Prior to his "death" Tupac purchased, read and thoroughly studied the publications and works of Machiavelli, who was a 16th century Italian war strategist who mastered the art of faking ones death, to fool his enemies. ... By changing his name, and studying Machiavelli so closely, could it be that Tupac was taking on the identity of him? ...

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