The Truth After 27 Years... Who Killed the Famous Rapper Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur was shot dead while in his car.
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On Friday, September 29, 2023, charges were filed against a former gang leader for the murder of the famous American rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996. This may finally open the way to uncover the details of this case that rocked the hip-hop community 27 years ago.
Las Vegas authorities explained during a press conference that on the morning of Friday, September 29, 2023, the former leader of the "South Side Compton Crips" gang from Los Angeles, Dwayne "Keffe D" Davis, was arrested and charged with murder. His trial date will be determined soon.
Davis, who is now 60 years old, had previously confessed long ago that he was in the white Cadillac from which the four shots were fired that killed Tupac when he was 25. However, in a book published in 2019, he claimed that the shots were fired from the back seats of the car while he was in the front.
Under U.S. law, this indirect involvement does not exempt him from a murder charge. Lieutenant Jason Johannson of the Las Vegas Police explained that Dwayne Davis "was the mastermind behind this group of individuals who committed this crime and coordinated the plan that was carried out."
The District Attorney of Clark County, Steve Wolfson, stated that "Nevada law allows charging a person with committing a crime whether they were directly involved or an accomplice."
The police explained the gang rivalries that led to the events on the night of September 7, 1996, and Tupac Shakur's murder.
On the night of the crime, Tupac Shakur attended a boxing match in Las Vegas with his record company founder, Death Row's Suge Knight, who was also associated with the Mob Piru gang in Los Angeles. Members of this gang, led by Dwayne Davis, also attended the match, and they were rivals of the South Side Compton Crips.
After the match, members of Death Row discovered that Orlando Anderson, the nephew of Dwayne Davis, was present at the event, so they beat him in the hallways of the venue, with Suge Knight among them.
Lieutenant Johannson explained that after this incident, Dwayne Davis began "planning to obtain a gun to seek revenge against Suge Knight and Tupac." He provided the weapon to those in the back seats of the car from which the shots were fired at Tupac.
The authorities stated that this sequence of events has been known for a long time, but the necessary evidence for prosecution was not available until recently.
The publication of Davis's memoirs and various interviews conducted with him in 2018 led to a remarkable breakthrough in the investigation. The former gang leader, who is the last living witness to Tupac's murder, made public statements that perfectly matched the evidence available to investigators, according to Johannson.
These new developments prompted the police to search his wife's house in Nevada in June, bringing the case back into the spotlight.
Tupac Shakur was a prominent hip-hop artist on the West Coast of the United States, with a prolific career that included albums like "California," "Changes," "Dear Mama," and "All Eyez on Me," selling 75 million albums.
Six months after his murder, his East Coast rival Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was also killed. Many connect their murders to the rivalry between their record companies, Death Row (based in Los Angeles) and Bad Boy Entertainment (New York).