Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac’s Murder Was His Case

Retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker responds to Reggie Wright Jr.'s explosive personal attacks

The former head of Death Row Records security--and former Compton cop- Reggie Wright Jr. made explosive claims about now-retired Las Vegas Metro cop Brent Becker during award-winning journalist Lena Nozizwe's recent interview.

 

In this episode, Lena gets to the most personal attacks.

 

Including Wright's claim that Brent is anti-black. Even though that claim is based, in part, on an encounter Brent says never even happened.

 

Also in the episode:

• More discussion about witnesses
• Rafael Pérez, David Mack and Kevin Gaines
  

• LAPD's Biggie files

#tupac

#Makaveli

#2pac

#Rafael Pérez

#David Mac

#Kevin Gaines

#KeffeD

 

 

 

 

 

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Witness

I began my Tupac podcast in the vortex of my caregiving journey with my beloved and acclaimed mother, Alice Princess Msumba Siwundhla, Ph.D.

 

I inherited my journalistic curiosity from her.

 

Producing the podcast allowed me to satisfy my curiosity while being within arm's length of the love of my life.

With the podcast, I retraced my investigative steps while exploring new theories, from the probable to the unlikely.

 

So much now tracks back to the players and the fact pattern I uncovered almost  30 years ago.

 

My mother's well-being was always at the forefront of my mind, even in the midst of my research and while interviewing retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker.

Production delays have been prompted by my caregiving.

I am carrying now, in part, because no one supported me more in my journalism than my mother. And I cannot think of a better storyteller--someone who promoted faith, hope, and love--other than my mother.

I will forget you not and love you through eternity.

With that as the backdrop, I'm dropping the latest episode on Lena Nozizwe reporting TMWHC. This episode delves into the contested telling of Tupac witnesses. 

 

Link to tribute to Princess Msumba Siwundhla, Ph.D.

 

Alice Princess Msumba Siwundhla Ph.D: Xhosa South African orphan to inspirational bestselling author

 

 

When Baby Lane met LVMPD detective (ret) Brent Becker in Compton

One of the original homicide detectives investigating Tupac's murder responds to claims by a former Compton cop about what happened the day of the search warrant.

 

Journalist Lena Nozizwe pushes retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker to go into the most detail ever about his only face-to-face encounter with Orlando Anderson in the parking lot of the Compton Police Department.

 

Becker also responds to assertions from that former Compton cop who was there that day, who says the homicide detectives cared more about getting breakfast than interviewing Anderson.

 

 

 

 

(ret) LVMPD detective Brent Becker responds to former Death Row security head Reggie Wright Jr

Former head of Death Row security Reggie Weight Jr. had a lot of explosive things to say about (ret)LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker.

 The problem is Becker says they just aren’t true.

Who do you believe?

This episode delves into the hours just after Tupac was shot, charges of racism and a hospital encounter Brent says never happened.

 

#tupac

#brentbecker

#reggieweightjr

Reggie Wright Jr. Speaks: Theresa Swann, autopsy photo source, LVMPD's challenge in getting the full "confession" tape

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In the final installment of a series of episodes, award-winning journalist Lena Nozizwe probes former Death Row security head Reggie Wright Jr. on:

 

*his current relationship with former Death Row CEO Suge Knight

*Knight's bae Theresa Swann

*Death Row's former in-house mouthpiece, David Kenner

*the source of Tupac's only published autopsy photo

*LVMPD's challenge in getting the full "confession" tape

*what he wants his legacy to be

 

 

 

#tupac #tupacmurderpodcast #reggiewrightjr #reggiewright 

Reggie Wright Jr. Speaks: Rampart cops for hire? Sam Sneed partying after a beating and which witnesses did he present to LVMPD?*

*He may not know.

 

The news in this episode of Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case is just who Reggie Wright Jr., former head of Death Row security, brought to LVMPD detectives.

 

Lena also presents surprising evidence proving the scenario Reggie Jr. describes could never have happened as he claims.

 

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#tupacshakur

#rampart

#deathrowrecords

#lenanozizwe

#samsneed

#snoopdog

 

 

 

 

Reggie Wright Jr. Speaks: Orlando's "Payoff," Explosive Claims About Brent Becker, and Giving My Exclusive to Chuck Philips

 This week, Reggie Wright Jr., the former head of Death Row Security, speaks on:

 

Orlando Anderson's "payoff"*

*My word

 

Explosive claims about retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker

 

And why he gave my scoop to former Los Angeles Times reporter Chuck Philips.

 

#tupacshakur

#2pac

#deathrowrecords

 

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Reggie Wright Jr. Speaks: The Saga of The "Snatched" Death Row Chain

I have kept a secret for almost 30 years after first reporting on the murder of Tupac Shakur.

 

While my sources at LVMPD (including Brent Becker) and Compton PD were public, my source at Death Row has been unnamed until now.

 

And there was one question in particular I have been waiting to ask because that source lied to me.

 

Were the answers unspooled in this episode satisfying? 

 

No.

 

But at last I have them.

 

It's all about the saga of the "snatched" Death Row chain.

 

#Tupac

#2pac

#Makaveli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I kept a secret for almost 30 years after first reporting on the murder of Tupac Shakur.

 

While  my sources at LVMPD (including Brent Becket) and Compton PD were public, my source at Death Row has been unnamed until now.

 

And there was one question in particular I have been waiting to ask because that source lied to me.

 

Were the answers unspooled in this episode satisfying? 

 

No.

 

But at last I have them.

 

It's all about the "snatched" Death Row chain.

 

#Tupac

#2pac

#Makaveli

 

 

 

 

 

The Last Batch of Your Questions: 2026 Edition

Retired LVMPD detective Brent Becker answers more of your questions this week.

 

One of the original homicide detectives on the case talks about:

 

• that reappearing Glock
• that disappearing Caddy
• whether Reggie is a killah

 

 

 

More of Your Questions: 2026 Edition

 

Who was the best witness  on September 7, 1996?

 

 

What do the bullet holes that riddled the BMW Tupac was in tell us?

 

 

Plus more about the relationship between LVMPD and Compton PD.

 

 

Retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker, one of the original investigators of Tupac's death, answers all in the latest episode of Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case 

 

 

#tupac

#2pac

#makaveli

 

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