I Followed Tupac Shakur's Killing for Decades. Keffe D Talked Too Much
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a longtime drug trafficker and former South Side Compton Crips leader, was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur after a three-week trial in Las Vegas.
- Davis repeatedly admitted his involvement in the murder through hours of recorded interviews and phone calls, describing how he passed a gun to his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, who fired at Shakur’s vehicle.
- Despite his criminal background and gang affiliation, prosecutors chose not to seek a gang enhancement during sentencing, which is scheduled for October 13.
- The case was complicated by decades of conflicting investigations, conspiracies involving rival rap labels Death Row and Bad Boy, and Davis’s previous cooperation with law enforcement under immunity agreements.
- Davis’s defense attempted to challenge the credibility of witnesses and evidence, but ultimately his own recorded admissions played a decisive role in the jury’s swift conviction.
