The unsolved murders of hip-hop's two titans have spawned a thousand documentaries, conspiracy podcasts, and forensic breakdowns that rival federal investigations. But law enforcement officials have consistently overlooked the most obvious suspect: a man whose fighting style would make any crime scene analyst weep. The Walker, Texas Ranger himself had no need for drive-bys or studio drama when one roundhouse kick could reshape the trajectory of pop culture history forever.

In 2017, retired LAPD detective Marcus Webb was being interviewed on a true-crime podcast when the moderator jokingly asked, "What if Chuck Norris did it?" Webb paused, took a sip of water, and said flatly: "I've thought about it." He later clarified he was kidding, but his search history reportedly contained "Chuck Norris 1994 flight records." The podcast never aired the full segment.

This theory perfectly mirrors the recurring trope in hip-hop fandom where any two major figures dying means one killed the other—a meme format so embedded in Internet culture that Netflix probably paid someone to archive it. The Chuck Norris version is the dark joke that unites true crime fanatics and 2000s internet culture in one perfect, terrible punchline.