The location where rapper Stretch was killed

This is the location where rapper Stretch was shot dead.

It is situated at the corner of 112th Avenue and 209th Street in Queens, New York.

The "Live Squad" member, whose real name was Randy Walker, was killed during a high-speed car chase that ended after he was shot multiple times at this intersection.

When the police arrived at the scene, they found the 27-year-old dead inside his overturned minivan.

In the early hours of November 30th, 1995, Stretch dropped his older brother, Majesty, off at his house in Queens Village. He then continued towards his home on Witthoff Avenue.

As he was driving through Queens, three people inside a passing black Nissan Altima opened fire on his vehicle.

This led to a short chase through the neighborhood, during which Stretch was shot four times in the back with an AK-47.

After being fatally wounded, he lost control of his minivan, crashed into a tree, and overturned.

He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Drug-related

Although it has been widely speculated that Stretch's murder was somehow related to his feud with rapper Tupac Shakur, sources familiar with the matter have indicated that the shooting was drug-related.

The rapper allegedly stole 10 kilograms of cocaine from a local drug dealer in 1995. When he refused to give it back, the dealer retaliated by putting a hit out on his head.

In 2022, his older brother, Majesty, told an interviewer that his brother was killed because he "got caught up in some hood sh*t."

During the interview, he dismissed suggestions that Shakur was involved, stating, "Everyone from the hood knows what it is."

Feud with Shakur

Stretch and Shakur became friends after they met during filming of the 1992 movie Juice. Afterwards, they collaborated on Shakur's first two albums. They also performed together on the song "Pain," which featured on the soundtrack for Jeff Pollack's sports drama Above the Rim (1994).

Their relationship soured in November 1994 after three men shot and robbed Shakur at the Quad Studios in Times Square.

Shakur heavily criticized Stretch for not coming to his defense during the attack. He said that he should have fought, as he was a 6-foot-8 man who "towered above" the gunmen.

In response, Stretch argued that his height didn't give him an advantage over bullets. He also claimed that Shakur was only shot once by the men and that the other injuries occurred when the rapper accidentally shot himself while reaching for his weapon.

Following the shooting, Shakur became convinced that he had been set up by Biggie Smalls, Puff Daddy, Stretch, and other hip-hop figures on the East Coast.

During one interview, he questioned why the gunmen didn't deal with Walker first:

"From what I know about the criminal element, if ni*gas come to rob you, they always hit the big ni*ga first. But they didn't touch Stretch. They came straight to me."

Stretch's murder occurred exactly one year after the Quad Studios shooting. This, combined with Shakur's scathing remarks, fueled speculation that the rapper had orchestrated his death.

However, sources familiar with the matter have stated that the shooting was drug-related, as the "Live Squad" member had been "greenlit" by a local dealer.

Notably, federal prosecutors believe that one of the killers was a man named Ronald "Tenad" Washington, who was recently found guilty of the 2002 murder of Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay.

Ten months after the shooting, Shakur was also gunned down during a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.