Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.
The man found guilty of helping orchestrate the murder of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur more than 30 years ago was handed down his sentence on Tuesday, ABC News reports.
Davis is the first and only person to have been convicted over Shakur’s death, with the former Southside Crips gang leader found guilty of murder, not on allegations of pulling the trigger himself, but for making the order to shoot.
Shakur’s murder was one of the most infamous crimes in pop culture history, and while Davis had long been associated with the incident, he was not arrested until 2023.
A semi-autobiographical memoir, titled Compton Street Legend, in which he claimed to have provided the gun, served as a key piece of evidence in the investigation and trial.
In the 2019 book, Davis described himself as “one of the only living eyewitnesses to Tupac’s killing”, writing that he felt “a deep sense of remorse for what happened”.
He later distanced himself from the memoir, saying he didn’t write all of it, and parts were fictionalised to sell more copies.
Davis pleaded not guilty on the murder charge, and days after his conviction, told The Hollywood Reporter, “I’m not no f**king killer.”
