Duane 'Keffe D' Davis found guilty of murder in Tupac Shakur trial

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of the murder of Tupac Shakur.

The hip-hop icon, also known by his stage name 2Pac, was shot and killed in September 1996 when he was just 25, and on Monday (31.08.26), a jury deliberated for just three hours before reaching a verdict in his murder trial.

Davis, who pleaded not guilty, could face life in prison without parole following his conviction, with sentencing set for October 13.

Davis spoke to Judge Carli Kierny about a potential appeal, which he can do after sentencing.

The 63-year-old former gang boss has been on trial in Las Vegas since August 17, having been accused of orchestrating Shakur's death.

Davis was arrested and charged with murder back in 2023, making him the only person ever arrested in connection with the incident.

He has given multiple interviews along with his 2019 memoir, confessing to his role in the shooting of Tupac and claims he rode in the car and handed nephew Orlando Anderson the murder weapon, before he fired the fatal shots that killed the rapper.

He claimed in his memoir that Tupac appeared to be reaching for a weapon before the execution, but his side fired first, essentially killing the rapper.

In his opening statement earlier in August, Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors that Davis organised the killing in “an act of revenge" after Shaku attacked his nephew Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson.

In 2019, Davis wrote in his memoir Compton Street Legend that he provided the gun used in the killing.

"But he did plan the shooting in retaliation of the beating of his nephew. Remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself."

While defence attorneys argued that his book is fictional, a judge ruled that the memoir could be introduced in court.

Acclaimed rap star Shakur sold more than 75 million records worldwide and at the time of his death had been embroiled in an infamous rivalry with fellow rapper Biggie Smalls, who himself was shot and killed six months later in March 1997.