2023-09-29 21:16:00
The mystery surrounding Tupac Shakur’s death may soon be cleared up. A man, suspected of being behind the death of this rap legend, was indicted for this crime dating from 1996. The decision to arrest the accused was announced this Friday, September 29 by the prosecutor before a Las Vegas judge.
The man arrested is Duane Keffe D Davis, a former gang member who has long admitted that he was in the car from which the shots were fired that caused the death of the American rapper. In a book published in 2019, however, he assured that the shots had been fired from the rear of the vehicle while he was in the front.
Strong presumption
According to new elements of the investigation, which experienced a sudden boost this summer, there is a “strong presumption” that Mr. Davis is “responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur,” explained prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo.After nearly thirty years of mystery, the case returned to the forefront in July, with a search of a Las Vegas house linked to Duane Davis. Police in this Nevada metropolis are scheduled to give a press conference at 12:30 p.m. (8:00 p.m. GMT) to provide more details.
Hip-hop legend, Tupac had become an essential artist on the American west coast after a career as brief as it was dazzling, before being shot dead in September 1996 in Las Vegas, in circumstances which remain unclear. He was 25. The rapper, behind the hits “California,” “Changes,” “Dear Mama” and “All Eyez On Me,” sold 75 million albums.
Tupac had become a key figure in the famous rivalry between the West Coast and East Coast rap scenes of the United States. Although a native of New York, he embodied “West Coast” hip-hop after moving to California as a teenager. with her family.
His murder was followed, six months later, by that of his East Coast rival, Christopher “The Notorious BIG” Wallace. Many link their deaths to the rivalry between their labels Death Row (based in Los Angeles) and Bad Boy Entertainment (New York), but music historians say this opposition was amplified for commercial reasons.
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