Could Tupac verdict inspire new efforts to also find killer of his rap rival?
The conviction of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur has brought closure to a decades-old cold case. The verdict has sparked public speculation regarding whether this breakthrough could lead to new investigations into the unsolved murder of his rival, Notorious B.I.G.
Why it matters
It resolves a major cultural mystery in hip-hop history and sets a precedent for how cold cases involving public figures are revisited.
Figure caption, Watch: What it was like inside court for Tupac Shakur’s murder trial verdict
The conviction of Duane "Keffe D" Davis in Las Vegas has brought an end to one of the world's most famous unsolved murder cases.
"We're talking about the greatest rapper of all time, an icon, and not a single arrest or prosecution for 30 years," former prosecutor Neama Rahmani told the BBC of the conviction in rapper Tupac Shakur's murder. "This is huge. It was a tough case. It's a cold case."
It gives closure to 30 years of mystery, the end of an era, he added.
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