Former gang leader accused of ordering 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur goes on trial
The trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has begun in Las Vegas, nearly 30 years after the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Davis, a former gang leader, faces charges of murder with a deadly weapon.
Why it matters
This trial addresses one of the most high-profile cold cases in music history, bringing potential closure to a defining moment in hip-hop culture.
A FORMER GANG leader who is accused of ordering the killing of Tupac Shakur has gone on trial, 30 years after the rapper was shot near the Las Vegas Strip.
The 1996 drive-by shooting remains one of the hip-hop world’s defining moments and enduring mysteries.
Family members of Shakur were among those who gathered at a Las Vegas court for the beginning of jury selection, which could continue through much of this week.
“Whoever had anything to do with it, whoever set it up, whoever had any hand in it should be locked up in prison,” said Shakur’s cousin, Kendrick Lesane.
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis (63) has pleaded not guilty to murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the rapper’s death. At the time, Davis was a leader of the South Side Compton Crips in California.
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