Why is a man being tried for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur 30 years after his death?
In the 1990s, the hip-hop star became one of the most influential figures in US culture. This week, the trial began in which a man who confessed to the crime in a 2008 interview is accused of killing him
A man, Duane "Keffe D" Davis, is on trial for the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, which occurred in September 1996 in Las Vegas. Shakur, 25, was shot four times while traveling with Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records.
According to Global News, Davis told detectives in 2008 that his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, fired the shots that killed Shakur. Davis claimed he was in the car with his nephew and two other men, and that they pulled up alongside the car with Shakur and Knight inside.
Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with use of a deadly weapon. His trial is currently underway, with jurors hearing his 2008 account of the events.
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