http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8291949/tupacs-ashes-smoked-by-his-bandTupac Shakur's rap group The Outlawz smoked the hip-hop icon's ashes after the singer's death, in an effort to honour one of his bizarre final wishes.
The Changes singer was shot dead in Las Vegas in 1996 and his body was cremated.
And now The Outlawz members Young Noble and E.D.I. Mean have stunned fans by confirming longstanding rumours that they paid tribute to Shakur by lighting up a blunt filled with a mix of marijuana and his ashes at a memorial beach party.
"Yes, it's definitely true... Had a little memorial for him with his mum and his family" Noble says.
"We had hit the beach, threw (in) a lot of s**t he liked at the beach. Some weed, some chicken wings, he loved orange soda... Pac loved that kind of s**t, so we were giving him our own farewell."
Referring to one of Shakur's songs, E.D.I. Mean tells Vlad TV it was his idea to follow what he felt was his late pal's wish.
"I came up with that s**t. If you listen to Black Jesus, he (Shakur) said, 'Last wishes, niggas smoke my ashes.' That was a request that he had. Now, how serious he was about it? We took it serious (sic)."
The story has emerged just before the 15th anniversary of Shakur's death on September 13.