After Tupac Shakur's murder has finally been solved
Following the conviction of Duane 'Keefe D' Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, public and media interest has shifted toward the unsolved 1997 murder of The Notorious B.I.G. Experts note that the lack of a 'Keefe D' figure makes solving the Biggie case significantly more difficult.
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The resolution of a decades-old high-profile murder case has reignited public interest in related cold cases within the hip-hop community.
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Add The New York Post on Google With a conviction for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur this week, pressure is now mounting on authorities to find The Notorious B.I.G.’s killer.
The Brooklyn rapper — born Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie — was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on March 9, 1997, in Los Angeles; a murder widely believed to have been in revenge for killing Shakur.
That case came to a conclusion when Duane “Keefe D” Davis was found guilty at court in Las Vegas last week of murder for ordering his cousin, Orlando Lane, to kill Shakur then handing him a gun.
“The Tupac verdict doesn’t necessarily help solve Biggie’s murder, but it inevitably puts it under an intense microscope,” Justin Tinsley, author of “ Biggie and the World that Made Him ” told The Post.
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