An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing. Here’s what we all know concerning the case and the rapper

By Associated Press

LOS ANGELES:  An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing, the most recent twist in one of many largest unsolved instances in hip-hop historical past.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested on suspicion of homicide early Friday morning and has been indicted on a homicide cost in Las Vegas.

The case returned to the highlight in July when Nevada authorities served a search warrant in reference to the rap star’s capturing loss of life.

Here’s what to find out about one of the crucial notorious deadly shootings in hip-hop historical past:

WHAT’S NEW IN THE INVESTIGATION?
Authorities on Friday arrested Davis, who’s identify has lengthy been linked with Shakur’s loss of life. He is the relative of a person who emerged as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.

Shakur was gunned down whereas driving in a automotive on the Las Vegas strip on Sept. 7, 1996.

In July, authorities executed a warrant within the close by metropolis of Henderson at Davis’ home. He’s the uncle of Orlando Anderson, one among Shakur’s identified rivals who authorities lengthy suspected shot the rapper. Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s killing on the time and died two years later in an unrelated gang capturing in Compton, California.

Details from the warrant obtained by The Associated Press present detectives collected a number of computer systems, a mobile phone, “documentary documents,” a Vibe journal that featured Shakur, a number of .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a duplicate of Davis’ 2019 memoir, ”Compton Street Legend.”

WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT SHAKUR WAS SHOT?
The 25-year-old rapper was touring in a black BMW pushed by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight in a convoy of about 10 automobiles, apparently headed to a nightclub, after watching Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon in a championship combat on the MGM Grand.

After the bout, Shakur, Knight and associates had been concerned in a combat on the lodge.

While driving down the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac with 4 males inside pulled alongside the BMW whereas it was stopped at a pink gentle. One individual opened hearth, riddling the passenger facet of Knight’s automotive with bullets, police stated. Sitting within the passenger seat, Shakur was shot 4 instances, no less than twice within the chest. Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment or shrapnel from the automotive.

Shakur was rushed to a hospital, the place he died six days later.

WHAT IS THE RAPPER’S LEGACY?
Shakur is likely one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, additionally identified by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli. His skilled music profession solely lasted 5 years, however he offered greater than 75 million data worldwide, together with the diamond-certified album “All Eyez on Me,” which was full of hits together with “California Love (Remix),” “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” and “How Do U Want It.”

Shakur had 5 No. 1 albums together with “Me Against the World” in 1995 and “All Eyez on Me” in 1996, together with three posthumous releases: 1996’s “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory,” 2001’s “Until the End of Time” and 2004’s “Loyal to the Game.”

The six-time Grammy-nominated artist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Snoop Dogg in 2017.

As a rising actor, Shakur starred in a number of well-liked movies equivalent to John Singleton’s “Poetic Justice” with Janet Jackson and Ernest Dickerson’s “Juice.” He additionally performed main roles in “Gang Related” and “Above the Rim.”

In April, a five-part FX docuseries referred to as “ Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” delved into the previous of the rapper’s mom, Afeni Shakur, as a feminine chief within the Black Panther Party, whereas exploring Tupac’s journey as a political visionary and turning into one of many best rap artists of all time.

Earlier this 12 months, Shakur acquired a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“He defied the distinction between art and activism,” stated radio persona Big Boy, who emceed the ceremony.

Shakur has been remembered with museum reveals, together with “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” in 2021 and “All Eyez on Me” on the Grammy Museum in 2015. Oakland officers have stated a stretch of an Oakland road might be renamed after him.

WHAT ABOUT HIS BIGGEST RIVALRY?
Shakur’s loss of life got here amid his feud with rap rival the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot six months later. At the time, each rappers had been in the midst of the notorious East Coast-West Coast rivalry, which primarily outlined the hip-hop scene in the course of the mid-Nineteen Nineties.

The feud was ignited after Shakur was significantly wounded in one other capturing throughout a theft within the foyer of a midtown Manhattan lodge in 1994. He was shot a number of instances and misplaced $40,000.

Shakur overtly accused B.I.G. and Sean “Diddy” Combs of getting prior information of the capturing, which each vehemently denied. The capturing sparked sufficient of a feud that created a critical divide inside the hip-hop neighborhood and followers.

The New York-born Shakur represented the West Coast after he signed with the Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. He typically traded verbal jabs with New York-natives B.I.G. and Combs, who hailed from the East Coast whereas representing New York City-based Bad Boy Records.

Diss tracks had been delivered to drive dwelling their ferocious factors throughout. Shakur launched the aggressive single “Hit ’Em Up,” which took goal at B.I.G., who then again returned with “Who Shot Ya?,” a file that was acquired as a taunt. However, B.I.G. claimed the music was not directed towards Shakur.

