A Nevada jury convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis on September 1, 2026, for the first-degree murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, resolving a case that had remained unsolved for nearly three decades. Shakur was shot in a drive-by attack in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996, and died six days later at the age of 25. Davis, who was in the vehicle from which the shots were fired, had long been a person of interest but was not charged until 2023.

Prosecutors argued that Davis orchestrated the killing as an act of retaliation tied to a rivalry between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Entertainment, and that he had supplied the firearm used in the attack. His own public statements — made in a 2011 memoir and in multiple media interviews over the years — were central to the prosecution's case, with Davis having described in detail his presence and role in the events surrounding the shooting.

Defense attorneys maintained that Davis had exaggerated his involvement to boost his public profile and sell books, and that the evidence against him was insufficient for a murder conviction. The jury rejected those arguments after deliberations, returning a guilty verdict. Davis, now in his 60s, faces a potential sentence of life in prison.

The arrest and prosecution came after years of renewed investigative pressure, including the 2023 search of Davis's Las Vegas home. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County prosecutors pursued the case following what investigators described as newly compiled evidence. The trial drew widespread national attention given Shakur's enduring cultural legacy and the decades-long public fascination with the unsolved murder.

Shakur, whose albums including 'All Eyez on Me' made him one of the best-selling music artists in history, was killed at age 25 when a white BMW pulled alongside his vehicle at a stoplight after a Mike Tyson boxing match. The conviction marks the first time anyone has been held criminally accountable for his death.