LEGENDS NEVER DIE
TUPAC Shakur's life was tragically cut short when he was murdered in a drive-by shooting.
Tupac, popularly known by his stage name 2Pac, is considered to be one of the greatest artists of his era, selling millions of albums long after his death.
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Who was Tupac?
Tupac Amaru Shakur was an American rapper who embodied '90s gangsta rap and became an icon after his death.
His mom, Afeni Shakur, an active member of the Black Panther party, raised him and his sister Sekyiwa in New York.
Tupac is one of the top-selling rappers of all time and has sold over 75 million albums to date.
He often detailed the struggles of African-Americans in his music, making him a spokesperson for a generation.
How old was Tupac when he died?
Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, in Harlem, New York.
The renowned rapper was 25 years old when he was fatally shot.
Tupac's last words to his friend Suge Knight were, "You the one they shot in the head – you shot in the head," because he thought the Death Row Records co-founder had been injured.
In March 2020, Compton gangster Keffe D. Davis boasted about his alleged role in the murder, detailing how he and his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson shot Tupac before fleeing the scene.
Davis wrote in a tell-all book that he got a gun to murder Tupac as revenge for beating up Anderson after a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand in September 1996.
What do we know about Tupac's death?
Tupac was gunned down at a Las Vegas intersection on September 7, 1996, by a shooter in a white Cadillac with four passengers.
The car he was in was stopped at a red light when he was struck with .40 caliber rounds fired from a Glock.
Tupac was shot four times: in the chest, arm, and thigh, and died of his injuries on September 13 in a hospital after slipping into a coma.
Police initially believed Anderson, who died in 1998, was responsible, but police paperwork released in May 2020 revealed they were actively looking for "suspects."
Las Vegas detectives apparently ruled out the LAPD's long-held belief that Anderson pulled the trigger.
"Disclosing the investigative records may alert persons of interest or possible suspects of the investigation....which could cause the destruction or concealment of evidence," a 2018 letter read.
Anderson always denied the killing and was never charged before his death in a Compton shoot-out two years later.
On July 17, 2023, police officials carried out a search at a residential home in Henderson, Nevada, in connection to Tupac's death, but no arrest was made.
However, on September 29, 2023, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested in relation to Tupac's murder by Las Vegas police on Friday morning. The exact charge or charges were not immediately revealed, however, his arrest marked a break in the case that remained unsolved for 27 years.
On Tuesday, January 9, 2024, a judge set Davis' bail to $750,000 at a hearing at Las Vegas District Court.
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