MORE ON SHAKUR’S LIFE AND CAREER
Shakur was born June 16, 1971, in New York City. He later moved to Baltimore and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, the place he started writing raps. He ultimately made his approach to Marin City, California, close to San Francisco, and continued to write down and file.

As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground, Shakur appeared on the 1991 observe “Same Song″ from ”This Is an EP Release″ and on the album “Sons of the P.″

That identical 12 months, Shakur achieved particular person recognition with the album “2Pacalypse Now,″ which spawned the successful singles “Trapped” and “Brenda’s Got a Baby.”

The album, with references to cops being killed, drew notoriety when a lawyer claimed a person accused of killing a Texas trooper had been riled up by the file. Then-Vice President Dan Quayle focused “2Pacalypse Now″ in his 1992 battle with Hollywood over conventional values.

In 1993, Shakur adopted up with a sophomore album, which produced songs ”I Get Around,” “Keep Ya Head Up″ and “Papa’z Song,″ and he was nominated for an American Music Award as finest new rap hip-hop artist.

The following 12 months he appeared with hip-hop group Thug Life on the “Above The Rim″ soundtrack and on the group’s album “Volume 1.″ In a photograph on the album liner, he framed his face between his two prolonged center fingers.

He was convicted of sexually abusing a fan in 1994 and served a number of months in a New York jail .

While incarcerated, Shakur indicated he was rethinking his life-style. He had help from Black leaders together with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, who endorsed him whereas he was locked up.

“Thug Life to me is dead. If it’s real, let somebody else represent it, because I’m tired of it,″ Shakur told Vibe magazine. ”I represented it an excessive amount of. I used to be Thug Life.″

Shakur was up-front about his troubled life within the 1995 launch “Me Against The World,″ a multimillion-selling album that contained the ominously titled tracks ”If I Die 2Nite″ and “Death Around The Corner″

“It ain’t easy being me. … Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?″ Shakur rapped on the album, which produced the Grammy-nominated “Dear Mama″ and standout singles “So Many Tears″ and ”Temptations.″

The Las Vegas capturing occurred as Shakur’s fourth solo album, “All Eyez on Me,″ remained on the charts, with some 5 million copies offered.

LOS ANGELES:  An arrest has been made in Tupac Shakur’s killing, the most recent twist in one of many largest unsolved instances in hip-hop historical past.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested on suspicion of homicide early Friday morning and has been indicted on a homicide cost in Las Vegas.

The case returned to the highlight in July when Nevada authorities served a search warrant in reference to the rap star’s capturing loss of life.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

Here’s what to find out about one of the crucial notorious deadly shootings in hip-hop historical past:

WHAT’S NEW IN THE INVESTIGATION?
Authorities on Friday arrested Davis, who’s identify has lengthy been linked with Shakur’s loss of life. He is the relative of a person who emerged as a suspect shortly after the rapper’s killing.

Shakur was gunned down whereas driving in a automotive on the Las Vegas strip on Sept. 7, 1996.

In July, authorities executed a warrant within the close by metropolis of Henderson at Davis’ home. He’s the uncle of Orlando Anderson, one among Shakur’s identified rivals who authorities lengthy suspected shot the rapper. Anderson denied involvement in Shakur’s killing on the time and died two years later in an unrelated gang capturing in Compton, California.

Details from the warrant obtained by The Associated Press present detectives collected a number of computer systems, a mobile phone, “documentary documents,” a Vibe journal that featured Shakur, a number of .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a duplicate of Davis’ 2019 memoir, ”Compton Street Legend.”

WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT SHAKUR WAS SHOT?
The 25-year-old rapper was touring in a black BMW pushed by Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight in a convoy of about 10 automobiles, apparently headed to a nightclub, after watching Mike Tyson knock out Bruce Seldon in a championship combat on the MGM Grand.

After the bout, Shakur, Knight and associates had been concerned in a combat on the lodge.

While driving down the Las Vegas Strip, a white Cadillac with 4 males inside pulled alongside the BMW whereas it was stopped at a pink gentle. One individual opened hearth, riddling the passenger facet of Knight’s automotive with bullets, police stated. Sitting within the passenger seat, Shakur was shot 4 instances, no less than twice within the chest. Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment or shrapnel from the automotive.

Shakur was rushed to a hospital, the place he died six days later.

WHAT IS THE RAPPER’S LEGACY?
Shakur is likely one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, additionally identified by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli. His skilled music profession solely lasted 5 years, however he offered greater than 75 million data worldwide, together with the diamond-certified album “All Eyez on Me,” which was full of hits together with “California Love (Remix),” “I Ain’t Mad at Cha” and “How Do U Want It.”

