All eyez are back on Tupac Shakur, whose 1996 murder may be closer than ever to being solved. The same month that marks the 27th anniversary of Shakur’s murder, police have arrested a key figure who was present at the Las Vegas shooting. The exact charges have yet to be released by police.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Las Vegas police arrested 60-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a member of the South Side Compton Crips (and that ain’t a rap group). Davis has been long tied to Tupac Shakur’s murder, with one book by a former LAPD detective alleging that Davis was paid off by Sean “Diddy” Combs to pull the trigger. Davis would maintain that his nephew, Orlando Anderson, was the one who killed Tupac Shakur.
Adding to the story, five years ago, Davis revealed that he was in fact in the Cadillac that ambushed Tupac Shakur and Death Row Records head Suge Knight in Las Vegas following the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson bout at MGM Grand. Earlier this year, police raided the home of Davis’ wife. At the time, police said, “The search warrant that we conducted is in connection with the Tupac Shakur case…It has been a while…It’s a case that’s gone unsolved and hopefully one day we can change that.” During the search, police recovered “multiple computers, a cellphone and hard drive, a Vibe magazine that featured Shakur, several .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs” and a copy of Davis’ 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend.”
Tupac Shakur was just 25 at the time of his death. Six months later, The Notorious B.I.G. – who was also considered a suspect in the murder – was killed, also in a drive-by shooting. Biggie was 24.
Tupac Shakur’s final album to be released during his lifetime, All Eyez on Me, came out just seven months before his death. It is widely considered one of the greatest rap albums ever. There have been multiple posthumous releases, with the most recent in 2006.
Do you think the murder of Tupac Shakur will ever be solved? What is your favorite Tupac song?