Gang boss convicted of Tupac murder

Duane Davis, sixty-three, was found guilty in September of orchestrating rapper Tupac Shakur's death in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas on September seventh, nineteen ninety-six.

Davis supplied the gun but didn't fire it

Prosecutors said Davis was the ringleader who ordered the shooting and provided the weapon, though his nephew Orlando Anderson fired the shots. Davis admitted in his memoir he supplied the gun.

Forty years minimum for cold case conviction

Judge Carli Kierny sentenced Davis to at least forty years in prison. This was the first conviction in a case that intrigued hip-hop fans for nearly thirty years.

Shakur's family demands maximum sentence

Tupac's sister Sekyiwa Shakur told the court his death crippled her family. She asked the judge to give Davis the maximum sentence so he would contemplate what he had done to the world.

“The loss of Tupac, for a long time, crippled my family.”

Davis's own words sealed his conviction

Davis admitted his role in a secret two thousand eight police interview, then elaborated in his two thousand nineteen memoir Compton Street Legend.

Davis vows to appeal the verdict

When asked if he had anything to say before sentencing, Davis replied he was good and would appeal the case for sure.

“I'm good. I'm gonna appeal this case for sure.”