{"id":85116,"date":"2026-08-17T21:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/trial-begins-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:31:30","slug":"trial-begins-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/trial-begins-in-tupac-shakurs-1996-killing-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Begins in Tupac Shakur\u2019s 1996 Killing in Las Vegas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tupac Shakur fans arrived at a Las Vegas courthouse Monday for opening statements in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the legendary rapper\u2019s killing, the start of weeks of testimony revisiting what happened on a Las Vegas night nearly 30 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Duane \u201cKeffe D\u201d Davis, 63, is charged with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the rapper\u2019s death. He pleaded not guilty, but if convicted, faces life in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The long-unsolved drive-by shooting gripped the hip-hop community, partly because no one was charged until Davis was indicted in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shakur remains a cultural icon and is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time, despite dying at 25. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In recent years, he received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, had a street in Oakland named in his honor and inspired a character in the upcoming video game \u201cStranger than Heaven.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A few fans lined up early Monday for a coveted seat in the courthouse to watch the first day of testimony. Din Malone took a bus from Denver and hopes to stay for the entire trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAs a brother and a fan, I felt like he talked through his music,\u201d said Malone, who wore a Tupac shirt and played Shakur\u2019s music from his phone while waiting to get inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over the course of the trial, which could span weeks, prosecutors plan to call 35 to 45 potential witnesses, and the defense will call only a handful to testify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Members of Shakur\u2019s family are expected to be in the courtroom Monday. Shakur\u2019s stepbrother, Maurice \u201cMopreme\u201d Shakur, recently told The Associated Press that sitting through the trial will be retraumatizing for the family, but it\u2019s important to be there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe\u2019re gonna stand by Pac as we always have,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Along with Shakur\u2019s family, friends and fans traveled to Las Vegas to show their support during jury selection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Darryl Harper, a veteran music producer who collaborated with Shakur at Death Row Records on songs released after the 1996 shooting, said he booked a plane ticket as soon as the latest trial date was set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHe became a personal friend of mine as I worked with him almost every day of his last days here,\u201d said Harper, who flew in from his home in Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shakur\u2019s cousins Kendrick Lesane and William Lesane flew in from Atlanta last week. William Lesane said he wants someone held accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cFor me, justice has long left the station 30 years ago,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prosecutors allege Davis was the shot-caller<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prosecutors aren\u2019t claiming Davis pulled the trigger. Rather, they say he organized the shooting to get revenge after Shakur and his entourage beat up Davis\u2019 nephew at the MGM Grand hours before Shakur was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The gunfire came from a white Cadillac Davis was in with three others, all who have since died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2008, Davis spoke to investigators looking into the deaths of Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace. During the investigation, Davis was under an agreement that what he said about Shakur\u2019s killing couldn\u2019t be used against him. But nearly 10 years later, Davis published a book with those details and participated in media interviews in which he laid out his role in the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The book and his public statements revived the Las Vegas investigation and became key pieces of evidence, prosecutors say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHad he decided to never write the book, he would not, probably, have ever been prosecuted for the crime,\u201d prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo recently said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<a title=\"Hip-Hop hats, buckets, snapbacks, beanies.\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hip-hop-hats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Defense argues that the book is fictionalized<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Davis\u2019 attorney Michael Sanft says Davis co-authored the book \u201cCompton Street Legend\u201d to make money, not to tell the truth. He argues it\u2019s impossible to tell which parts \u2014 if any \u2014 Davis wrote and which parts author Yusuf Jah penned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jah, who is on the list of potential witnesses, recently told an investigator he didn\u2019t believe Davis fully read his own book, according to court documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prosecutors say the book is sensationalized but that they\u2019ll show \u201cwhat is true, what is exaggeration, and what is an outright lie,\u201d they wrote in court documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Davis recently told Las Vegas television station Fox 5 that he actually wasn\u2019t there the night Shakur was shot. In his book though, he says he carpooled from Los Angeles to Las Vegas that night to watch the same boxing match Shakur attended. It describes where he stayed and the events before and after Shakur was shot. 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