Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s murder

Former gang boss Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of rap superstar Tupac Shakur. The jury found Davis guilty in September of one count of murder with a deadly weapon for the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He has stated his intention to appeal the verdict.

Prosecutors argued that Davis was the ringleader of the group responsible for the murder, despite not personally firing the gun. Davis had admitted in his 2019 memoir that he provided the gun used in the crime. Shakur's sister, Sekyiwa Shakur, addressed the court, expressing her family's grief and loss. Her brother had hoped to help his local community and believed he had the potential to create a better world.

Davis' defence team attempted to portray his statements as fiction, but the prosecution emphasized that he had willingly provided key evidence during a 2008 police interview. Judge Carli Kierny rejected Davis' request for leniency, emphasizing the irreversible impact of the murder on Shakur's family and his legacy.