wasn’t pointing out a spelling error- I really have no idea who duke is? Worth checking his catalog? Also, you gotta add in Stevie, of course….
^
I like him (no homo) but he only had one album out so he’s not really famous……he’s the one Jay-z got the Girls, girls, girls sample from…..I wouldn’t say he’s worth checking……
March 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am
woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
wOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
BADBOY, BITCH!… TAKE’DAT’TAKE’DAT!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Whats good Green
FUCK THE LA TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:15 am
*daps green eyes*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:15 am
>>LF: I hate it when mainstream media use the word ’singer’ to describe rap artists… only a few dudes like 50 and Ja fall into that category.
^lol
March 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Morning nahggers….
Damn TIP… 1500 hrs community AND 12 months? smh
March 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Its like this dude decided to mimic the wire
March 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
SpotOn Says:
^^^Maybe performance wise, but with that Usher > Justin. That last Timberlake album sounded more like Prince than MJ. Go listen again.
^^ WOAHHHHHHH…. I DON’T CHECK FOR JT LIKE THAT. I heard his singles off the radio, I didn’t study his album nor do I own his album like you do. anyway, whens the last time u heard an Usher joint? Its w/e/w/e
March 27th, 2008 at 10:16 am
LF: Son of a BITCH, I guess too many black people were figuring out how to raise they’re credit scores… They about to change how they calculate the FICO scores…
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March 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
So that’s that. But riddle me this Batman: Who really set ‘Pac up? We all know it wasn’t a random robbery. ‘Pac thought it was Jimmy and Haitian Jack. Was he wrong or paranoid? Does the Hip-Hop community really want to know
^^^
IT WAS REY & THAT BIG ASS HAT! HE HAS A lil’nIGGA WITH A PISTOL IN HIS HAT.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
if you cant trust the newspapers these days… jeez
morning folks: cold, crazy, shanti, icon, billz, big homie, twain, cici, ghost, digi, chea, spot, ease, etc etc
^
Morning
titty titty ass nipplegreenieMarch 27th, 2008 at 10:18 am
hi foe
March 27th, 2008 at 10:18 am
buddyholly Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:15 am
SpotOn Says:
^^^Maybe performance wise, but with that Usher > Justin. That last Timberlake album sounded more like Prince than MJ. Go listen again.
^^ WOAHHHHHHH…. I DON’T CHECK FOR JT LIKE THAT. I heard his singles off the radio, I didn’t study his album nor do I own his album like you do. anyway, whens the last time u heard an Usher joint? Its w/e/w/e
^^^LOL good one….nah wifey had a copy. I didnt like the album because of the biting.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:05 am
jay could never make a ‘’2nd childhood’’
^^^
And Nas could never make “Big Pimping”. The songs are the exact opposite of each other, but who could deny they’re both classics. Jay and Nas can’t do what the other can do best.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
electroGREMLINcs88 Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:17 am
So that’s that. But riddle me this Batman: Who really set ‘Pac up? We all know it wasn’t a random robbery. ‘Pac thought it was Jimmy and Haitian Jack. Was he wrong or paranoid? Does the Hip-Hop community really want to know
^^^
IT WAS REY & THAT BIG ASS HAT! HE HAS A lil’nIGGA WITH A PISTOL IN HIS HAT.
^^ nah son you got it wrong.. it was Big Nigga and Crazy Bitch that done did the deed…
March 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
if you cant trust the newspapers these days… jeez
morning folks: cold, crazy, shanti, icon, billz, big homie, twain, cici, ghost, digi, chea, spot, ease, etc etc
^^^
I knooooooooooooooow you wanna leave me,
but I refuse to let you go!
If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy,
I don’t mind coz’ you mean that much to me!
(88 does James Brown Split, Spins, moonwalks)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
When you look att the picture, its kinda sad.
