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Friends and family members of rapper Tupac Shakur, including his sister Sekyiwa Shakur, second left, line up to hug Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal, right, after a jury found Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder in his trial related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court Regional Justice Center, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

The trial over Tupac Shakur’s murder ended with a guilty verdict. But did it bring closure?

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. - Associated Press

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

What to know about the evidence that led to a conviction in Tupac Shakur’s killing

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. - Associated Press

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

Jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D Davis of first-degree murder in 1996 killing Tupac Shakur

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Jessica Hill - Associated Press

Duane Davis stands during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Steve Marcus/Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecutor urges jurors to convict Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis at Tupac Shakur murder trial

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Jessica Hill - Associated Press

Duane Davis, center, stands with his attorney Michael Sanft, right, as prospective jurors enter the courtroom during the fourth day of jury selection for his murder trial in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Las Vegas. Davis was indicted on murder charges for his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

After nearly 30 years, a man is on trial in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur. Here’s what to know

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Duane Davis, left, talks with his attorney Michael Sanft in Clark County District Court during a calendar call and motion hearing for Davis' upcoming trial, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Pool Photo via AP)

Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas in 1996. Here’s who was there that night

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 1996, left, and Duane "Keffe D" Davis appears in District Court for his involvement in the 1996 killing of Shakur in Las Vegas on Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo)

Book that Tupac Shakur murder suspect wrote is clear for use in the trial, judge rules

By Jessica Hill - Associated Press

Snoop Dogg answers a question during a news conference for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Super Bowl halftime star Snoop Dogg stirs controversy as collaborator on violent new anti-cop rap

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and a founder of Death Row Records, Marion &quot;Suge&quot; Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles. Twenty-five years after he was killed in Las Vegas, Tupac Shakur's legacy lives on. He was shot Sept. 7, 1996, died several days later at age 25. No one has ever been arrested for his killing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal looked at the unsolved slaying of one of rap music's biggest stars. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Remembering Tupac: Las Vegas killing unsolved after 25 years

By Jason Bracelin - Associated Press

Snoop Dogg appears in his the video for "Nightfall Remix (BADBADNOTGOOD X KAYTRANADA- Lavender)" in 2017. (Image: YouTube, SnoopDoggTV landing page, video screenshot)

Snoop Dogg flips from mock Trump killing to pleading for Death Row Records co-founder’s pardon

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In a Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, Dr. Dre, left, and Nicole Young arrive at the City of Hope Gala, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Dr. Dre’s wife of 24 years Nicole Young has filed for divorce. Young filed documents Monday, June 29, 2020 seeking to end her marriage with the producer, rapper and music mogul whose real name is Andre Young in Los Angeles Superior Court.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Dr. Dre’s wife of 24 years, Nicole Young, files for divorce

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This Feb. 10, 2013, file photo shows music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, left, and hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre at a Grammy Party in Los Angeles. A high-tech building named after Andre &quot;Dr. Dre&quot; Young and Iovine will be opened on the University of Southern California campus. Dr. Dre and Iovine are expected to attend a dedication ceremony for the Iovine and Young Hall on the campus Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)

Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine to unveil high-tech new building at USC

By Jonathan Landrum - Associated Press

This Feb. 10, 2013, file photo shows music industry entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, left, and hip-hop mogul Dr. Dre at a Grammy Party in Los Angeles. A high-tech building named after Andre &quot;Dr. Dre&quot; Young and Iovine will be opened on the University of Southern California campus. Dr. Dre and Iovine are expected to attend a dedication ceremony for the Iovine and Young Hall on the campus Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, File)

Dr. Dre, Iovine unveil high-tech new building at USC

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. - Associated Press

In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Marion Hugh &quot;Suge&quot; Knight sits for a hearing in his murder case in Superior Court in Los Angeles. Knight has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and after he ran over two men, killing one, nearly four years ago.The Death Row Records co-founder entered the plea Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and has agreed to serve 28 years in prison. (Patrick T. Fallon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Marion ‘Suge’ Knight pleads to manslaughter in hit-and-run

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows director F. Gary Gray, left, in New York on April 8, 2017, and Death Row Records co-founder Marion &quot;Suge&quot; Knight in a Los Angeles courtroom on July 7, 2015. Knight and his lawyer discussed paying witnesses thousands of dollars to lie in his upcoming murder case, prosecutors said, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Knight is charged with running his truck into two men in 2015 outside a Compton burger stand after an argument on the set of Gray's movie &quot;Straight Outta Compton.&quot; Last week, Knight pleaded not guilty to new charges that he threatened to kill or seriously injure Gray. (AP Photo/File)

Prosecutors: ‘Suge’ Knight, lawyer discussed witness bribery

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Rap mogul Suge Knight accused of threatening film director

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2017, file photo, music mogul Jimmy Iovine, center, poses with rapper Dr. Dre, left, and producer Allen Hughes at the premiere of HBO's "The Defiant Ones" at the Time Warner Center in New York. The four-part documentary series tracks the lives of Iovine and Dre, and their unlikely partnership turning out hit records and creating Beats headphones, which they sold to Apple in 2014. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

‘The Defiant Ones’ sees Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine looking back at hip-hop partnership

By Susan L. Hornik — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Marion Hugh &quot;Suge&quot; Knight sits for a hearing in his murder case in Superior Court in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles judge on Thursday, April 6, 2017, ordered Knight's trial on murder and attempted murder charges to begin in January 2018, telling the Death Row Records co-founder that there would be no further delays and the date was set &quot;in stone.&quot; (Patrick T. Fallon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Judge sets date for murder trial of former rap mogul Knight

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1996, file photo, rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at New York's Radio City Music Hall three days before being fatally shot in Las Vegas. The car in which Shakur was shot was listed for sale for $1.5 million on Feb. 21, 2017, by a California memorabilia dealer. (AP Photo/Todd Plitt, File)

Car in which Tupac Shakur was shot is for sale for $1.5M

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