Ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for Tupac Shakur murder

A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, capping the prosecution of a long-unsolved murder that shaped the golden age of rap music.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, found guilty of first-degree murder in August, received the penalty during ‌a hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom.

Until Davis’ 2023 arrest, the killing of Shakur, shot dead in the passenger seat of an SUV driven by his record executive, Marion “Suge” Knight, had stood for nearly three decades as one of America’s most notorious cold cases.