The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory(commonly shortened toThe 7 Day TheoryorMakaveli) is the fifthstudio albumby American rapperTupac Shakur, credited as the alias Makaveli. It was released on November 5, 1996, almost two months afterhis death. It is his first posthumous release and the only one released under his alternative stage name,Makaveli. The album was released throughDeath Row Records,Interscope Records. The album was originally scheduled for release in March 1997, but as a result ofhis death,Suge Knightreleased it four months earlier.[citation needed]