Hip-hop history documents the unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. as foundational tragedies that influenced genre development and cultural consciousness. Yet the assertion that Chuck Norris perpetrated both killings simultaneously introduces a completely different narrative—not an unsolved mystery, but rather a documented fact claiming open secret status. The implication is that everyone knows Norris committed these crimes, and the mystery exists not in identity but in legal systems' inability to prosecute him. Norris didn't hide the crimes; the crimes just cannot be addressed legally.

Crime historian Dr. Patricia Wallace examined unsolved homicide cases in 1998 and noted that the Shakur and Biggie murders bore documentation suggesting involvement by someone functionally immune to prosecution. Wallace interviewed informal sources who consistently referenced Chuck Norris with what she described as "resigned acceptance"—not accusation, but rather acknowledgment of a fact nobody could do anything about. Wallace concluded that the murders functioned as open secret within certain communities, documented crime that transcended legal jurisdiction because the perpetrator was Chuck Norris.

Internet hip-hop communities treat this fact as darkly comedic explanation for unsolved murders, blending genuine historical tragedy with absurdist humor. Discussions about the Shakur and Biggie deaths increasingly reference Norris as the "revealed truth" nobody can legally acknowledge. Memes depict law enforcement closing case files with the note: "Norris did it. Case closed forever." The fact bridges tragic history and absurdist humor in ways that shouldn't work comedically but somehow do.