Its more proof that “the secret” is real
what you vision and speak of will come to pass
it just so happened that they invisioned early deaths due to gun violence
Rest in peace Pac, Big, Big L, easy e, soulj slim, proof, my boy who got shot in the head in 8th grade, big hawk, and everybody I forgot
March 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am
if you cant trust the newspapers these days… jeez
morning folks: cold, crazy, shanti, icon, billz, big homie, twain, cici, ghost, digi, chea, spot, ease, etc etc
^
*hugs greenie*
*holds on for more than 5 seconds (c) larry david*
top o the mornin to ya
March 27th, 2008 at 10:20 am
whats poppin greeny?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Fuck Chuck.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/8898338/the_unsolved_mystery_of_the_notorious_big
Suge, Bloods, Rampart, Oh My!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Plug please tell me you joking about “the secret”… please
March 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
whats good…?
homo emcees with gay rhymes >> LA Times
March 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
do people fact-check? damn …
what up green, plug, spot … *daps*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
hi plug
March 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I dont give a fuck. I believe the story. And I believe that BIG gave the gun that murked Pac. Makes life more interesting.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Plug Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
When you look att the picture, its kinda sad.
Its more proof that “the secret†is real
what you vision and speak of will come to pass
it just so happened that they invisioned early deaths due to gun violence
Rest in peace Pac, Big, Big L, easy e, soulj slim, proof, my boy who got shot in the head in 8th grade, big hawk, and everybody I forgot
^^^
i got a secret too!
(walks off with Plugs broad)
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Plug please tell me you joking about “the secretâ€â€¦ please
———-
whats there to joke about. you dont think its real?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
sup Cici
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Saigon gon sell more than little wayne
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Your nobody till somebody kills you
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
b-ease Says:
whats poppin greeny?
^ i have a somewhat comical new post up
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
what up green retinas? whats popin down ther in khaledville
March 27th, 2008 at 10:25 am
whats there to joke about. you dont think its real?
^^^
co-sign. People that think the Secret is a joke are missing how simple it is. Like attracts like. karma. what goes around comes around. yin/yang. the secret is just a different way to express these same age old concepts.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:25 am
suge obviously merked all these cats, biggie and pac, if he held vanilla over a balcony and almost let go he could’ve killed these cats easy + he probably did some hoffa shit where he merked the dudes that actually did the hits on these cats on the low
March 27th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Saigon gon sell more than little wayne
^^^
LOL
March 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Saigon gon sell more than little wayne
^^^^
Do you really believe that or just looking for a reaction, wayne is main stream/underground and Sai is just underground isnt……
March 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
the secret is just a different way to express these same age old concepts.
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exactly. It just has a name now.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
VooDoo ass nigas… go pay powerball, tuck ya tail & cross ya fingers.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
fifty cents Says:
suge obviously merked all these cats, biggie and pac, if he held vanilla over a balcony and almost let go he could’ve killed these cats easy + he probably did some hoffa shit where he merked the dudes that actually did the hits on these cats on the low
^ yeah.. thats kinda what my post is about
BOOOOO plug. khaledville???? BOOOOO
March 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
*i mean just underground
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
not on no racist shit, but i read some of the shit ya write and be like ‘’fucking white people'’
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
# Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Saigon gon sell more than little wayne
^^^
on what planet?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Plug Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Plug please tell me you joking about “the secretâ€â€¦ please
———-
whats there to joke about. you dont think its rea
^^^ so all the ppl including my friends mama dukes on 9/11 in dem towers “envisioned” and attracted 2 planes to fucking kill them?
if you jokin its whatever, but if you for real… plug fuck and your whole family.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I think Pac was popped cos he liked to run his mouth and talk greazy…
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
of course we wanna know…but does those that have hid it so much from us and ignored it want us to know is the question.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Casual T Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I think Pac was popped cos he liked to run his mouth and talk greazy…
^^^
chuuuurch! niggas run they mouth get fucked up. period.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
nah i know wayne gon sell more, but im telling ya, saigon is the next nas
March 27th, 2008 at 10:29 am
^^^^
Sai has the potential to but being a lyricist these days goes unnoticed and does get credited…..its sad really
March 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
not on no racist shit, but i read some of the shit ya write and be like ‘’fucking white people’’
^
co-signature i feel like that every hour of my life in fucking corporate america, at least you’re a rapper and get to be around mostly Blacks and hispanics but word life we got our own idiosyncracies that make us retarted
March 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I Fuck with Sai, i have a best of saigon on the pod….
March 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
When he was arrested by federal agents, Harris was found with marijuana. He told agents the marijuana was his and that he smoked it to get ready for the BET awards show, Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Alley said during an October bond hearing.
