2023-07-19 04:00:00
Las Vegas police said Tuesday that they had inspected a home as part of their investigation into the nearly three-decade-old murder of legendary American rapper Tupac Shakur.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department “can confirm that a search and arrest warrant has been issued” on Monday in the neighboring town of Henderson, in western Nevada, a spokesman said in a statement sent to AFP.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a residence had been searched.
In 1996, Tupac was killed in a shootout in Las Vegas when he was just 25 years old. Those responsible for the crime were never found.
The second operation is “part of the ongoing investigation into the homicide of Tupac Shakur”, adds the police note, without offering further details.
“It’s an unsolved case and we hope that someday we can change that,” Lieutenant Jason Johansson told the Review-Journal.
Tupac had a short but spectacular career, rising quickly from dancer to self-proclaimed rap gangster and one of hip-hop’s most influential figures, selling 75 million records.
He also became one of the exponents of the famous rivalry, encouraged by event promoters, between hip-hop on the East and West coasts, the latter that he represented.
Although he was born in New York, Tupac moved with his family to California in his teens, becoming one of the main names in the scene in that region.
The circumstances of his death, in September 1996, have not yet been clarified, and this gives rise to a series of theories about what would have happened.
Tupac’s murder was followed six months later by the shooting death of his rival, East Coast rapper Christopher “The Notorious BIG”.
Many believe that the two were murdered as part of a rivalry between their record labels, Death Row of Los Angeles and Bad Boy Entertainment of New York.
But some music historians claim that the dispute between both coasts has gained exaggerated contours for commercial reasons.
Tupac Shakur, whose mother – Afeni – was active in the Black Panther movement and named him after Tpac Amaru, an Inca revolutionary leader, used his lyrics to highlight the problems faced by black Americans, ranging from police brutality to incarceration in pasta.
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