Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
He has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.For 30 years, the case remained one of America's most famous cold cases, spurring countless conspiracies - but never a conviction, until now. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Shakur's friends and family celebrated the verdict outside the courtDuring the trial, prosecutors said Davis had planned the shooting as retaliation after Anderson was involved in a fight with Shakur and his crew in Las Vegas just hours earlier. Shakur's murder happened at a time of intense rivalry between the East Coast and West Coast rap scene and amid gang feuds between the Bloods and Crips, which had deep roots within hip-hop at the time.
- ▪He has sold more than 75 million records worldwide.For 30 years, the case remained one of America's most famous cold cases, spurring countless conspiracies - but never a conviction, until now.
- ▪Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Shakur's friends and family celebrated the verdict outside the courtDuring the trial, prosecutors said Davis had planned the shooting as retaliation after Anderson was involved in a fight with Shakur
- ▪Shakur's murder happened at a time of intense rivalry between the East Coast and West Coast rap scene and amid gang feuds between the Bloods and Crips, which had deep roots within hip-hop at the time.
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Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Watch: What it was like inside court for Tupac Shakur’s murder trial verdictByAnoushka Mutanda-Dougherty, in the Las Vegas court, Christal Hayes, Shaimaa Khalil and Regan MorrisPublished1 September 2026Former gang boss Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the murder of Tupac Shakur - the first conviction in…
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