Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. The ruling closes a cold case that has gripped US rap history for 30 years.
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01Summary
- 01Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, was sentenced in Las Vegas to 40 years to life in prison.
- 02In August, Davis was found guilty of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
- 03Judge Carli Kierny said the world never forgot Shakur’s death and neither did Las Vegas.
- 04Prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo said Davis is “guaranteed to die” behind bars.
- 05Shakur was shot on 7 September 1996 after a dispute involving Davis’s nephew Orlando Anderson and died six days later.
02Why it matters
The sentence ends one of the best-known unsolved cases in music history and brings a formal legal conclusion to a death that shaped rap culture. It also matters to Shakur’s family, who have waited decades for accountability.
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