@c5news: Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur. The 63-year-old was convicted on Monday of a single count of murder with a deadly weapon and could be sentenced to life in prison.  Prosecutors dismissed a gang enhancement charge due to witness logistics. Shortly after the verdict was read the ex-gang boss of the Loas Angeles South Side Compton Crips announced his intention to appeal. Tupac was shot in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996 while driving with Marion ‘Suge’ Knight. The 25-year-old died in hospital six days later. After the verdict was read, Tupac’s sister, Sekyiwa ‘Set’ Shakur, cried and hugged prosecutors. Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors in closing arguments that Davis acquired a gun and “went hunting” for Tupac and Death Row Records co-founder Mr Knight after the men had beaten up Davis’ nephew earlier that night. Prosecutors said that while his story had changed over the years, Davis repeatedly placed himself inside a white Cadillac from which the shots were fired. And they said that while he did not pull the trigger, evidence showed he'd called for the gunfire as a powerful gang leader the younger men in the car, including his nephew, were going to listen to. Davis is the only person still alive among the four men prosecutors say were in the Cadillac. Davis is due to be sentenced on 13 October. The shooting death of the Notorious B.I.G. six months after Tupac came up many times during the trial, with law enforcement witnesses saying Davis was briefly a suspect before being discounted. That case, which has also been an obsession of hip-hop fans, remains unsolved. #5news #tupac #keffeD #rap

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Tuesday 01 September 2026 12:26:52 GMT