Duane Davis, who goes by the nickname “Keffe D,” wrote a tell-all book in 2019 laying out his role in the fatal shooting of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. The book, “Compton Street Legend,” opens in Las Vegas on the night of September 7, 1996, with a play-by-play account of his plan to confront Tupac and Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight in retaliation for an earlier fight. Davis wrote that he got a gun, hopped in a Cadillac with three others, and drove around looking for the pair. They spotted Tupac in a car and then pulled up next to it, he wrote. “No words exchanged, the time for talking had passed, the sh*t was about to go down!” he wrote. That version of events now represents the key evidence against Davis as he prepares to stand trial in one of America’s most notorious unsolved murders. Prosecutors say Davis was the “shot caller” of the group that fatally shot Tupac and wounded Knight in 1996 and is the only person among them still alive. The prosecution’s case is largely built on the defendant’s own words, including his book, podcast and documentary interviews and statements to police. The jury will not have a murder weapon, getaway vehicle o
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Tupac Shakur’s death has returned to the minds of many these days, as a man stands trial for his murder nearly three decades after the rapper and actor was gunned down. The renewed attention is also a reminder that Shakur thought about his…
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Tupac Shakur’s death has returned to the minds of many these days, as a man stands trial for his murder nearly three decades after the rapper and actor was gunned down. The renewed attention is also a reminder that…
Read original at CNN →Under a canopy shielding them from the desert sun that pushes temperatures to nearly 110 degrees, Las Vegas tourists rode zip lines down Fremont Street. In a courtroom three blocks away, attorney Michael Sanft was…
Read original at CNN →The former gang leader was charged with planning the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in 1996 Jurors on Thursday heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson…
Read original at The Guardian →A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage was combative in testimony during the second day of the rapper's murder trial, decrying being forced to take the stand and identify those responsible for Shakur's death. James "Mob…
Read original at BBC →Rapper was killed in drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996 and the only man ever charged is now on trial Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, the only man ever charged in…
Read original at The Guardian →Prosecutors called Shakur's 1996 killing 'an act of revenge' during opening statements, while the defense argued time, corruption and a lack of facts will be challenges in the case. • The trial of Duane Keith Davis, who…
Read original at CNN →Almost 30 years after hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur’s murder, the only person ever charged in his death is going to trial. Duane Keith Davis, also known as “Keffe D,” is accused of orchestrating Shakur’s killing via a…
Read original at CNN →About 10,000 people were in the arena watching. One of them was Tupac Shakur, the number one-selling rapper who had already become a hip-hop icon at the age of 25. Away from the ring on September 7, 1996, a bicoastal…
Read original at CNN →Duane Davis, who goes by the nickname “Keffe D,” wrote a tell-all book in 2019 laying out his role in the fatal shooting of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur. The book, “Compton Street Legend,” opens in Las Vegas on the night…
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Tupac Shakur’s death has returned to the minds of many these days, as a man stands trial for his murder nearly three decades after the rapper and actor was gunned down. The renewed attention is also a reminder that Shakur thought about his…
View source →Under a canopy shielding them from the desert sun that pushes temperatures to nearly 110 degrees, Las Vegas tourists rode zip lines down Fremont Street. In a courtroom three blocks away, attorney Michael Sanft was performing his own…
View source →The former gang leader was charged with planning the drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in 1996 Jurors on Thursday heard Duane “Keffe D” Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired the shots…
View source →A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage was combative in testimony during the second day of the rapper's murder trial, decrying being forced to take the stand and identify those responsible for Shakur's death. James "Mob James" McDonald said…
View source →Rapper was killed in drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996 and the only man ever charged is now on trial Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, the only man ever charged in connection with the…
View source →Prosecutors called Shakur's 1996 killing 'an act of revenge' during opening statements, while the defense argued time, corruption and a lack of facts will be challenges in the case. • The trial of Duane Keith Davis, who is charged with one…
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