After three decades, a murder trial brings focus back to the legacy of Tupac Shakur
About 10,000 people were in the arena watching. One of them was Tupac Shakur, the number one-selling rapper who had already become a hip-hop icon at the age of 25.
On September 7, 1996, the music world was forever changed when Tupac Shakur, the iconic rapper known as 2Pac, was gunned down in a drive-by shooting outside a Las Vegas hotel. Despite his impact on hip-hop, it wasn't until 30 years later that a trial was brought against Duane Keith Davis, known as Keffe D. Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges related to Shakur's death.
Prosecutors claim Davis orchestrated the killing after an assault on his nephew, while Shakur's death and Biggie Smalls' murder less than a year later highlighted the escalating violence within the industry's embrace of gangsta rap. Shakur's journey to fame was fraught with legal troubles and violent encounters, including a shooting incident in Atlanta in 1993 and a sexual abuse conviction in 1994.
His association with Death Row Records, a gang-affiliated organization, is believed to have put him in the crosshairs of gang turf wars.
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