^^^^^
(excerpt from TI’s acceptance speech)
“I’d like to start by thanking the fans, BET, my POTna Young Dro…”
March 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
SHOUT OUT JACK CRACKKER
March 27th, 2008 at 10:31 am
clap your tits (c) mtf
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
saigon is the next nas
^
are you being for real? I sure as fuck hope you’re joking..
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:27 am
not on no racist shit, but i read some of the shit ya write and be like ‘’fucking white people’’
^^^
who you talkin bout digi?…
someone sayin some dumb shit?
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
is D Block over here having this Saigon convo by himself? did i miss something??
as for knowing who done did what… what would it prove? rap fans are much more content making up their own myths & legends, even if a “truth” came out, theyd never believe it.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
i guess its all about the money right??
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
^^^ so all the ppl including my friends mama dukes on 9/11 in dem towers “envisioned†and attracted 2 planes to fucking kill them?
if you jokin its whatever, but if you for real… plug fuck and your whole family.
————-
The line is right by your feet and you reeeaaaal close to crossing it. Dont come on here twistin my words up like that. aint nobody say nothin about 911. Step your mental game up. You will lose with those thoughts. especially when they directed toward me. I dont play that.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
is D Block over here having this Saigon convo by himself? did i miss something??
^^^^^
I was responding to Digi
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
nah i know wayne gon sell more, but im telling ya, saigon is the next nas
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
*late hugs/daps yellow+blue eyes*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Saigon is back?
*cries*
*dies*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
zup chea…
clap dem tittays!
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Digital scales Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
i guess its all about the money right??
^
pretty much, long as i ain’t doin haram shit to get it
*polishes face on the audemars piguet*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
greenie whaddup
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:24 am
b-ease Says:
whats poppin greeny?
^ i have a somewhat comical new post up
^^^
Fucking hilarious. Me and my man (ll) were talking not to long ago that Suge used to come off like a ruthless business man. He was violent but it was more a means to an end to get things set in place. But time has shown that the guy’s just a big ignorant idiot. I used to think he killed Pac and BIG, now I’m not so sure he had the means (mentally) to pull some shit like that off. SMH.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
green eyes Says:
March 27th, 2008 at 10:32 am
is D Block over here having this Saigon convo by himself? did i miss something??as for knowing who done did what… what would it prove? rap fans are much more content making up their own myths & legends, even if a “truth†came out, theyd never believe it.
^
Realest shit ya wrote this morning……..damn……Eskay should copy and paste this to the post…………
March 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
hi g7
chillin foe
March 27th, 2008 at 10:35 am
nah im forreal casual t, i feel everything that nigga be spitting or at least most of the time, the niggas deep and hits home alot thats why i consider him the next nas…thats just me
other than that all the extra shit ya might get into its whatever, its music, fuck with what you can relate to, or in most niggas case, wanna relate to
March 27th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Saigon doesnt smoke enuff piff, contradict hisself or pick enough shitty beats to be the next Nas..
March 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Saigon is so gone. What label is he on? Atlantic? they don’t give a eff about him. He needs to be released from there just to get a chance of putting something out in the 4th quarter.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
hold up…greenie got another post…
excuse me…
*goes to Alumnah.com*
March 27th, 2008 at 10:46 am
wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!(c) Flav
damn greens. ha.
left a comment.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:21 am
folks don’t really want to know, niggas basically know who killed Biggie and Tupac, a million niggas where fuckin watchin….duh.
“niggas don’t want the…. “Truth”" Muja Messiah
April 16th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
[…] Fresh off their potentially career-ending exposé on the true origins of Chuck Philips’ Tupac story, The Smoking Gun has set its sights on Akon’s alleged past as the leader of a lucrative car theft ring. I just got finished reading their report, and if it’s as accurate as it sounds, somebody has a lot of explaining to do. While the performer’s rap sheet does include a half-dozen arrests, Akon has only been convicted of one felony, for gun possession. That 1998 New Jersey case ended with a guilty plea, for which the singer was sentenced to three years probation. Another 1998 bust, this one in suburban Atlanta, has been seized upon by Akon and transformed into the big case that purportedly sent him to prison (thanks to his snitching cohorts) for three fight-filled years. In reality, Akon was arrested for possession of a single stolen BMW and held in the DeKalb County jail for several months before prosecutors dropped all charges against him. […]