Report: Confession made in Tupac attack

LOS ANGELES, June 16 (UPI) -- Dexter Isaac, a man serving life in prison for an unrelated murder, admits he was involved in the 1994 robbery and shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in New York.

Shakur survived that attack and was killed in a subsequent shooting two years later.

Hip-hop artist Biggie Smalls was shot to death in 1997.

No one has been convicted for either slaying.

Isaac told AllHipHop.com Wednesday his former friend, producer James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond, paid him $2,500 to rob and shoot Shakur in New York in 1994.

The music Web site said Isaac decided to confess to the 1994 crime to prove Rosemond's involvement and to clear his own conscience.

"I want to apologize to [Shakur's] family and for the mistake I did for that sucker [Rosemond,]" Isaac told AllHipHop.com from prison. "I am trying to clean it up to give [Tupac and Biggie's] mothers some closure."

The statute of limitations for the 1994 robbery and shooting has since expired and no one can be prosecuted now, the music Web site said.

Rosemond has in the past denied any involvement in the incident. He has been indicted on drug charges and is currently on the run from federal investigators, AllHipHop.com said.