I shot Tupac Shakur in 1994 robbery on orders of rap manager, claims convicted murderer Dexter Isaac
By Nancy Dillon
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 5:54 PM
Updated: Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 6:15 PM
-From NYCDailyNews.com
Tupac Shakur was shot and wounded outside Manhattan's Quad Studio in 1994 - two years before he was fatally shot in Las Vegas.
Dexter Isaac fingered Czar Management head Jimmy 'Henchmen' Rosemond (pictured) as the man who hired him.
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Dexter Isaac fingered Czar Management head Jimmy 'Henchmen' Rosemond (pictured) as the man who hired him.
A convicted felon has stepped forward to say he was behind the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur that fueled the bloody rivalry many blame for the rapper's murder two years later.
Dexter Isaac, now in jail for murder, told AllHipHop.com that he robbed Shakur outside the Quad Studio in Manhattan in November 1994 on the orders of hip hop management mogul James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond.
He said Rosemond, the CEO of Czar Entertainment who manages Mike Tyson and Sean Kingston, paid him $2,500 "plus all the jewelry" except for one diamond ring Rosemond allegedly wanted for his girlfriend.
Rosemond turned himself in last month after a fugitive warrant was issued for his arrest in relation to federal cocaine distribution charges.
He has denied any wrongdoing and released a statement saying Isaac was a government information.
Isaac said he's coming forward now because he's mad at Rosemond's claim and because he believes the statute of limitations on the crime has passed.
"I want to apologize to (Shakur's) family and for the mistake I did for that sucker," Isaac told AllHipHop in a letter sent from prison. "I am trying to clean it up to give (Shakur's and Biggie's) mothers some closure."
The 1994 robbery at the midtown recording studio landed Shakur at a Manhattan hospital with five gunshot wounds.
Shakur accused rival rapper Christopher "Notorious B.I.G" Wallace of involvement in the robbery and took revenge by sleeping with Biggie's wife Faith Evans.
Biggie answered back in his songs.
Shakur was later shot four times on a Las Vegas street in September 1996 and died six days later in an unsolved murder.
One year later Biggie was killed by an unknown gunman in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
Source: NYCDailyNews.com
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