Romesh Ranganathan discussed theories of Tupac's murder on his latest documentary (Image: GETTY) Romesh Ranganathan's theory about Tupac Shakur's manager Suge Knight being the man who murdered him was quickly shot down by a childhood friend. In scenes screened on BBC Two this evening, he was branded "idiotic". Romesh had probed the idea that Suge may have wanted him killed as he "didn't want to pay royalties" he owed him, or because Tupac wanted to leave the record label and Suge "thought the only way he'd leave was dead".
However, Reggie Wright Jr - an old school friend of the late rapper and former security chief at his label, Death Row Records - swiftly dismissed the suggestion, telling him: "Idiotic. If you believe that [theory], that's what you are." Romesh shot back: "Okay, well, I think we can strike that one off then!" Romesh filmed the documentary as a self-confessed hip-hop obsessive, admitting that he has been "completely and utterly in love with the music and culture" for 34 years.
READ MORE: Rob and Romesh get 'set on fire' in new series of their 'Versus' challenge show He praised Tupac for his "impactful" music, which sensitively tackled hard-hitting "social issues", including the "plight of single mothers [and] how drugs have infiltrated black communities". However, the rapper was shot at the age of just 25, dying days later in hospital - and now, almost three decades later, no-one has yet been convicted of his murder. Romesh vowed that, despite "admittedly [ha.