The 47-year-old, who was with the late rapper on the night of his murder in 1996, told Los Angeles radio station KDay that the reason why no-one has been found for the crime is that Shakur faked his own death.

He said: "Maybe the question is... Pac's not really dead... Pac's somewhere else."

When asked whether he ever saw the body of the hip-hop icon, who was brought back to life during Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s set at Coachella last week, he replied:

"Nobody seen Tupac dead. The person who supposedly cremated Tupac... this guy got about three million dollars... personally from me... cash... and next thing I know I never heard from the guy or seen him again... he retired and left."

Knight, who signed Shakur to his label in 1995, was the subject of rumours about the murder himself last year, when an ex-LAPD detective claimed that he and P. Diddy ordered the murders of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G, an allegation which the latter dismissed as 'completely ridiculous.'