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2 unusual facts about Chuck Philips


Girl You Know It's True

Following the series of stories by L.A. Times journalist Chuck Philips, the Academy revoked their Grammy.

Orlando Anderson

In 2002, The Los Angeles Times published a two-part series by reporter Chuck Philips, titled "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?," based on a yearlong investigation that reconstructed the crime and the events leading up to it.


East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry

A two-part 2002 article by journalist Chuck Philips called "Who Killed Tupac Shakur?" reported that: "the shooting was carried out by a Compton gang called the Southside Crips to avenge the beating of one of its members by Shakur a few hours earlier. Orlando Anderson, the Crip whom Shakur had attacked, fired the fatal shots. Las Vegas police discounted Anderson as a suspect and interviewed him only once, briefly. He was later killed in an unrelated gang shooting."


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