Shakur had 5 No. 1 albums together with “Me Against the World” in 1995 and “All Eyez on Me” in 1996, together with three posthumous releases: 1996’s “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory,” 2001’s “Until the End of Time” and 2004’s “Loyal to the Game.”

The six-time Grammy-nominated artist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Snoop Dogg in 2017.

As a rising actor, Shakur starred in a number of well-liked movies equivalent to John Singleton’s “Poetic Justice” with Janet Jackson and Ernest Dickerson’s “Juice.” He additionally performed main roles in “Gang Related” and “Above the Rim.”

In April, a five-part FX docuseries referred to as “ Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” delved into the previous of the rapper’s mom, Afeni Shakur, as a feminine chief within the Black Panther Party, whereas exploring Tupac’s journey as a political visionary and turning into one of many best rap artists of all time.

Earlier this 12 months, Shakur acquired a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“He defied the distinction between art and activism,” stated radio persona Big Boy, who emceed the ceremony.

Shakur has been remembered with museum reveals, together with “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” in 2021 and “All Eyez on Me” on the Grammy Museum in 2015. Oakland officers have stated a stretch of an Oakland road might be renamed after him.

WHAT ABOUT HIS BIGGEST RIVALRY?
Shakur’s loss of life got here amid his feud with rap rival the Notorious B.I.G., who was fatally shot six months later. At the time, each rappers had been in the midst of the notorious East Coast-West Coast rivalry, which primarily outlined the hip-hop scene in the course of the mid-Nineteen Nineties.

The feud was ignited after Shakur was significantly wounded in one other capturing throughout a theft within the foyer of a midtown Manhattan lodge in 1994. He was shot a number of instances and misplaced $40,000.

Shakur overtly accused B.I.G. and Sean “Diddy” Combs of getting prior information of the capturing, which each vehemently denied. The capturing sparked sufficient of a feud that created a critical divide inside the hip-hop neighborhood and followers.

The New York-born Shakur represented the West Coast after he signed with the Los Angeles-based Death Row Records. He typically traded verbal jabs with New York-natives B.I.G. and Combs, who hailed from the East Coast whereas representing New York City-based Bad Boy Records.

Diss tracks had been delivered to drive dwelling their ferocious factors throughout. Shakur launched the aggressive single “Hit ’Em Up,” which took goal at B.I.G., who then again returned with “Who Shot Ya?,” a file that was acquired as a taunt. However, B.I.G. claimed the music was not directed towards Shakur.

MORE ON SHAKUR’S LIFE AND CAREER
Shakur was born June 16, 1971, in New York City. He later moved to Baltimore and attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, the place he started writing raps. He ultimately made his approach to Marin City, California, close to San Francisco, and continued to write down and file.

As a member of the Grammy-nominated group Digital Underground, Shakur appeared on the 1991 observe “Same Song″ from ”This Is an EP Release″ and on the album “Sons of the P.″

That identical 12 months, Shakur achieved particular person recognition with the album “2Pacalypse Now,″ which spawned the successful singles “Trapped” and “Brenda’s Got a Baby.”

The album, with references to cops being killed, drew notoriety when a lawyer claimed a person accused of killing a Texas trooper had been riled up by the file. Then-Vice President Dan Quayle focused “2Pacalypse Now″ in his 1992 battle with Hollywood over conventional values.

In 1993, Shakur adopted up with a sophomore album, which produced songs ”I Get Around,” “Keep Ya Head Up″ and “Papa’z Song,″ and he was nominated for an American Music Award as finest new rap hip-hop artist.

The following 12 months he appeared with hip-hop group Thug Life on the “Above The Rim″ soundtrack and on the group’s album “Volume 1.″ In a photograph on the album liner, he framed his face between his two prolonged center fingers.

He was convicted of sexually abusing a fan in 1994 and served a number of months in a New York jail .

While incarcerated, Shakur indicated he was rethinking his life-style. He had help from Black leaders together with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, who endorsed him whereas he was locked up.

“Thug Life to me is dead. If it’s real, let somebody else represent it, because I’m tired of it,″ Shakur told Vibe magazine. ”I represented it an excessive amount of. I used to be Thug Life.″

Shakur was up-front about his troubled life within the 1995 launch “Me Against The World,″ a multimillion-selling album that contained the ominously titled tracks ”If I Die 2Nite″ and “Death Around The Corner″

“It ain’t easy being me. … Will I see the penitentiary, or will I stay free?″ Shakur rapped on the album, which produced the Grammy-nominated “Dear Mama″ and standout singles “So Many Tears″ and ”Temptations.″

The Las Vegas capturing occurred as Shakur’s fourth solo album, “All Eyez on Me,″ remained on the charts, with some 5 million copies offered.