A Crips set rooted in Compton, linked to Tupac Shakur’s murder case
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has gone on trial in Las Vegas on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon for allegedly organising the 1996 drive-by that killed Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors are relying on Davis’s 2008 police interview and his 2019 memoir; Davis has pleaded not guilty and denies firing the shots.
The case against Duane “Keffe D” Davis has moved toward a Las Vegas trial over the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors say Davis ordered the drive-by shooting; Davis pleads not guilty and faces life in prison if convicted. The trial, beginning this week, revisits the East Coast–West Coast feud and the Bloods–Crips dynamics that defined 1990s hip-hop.