Kenyan Pastor Solves Tupac, Biggie Murders in Viral Church Sermon

In a church sermon that has gone viral on social media, a Kenyan pastor delves into the unsolved 1996 and 1997 murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. with the intensity of a detective typically reserved for Sunday services.

The video, recorded during a midweek service at a packed church in Zimmerman Estate, shows the pastor pacing the altar in a sharp suit and microphone headset, speaking rapid-fire Sheng as he narrates the entire East Coast-West Coast beef timeline. “Tupac alikufa September 7, 1996, Las Vegas, BMW nyeusi, traffic lights za Flamingo na Koval. Risasi kumi na tatu, dereva alikuwa Suge Knight. Mwezi sita tu baadaye, March 9, 1997, Biggie anakufa Los Angeles, Peterson Museum party, same style, BMW, traffic lights, risasi kumi na moja. Mbona ni kama copy-paste?” he asks the laughing congregation.

He then drops what he calls “the Holy Ghost revelation”: “Hawa wawili waliuana kwa sababu ya studio politics na pride, lakini yule aliyepiga risasi zote mbili ni yule yule aliyekuwa anawapa wote beat. Studio rat ndio alikuwa real snake!” The church erupts in cheers and “Eish!” shouts while one elder in the front row dramatically balances a plastic chair on his head throughout the entire conspiracy segment.

The pastor ties it to current events by referencing the ongoing Sean “Diddy” Combs legal cases. “Sasa mnabambia Diddy anafungwa, lakini hamjui ile story ya Biggie ilianza na yeye? Netflix inakuja na season mbili, lakini sisi tumeisha solve hapa kanisani!” he jokes, sending the youth section into hysterics.

Adelle Onyango captioned her repost: “Kenyan churches will give you theology, comedy, true crime and prophecy in one service. I’m here for all of it.” The clip has already crossed a million views on X and on TikTok, with the sound “Studio rat ndio alikuwa real snake” becoming an instant meme.

Reactions poured in from across East Africa. Ugandan comedian Anne Kansiime stitched the video with herself pretending to take notes titled “Things I didn’t know Jesus knew about 90s hip-hop.”

Nigerian podcaster Feyikemi Abudu commented, “Meanwhile American pastors are still debating prosperity gospel, and this Kenyan uncle just solved two cold cases with scripture and the Kikuyu dialect.” Even American rapper The Game quote-tweeted the clip with crying-laughing emojis and wrote, “Somebody send this pastor my number.”

The church, identified as Jesus Celebration Centre Zimmerman, with youth leaders jokingly advertising the next service as “True Crime Night with the Holy Spirit.” The pastor himself has remained humble, telling sources outside the church Tuesday afternoon, “I just wanted the young people to know that even Tupac and Biggie needed Jesus. Violence never wins.”

Whether the congregation leaves with salvation or just a new conspiracy theory, one thing is clear: this Kenyan pastor has delivered the most entertaining history lesson on the Tupac and Biggie murders the internet has ever seen, and the clip shows no signs of slowing down.