As further evidence that the mutation in the amyloid gene can cause Alzheimer's disease, the scientists reported they did not find the mutation in people who did not have Alzheimer's disease. Their paper will be published in Thursday's issue of the British journal Nature.
Kading says that in retaliation for Tupac's death, his manager Marion Hugh 'Suge' Knight hired rival Blood gang member Wardell 'Poochie' Fouse to kill Diddy's long-time friend Biggie Smalls for just $13,000.
In Tupac's world, art and reality became tragically blurred, culminating with his 1996 murder in Las Vegas. Shakur was the son of Black Panther Party members Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur (Shakur is Arabic for thankful to God), who was in jail (and later acquitted) on bombing charges while pregnant with him.