What The COPS Found In Tupac's Garage After His Death SHOCKED Everyone

News now. Investigators of Valley Homes

searched in connection to the Tupac

Shakur murder investigation nearly 27

years after his death.

>> The cops weren't ready for what they

found in Tupac's garage. When

investigators finally forced open that

locked door in February 1997,

5 months after his murder, they expected

to find expensive cars and maybe some

recording equipment. What they actually

discovered sitting in that sealed garage

would completely change how the world

understood Tupac Shakur. And more

importantly, it revealed plans he'd been

hiding from everyone, including the

people closest to him. Metro police

confirming they searched a home as part

of their ongoing work to solve who

killed the rapper and hiphop icon. The

garage had been off limits since

September 1996, trapped in legal limbo,

while death row records, his family, and

various attorneys fought over who

controlled what. A judge finally ordered

it open for inventory purposes. And when

Detective Marcus Hendrickx walked in

with his team, he immediately knew

something was different. This wasn't a

storage space for a flashy celebrity

lifestyle. The walls had soundproofing.

Heavyduty shelving covered both sides

and everything was organized with labels

and dates like someone running a serious

operation. And what sat on that main

[music] workbench would blow apart

everything people thought they knew

about Tupac's final months. Sources

telling Bay investigators this search

involves Dwayne Davis, also known as

Keefe D. Davis speaking publicly about

the night Tupac died in videos on

YouTube and in a book. Three thick black

binders dominated the workspace, each

one stuffed with hundreds of pages. The

first binder contained movie scripts,

but not scripts Tupac was hired to act

in. These were films he planned to

direct himself. Detailed production

schedules, budget breakdowns, casting

notes written in his own handwriting.

All of it showed he'd been studying the

film industry like he was preparing for

a completely different career. One

script called Thug Angels told [music] a

story about gang intervention programs.

And attached to it were actual proposals

for partnering with real nonprofits and

holding community screenings where

ticket money would go straight back to

youth programs in rough neighborhoods.

>> 25-year-old Tupac Shakur shot four times

inside this BMW in this intersection

near the Las Vegas strip in September

1996. He would die from his injuries 6

days later.

>> The second binder hit even harder. Page

after page of financial records showed

where Tupac's money was really going,

and it wasn't on jewelry and parties

like everyone assumed. Bank statements

revealed monthly payments to bail funds

for young people locked up on minor

charges. Receipts showed he'd covered

legal fees for families who couldn't

afford lawyers. Wire transfer

confirmations proved he donated to

literacy programs, mentorship

organizations, and community centers all

across California. And none of it was

public. No press [music] releases, no

interviews where he bragged about it,

just quiet help for people who needed

it. One check for $50,000 went to a

Watts literacy program just 3 days

before he flew to Las Vegas. But the

third binder contained evidence of

something that would have completely

changed hip hop history if Tupac [music]

had lived long enough to pull it off.

>> Vanessa Murphy speaking exclusively with

paramedics in 2016. [music]

>> We brought the gurnie up over

>> just pulled them out.

>> Mhm. Pulled him out. Um, and that's

when, you know, that's when I, everybody

was yelling, um, Tupac.

>> Legal paperwork showed Tupac was

building his own record label, totally

separate from Death Row. Corporate

documents dated August 1996, proved he'd

already registered the name Macaveli

Records, filed for trademark protection,

and started talks with distributors who

could move his albums without Sug Knight

being involved at all. business plans

laid out how he wanted to sign young

artists and mentor them, build a full

production house with his own engineers

and video directors, and create

something that would last [music] beyond

just his own music. The evidence was

clear. Tupac was planning his exit from

Death Row, and he was setting up

everything he needed to do it on his own

terms.

>> But he's happy it's happening, and he

says he hopes it'll bring some more

closure to the case. and I didn't think

there'd ever be uh any more steps taken

in this case.

>> The cops kept digging through the garage

and that's when they found the lock box.

It sat behind the filing cabinets, steel

and code locked. And after Apheni

Shakur's lawyer gave them the

combination, they opened it to find a

stack of many DV tapes. Each tape had a

date written on it in marker ranging

from July to early September 1996.

When detectives played them back at the

police station, [music] they saw Tupac

sitting alone talking directly into a

camera like he was keeping a video

diary. And what he said on those tapes

would haunt everyone who watched them

because Tupac knew something bad was

coming.

>> It's [music] 27 years old. I I can tell

you exactly why it happened. It's

happened because of Keith ED running his

mouth.

>> The video entry showed a completely

different person than the aggressive

figure in music videos. Tupac talked

about being exhausted, feeling trapped

by his own image, and knowing that the

life he was living couldn't continue

much longer. He discussed wanting to

move to Ghana and make films about black

history without Hollywood's filters. He

mentioned plans to write a book about

political change and activism, something

young people could actually use. In one

video from September 3rd, just 4 days

before he got shot, Tupac said he felt

like he was living on borrowed time. Not

because of enemies or beef with other

rappers, but because everything was

moving too fast and he was losing

control. Those tapes proved Tupac was

trying to figure out how to escape the

persona he'd created. He'd built this

image of the fearless thug who didn't

care about consequences, but privately

he was mapping out a future that looked

nothing like that. The contrast was

shocking, and investigators realized

they were watching someone who

desperately wanted out, but hadn't

figured out how to leave without

destroying everything he'd worked for.

Then they saw the [music] BMW sitting on

the hydraulic lift in the back, and

everything suddenly made terrifying

sense.

>> Probably didn't really know it was going

to have any historical significance. At

that point, it was fixed and then sold

to the general public, probably at an

auction, something like that.

>> The car was a black BMW 750il.

the exact same model Tupac had been

riding in when he got shot in Las Vegas.

But this one was pristine, never driven,

and registration [music]

documents showed he'd bought it three

weeks before his death. The keys were in

the workbench drawer with a handwritten

note that said, "Exit plan, New York or

Ghana. Decide by October."

Investigators opened the trunk and found

two large duffel bags packed with items

that made their blood run cold. Inside

those bags were passports, one real and

one that looked fake with a different

name on it. 80,000 in cash vacuum sealed

in plastic bags. International phone

cards. A handwritten list of contacts in

Jamaica, Cuba, and several African