After nearly three decades of conspiracy theories, documentaries and dead ends, someone has finally been convicted for the murder of Tupac Shakur.

As reported by cbinews.tv, former South Side Compton Crips boss Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of the rap icon.

Here's how it all unfolded in a Las Vegas courtroom:

In a moment hip-hop fans thought would never come, a jury found the 63-year-old guilty of one count of murder with a deadly weapon for the drive-by shooting that killed Shakur on 7 September 1996.

Davis, dressed in a black suit, stood completely impassive as the verdict was read. His only words? That he wants his personal items, including his phone, back — and that he will be appealing.

On the other side of the courtroom, it was a very different story. Shakur's relatives held hands, hugged and wept. His sister was seen embracing a prosecutor. Outside, devoted fans were both crying and cheering.

Remember, Tupac was just 25, right at the peak of his powers as one of rap's most influential voices ever. He’s since sold more than 75 million records worldwide.

Prosecutors argued that while Davis didn't pull the trigger himself, he was absolutely the shot caller. They said he ordered the hit and handed the gun to his nephew, Orlando Anderson, after Anderson had been involved in a scuffle with Shakur and his crew in Vegas just hours earlier.

And for years, this was America's most notorious cold case, tangled up in the bitter East Coast vs West Coast rivalry and the bloody feud between the Bloods and Crips.

So what finally cracked it? Davis's own mouth, according to cbinews.tv.

The prosecution's star evidence was Davis himself. He'd repeatedly put himself inside that white Cadillac where the shots came from — in a secret 2008 police interview about the murder of Notorious B.I.G., in his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend, and in countless documentaries and podcasts.

That chatter voided a protective deal he had with police, allowing that 2008 interview to be used against him at trial.

"He's the shot caller, in every instance in every iteration he's the leader of the South Side Crips," prosecutor Binu Palal told the jury. "When you have the shot caller sitting shotgun when shots are fired, there's no doubt he's responsible."

The defence tried a different spin, telling jurors Davis was just a storyteller who spun tall tales to sell books. "There's no proof," his lawyer Michael Sanft said, urging the jury to dismiss him as a liar chasing money.

The jury didn't buy it. They were handed the case on Monday and came back with a guilty verdict within hours.

Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny has now set sentencing for 13 October.

Thirty years on, justice — at last — for 2Pac.

Credit: cbinews.tv

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