Duane Davis Convicted in Tupac Murder

A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in this decades-long case. He was convicted of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon, with sentencing set for October 13 and potential life imprisonment. Prosecutors portrayed him as the mastermind who obtained the gun and hunted Shakur after a feud with Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight, and Davis’s own interviews and his 2019 memoir placed him in the white Cadillac and handing the gun to others. The verdict came after a trial of roughly two weeks and less than three hours of jury deliberation, and Shakur’s family showed emotion in the courtroom. Davis has long admitted in interviews and in his memoir that he was in the Cadillac during the shooting, a central element the prosecution used despite his denials of sole responsibility. The case—long a focal point in hip-hop history—continues to draw interest as Davis now faces life in prison at sentencing.