AllHipHop.com reported today that Dexter Isaac, an inmate at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center who is serving live in prison for crimes including murder, has confessed to involvement in the 1994 shooting and robbery of Tupac Sharkur at the Quad Studios in New York City.
Isaac, who's name has been mentioned in connection to the attack previously, says that he was paid $2,500 - plus whatever he could take from Shakur - by Jimmy "Jimmy Henchmen" Rosemond, who's company, Czar Entertainment, represents Game and Sean Kingston.
His motivation for coming forward at this time, Isaac said, was because of
Rosemond mentioning his name in a statement posted at AllHipHop.com, where Rosemond defended himself from unrelated cocaine charges, suggesting that the government's case relied on informants like Isaac who, in the full letter posted on AllHipHop.com, maintains that he has "never been a rat for anybody."
In a troubling and potentially dangerous way, however, Isaac's letter seems to introduce just as many questions as it answers. At one point, it mentions Sean "Diddy" Combs and hints at some form of involvement.
"Now I'm not going to talk about my friend Biggie's death or 2Pac's death, but I would like to give their mothers some closure," he writes. "It's about time that some one did, and I will do so at a different time. Jimmy, you and Puffy like to come off all innocent-like, but as the saying goes: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
"Mr. Rosemond, I ask you: Are you going to flip on Puffy when the feds get you? To save yourself like you have done in the past? Because that's what a rat does. So in closing, we shall see who the rat is, in the near future."
If Isaac has things he's like to share, and would like to offer Ms. Wallace and Ms. Shakur closure, why is he holding back information? What is he looking to gain by hinting at further details, but not revealing them? This will only lead to worthless speculation on his statements.
Given the timing of this release, shortly after Rosemond essentially labeled him, in Isaac's words, as a "rat," there is at least an element of revenge to Isaac's letter. AllHipHop.com notes that, in addition to murder, Isaac was charged with robbery, fraud and witness intimidation.
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