There is a verdict for Duane Davis. He is responsible for Tupac's death

Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty by a jury on August 31 of first-degree murder with a firearm in connection with organizing the attack on the rapper. Today, a court in Las Vegas decided that Davis will spend a minimum of 40 years in prison. The 731 days that the accused spent in custody should be subtracted from this penalty. This means that he will be eligible for parole after 38 years at the earliest. Duane "Keffe D" Davis is currently 63 years old.

A murder that shocked the music world

On September 7, 1996, the music world stopped for a moment. Tupac Shakur, just 25 years old, was fatally shot while driving in Las Vegas. He was sitting in the passenger seat of a BMW driven by his manager and head of Death Row Records, Marion "Suge" Knight. A few days later, the rapper died in the hospital.

The case remained unsolved for almost 30 years. Only in 2023, after the arrest of Duane Davis, did investigators have a chance to close it.

Gangster settlements and revenge

According to the court's findings, the motive for the murder was a brutal fight that took place a few hours earlier at the MGM Grand casino. Tupac Shakur and members of his entourage beat up Davis' nephew there. Davis, then leader of the South Side Compton Crips, decided to settle the score.

That same evening, after Mike Tyson's boxing event with Bruce Seldon, Davis got into a white Cadillac with his nephew and two other gang members. They went in search of Shakur and Knight. When they found their car, Davis handed the gun to the gangsters sitting in the back. One of them fired fatal shots through the window, hitting the rapper four times. Shakur died after six days of fighting for his life.

A breakthrough thanks to... the accused's own words

For years, investigators suspected Davis of involvement in the murder, but hard evidence was lacking. The breakthrough came when Davis himself began to speak publicly about his role in the events of that night. In interviews and in his autobiography "Compton Street Legend", he admitted to participating in the assassination of Tupac. His accounts, recordings of secret meetings with the police and fragments of the book became key evidence in the trial.