BY ODIGIE OKPATAKU

Fresh revelations have emerged from Suge Knight about what happened in the hours following Tupac Shakur’s death, including a strange ritual involving the rapper’s ashes.

Speaking from prison in a phone interview with People, the former Death Row Records boss shared that after Tupac’s death, the late rapper’s mother, Afeni Shakur, had him cremated almost immediately. Knight said he spent over $1 million in cash to ensure the process was done quickly, as requested by Afeni.

According to Knight, Tupac’s friends rolled his ashes into a blunt and smoked it. “A bag with his ashes was passed around. His homies rolled him up. They smoked him,” Knight said, adding that it was seen as a symbolic gesture to keep a part of him with them. “I was so happy to say I was on probation — I couldn’t smoke. I told his mother, ‘Moms, I’d love to, but if I hit that, I’ll get in trouble.’ I was probably the only one who didn’t hit him.”