MURDERED rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting "orchestrated by the CIA" according to explosive new claims.

The rap star was fatally wounded and died six days after being shot four times on the Las Vegas strip on September 7 1996.

11 Tupac Shakur was aged just 25 when he died in hospital after being shot in Las Vegas on September 7 1996 Credit: Getty Images

11 The rapper was murdered six months before the Notorious B.I.G after the two were involved in East Coast, West Coast rap rivalry Credit: Getty Images

11 The car which Tupac Shakur was travelling in the night he was shot and killed has recently been put up for sale Credit: Getty

The 25-year-old's death sparked a wave of conspiracy theories, including that he's still alive in Cuba after faking his own death.

Now allegations in a new book point the finger of blame at law enforcement, claiming the murder was set up by the CIA.

Writing in Drugs As Weapons Against Us, author John Potash claimed 2Pac, whose mother Afeni was a Black Panther activist, was politicising black street gangs.

His book alleges US intelligence agencies were worried about political gangs and saw Tupac at the forefront, reported Mirror Online.

Potash writes: "In line with Tupac’s quote 'I never had a record until I made a record', police arrested him close to a dozen times on dubious charges, most of which were dismissed.

"In Los Angeles, the FBI would accumulate a 4,000-page on Tupac."

The book further claims law enforcement was reportedly worried that Tupac, famous for albums such All Eyez on Me, was trying to bring peace among LA's Bloods and Crips gangs.

It claimed that some cops employed by Death Row Records, the company Tupac was signed to, were in fact "covert agents".

The controversial book claims the CIA also targeted other "left-wing" musicians including Kurt Cobain, John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix.

11 The musician's murder led to a range of conspiracy theories including one that he faked his death and now resides in Cuba Credit: Getty Images

11 Tupac and Death Row Records boss Suge Knight were reportedly affiliated with the infamous LA gang the Bloods Credit: Optimum Releasing

11 Despite a fiery relationship with law enforcement, he once rapped in famous track Only God Can Judge Me 'it's my own kind doing all the killing here' Credit: Getty Images

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Former Los Angeles Police Detective Greg Kading, who investigated the murders and detailed his explanation in book Murder Rap, claims Pac was murdered by Compton Crip gang member Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson.

Hours before the shooting Tupac and his Bloods-affiliated Death Row Records entourage including CEO Suge Knight were captured on CCTV attacking Anderson in the MGM Grand after watching a Mike Tyson fight.

Kading had claimed that months before Sean 'P Diddy' Combs offered $1 million to Crips gang member Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis - Anderson's uncle - to kill Tupac and Knight.

11 Tupac, pictured with notorious rap manager Suge Knight who ran the hugely controversial Death Row Records music label Credit: AP:Associated Press

11 When he was killed, Tupac was at the forefront of a feud with the east coast, headed by Biggie Credit: Channel 4

11 Ex LA cop Greg Kading claims Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson shot Tupac. In May 1998, Anderson was shot dead after a dispute at a garage

11 This picture is believed to be the last one taken of 2Pac before he was murdered in Las Vegas, with CEO Suge Knight alongside driving the car

11 Greg Kading claimed Anderson was the nephew of Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis - who Combs had offered to pay $1million for the killing

As retaliation, Kading’s theory alleges Knight then hired Bloods gang member Wardell “Poochie” Fouse to kill the Notorious BIG six months later on March 9 1997.

Combs has previously shot down Kading’s claims telling LA Weekly they were "pure fiction and completely ridiculous".

Keffe D told Kading that he provided security for Bad Boy records staff when they were in Los Angeles and that he was driving the car when his nephew Anderson allegedly shot Tupac.

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