Like many music lovers Mr Damian has remained somewhat mystified by the continually high level of new records produced by dead rapper Tupac Shakur. The 25 year old rapper was shot dead in 1996, and yet since then his record label have continued to produce a steady stream of successful new albums.

Dead or what?

As a result conspiracy theories abound with many convinced that Tupac is still alive, or that impersonators are being employed to recreate his sound.

The truth, as we discovered, is out there and it’s none of the above.

It appears that Radio One DJ and self-styled gangsta Tim Westwood has been acting as a vessel for Shakur, allowing the dead rapper to take control of his body – often for days at a time – in order for new material to be laid down, some pool to be shot and the occasional lady given some Tupac-style “California Love”.

Westwood: Vessel

This isn’t the first time that bishop’s boy Westwood has been used in this way. Notorious BIG and the German religious reformer Martin Luther have also been known to inhabit his body, the later being a mistake when Westwood’s psychic tried to contact the black civil rights leader Martin Luther King and got it slightly wrong.

Tim Westwood is regarded as the most influential figure in European hip hop and regularly wears oversized trousers.

Posted by damian at August 20, 2004 01:53 PM | TrackBack