Tupac Shakur

Last Living Suspect in Tupac Shakur Shooting Indicted in Las Vegas on Murder Charge

Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter, Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023

A man who prosecutors say ordered the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested and charged with murder on Friday, Sept. 29, in a long-awaited breakthrough in one of hip-hop’s most enduring mysteries. Duane “Keffe D” Davis has long been known to investigators as one of four suspects identified early in the investigation. He isn’t the accused gunman but was described as the group’s ringleader by authorities Friday at a news conference and in court. In Nevada you can be charged with a crime, including murder, if you help someone commit the crime. “Duane Davis was the shot caller for this

Grammy Museum to Launch 50 Years of Hip Hop Exhibit Featuring Artifacts from Tupac, Biggie

Maria Sherman, AP Music WriterSeptember 14, 2023

The Grammy Museum announced Thursday that it is launching the “Hip Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit,” celebrating 50 years of the music and culture ‘s global impact.

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Tupac Shakur’s life, legacy to be subject of massive exhibit

JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr., Associated PressNovember 4, 2021

Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyrics from classic songs such as “California Love” and “Dear Mama” along with galleries that pay homage to his upbringing and late mother are among the features in a massive touring museum exhibit.

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Video Director Seeks Court Confirmation as Shakur Video Owner

City News ServiceSeptember 8, 2020

A Van Nuys video director is asking a judge to confirm he owns vintage footage in which he interviewed Tupac Shakur as part of a deal with Universal Music Group’s predecessor to make a video of the late hip-hop star in the early 1990s.

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SUCCESS ON THE WAY, ASK DR. JEANETTE: Brown vs. Board of Education**It’s Still Happening! Part 1

Dr. Jeanette ParkerJuly 9, 2020

Claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Researchers have traced the earliest annual commemoration to women who laid flowers on soldiers’ graves in the Civil War hospital town of Columbus, Miss., in April 1866. But historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers’ graves a year earlier, to make sure their story gets told too.

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L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson To Declare May 21 “John Singleton Day” in Los Angeles, Honoring Legendary Filmmaker’s Life and Legacy

Sentinel News WireMay 21, 2019

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles City Council President Herb J. Wesson Jr. will declare May 21, 2019 “John Singleton Day” in Los Angeles on Tuesday, commemorating the life and legacy of the legendary filmmaker John Singleton who passed away on April 28. The announcement will take place at a celebration of Singleton’s life at Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California on Tuesday where Singleton studied film and graduated from the university’s School of Cinematic Arts in 1990. “There is not enough that can be said about John Singleton and the profound impact he made in his 51 years of

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Still Unsolved: The Cold Cases of Biggie, Tupac and Jam Master Jay

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJanuary 24, 2019

As 2019 begins, the senseless murder of some of Hip-Hop’s biggest and most talented stars remains in the cold case files. “It’s a shame that we lost talented artists such as Tupac, Biggie and JMJ,” said Hip Hop activist and artist Sean XLG Mitchell.

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Uncle of Prime Suspect in Tupac Shakur Case Claims to Know Identity of Shooter in New BET Special

Talley Morton, Sentinel InternJuly 12, 2018

In February, BET aired its docuseries Death Row Chronicles, interviewing former gang member and rapper Duane “Keefe D.” Davis, who implied that he knows who killed Shakur. Davis was granted immunity for the confession.

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Dominic Santana stars as Suge Knight in ‘All Eyez On Me’

Lapacazo Sandoval Contributing WriterJune 24, 2017

Santana knew that in landing the role, the pressure to “get it right” would only grow.

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Karl Kani Talks Life, Fashion, and the late Tupac Shakur Repping His Brand

Lapacazo Sandoval, contributing writerJune 22, 2017

I caught up with Karl Kani on Fathers’ Day having just finished viewing the Netflix documentary “Fresh Dressed” to chat about the new film “All Eyez All Me” in which his clothing is prominently featured.

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Tupac Shakur Biopic ‘All Eyez on Me’ Receives Mixed Reviews

Brittany K. Jackson, Contributing WriterJune 22, 2017

Producer L.T. Hutton says he used the “Holy Trinity” concept to develop the film, including scenes that displayed “who 2Pac was, who he wanted to be, and who he had to be in order to survive the world he was introduced into”, he said.

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Tupac Shakur “All Eyez On Me” Black Carpet Premiere

L.A. Sentinel StaffJune 17, 2017

Watch as we catch up with the cast and crew of the Tupac Shakur biopic “All Eyez on Me” directed by Benny Boom and produced by L.T. Hutton. The biopic, starring California native Demetrius Shipp Jr., honors the life and legacy of the late rapper, poet, activist and music genius. “All Eyez on Me” hit theatres on June 16, 2017.

Host: Brittany K. Jackson

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Dear Mama: Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies

KRISTIN J. BENDER, Associated PressMay 12, 2016

For the last two decades of her life, Afeni Shakur focused on keeping her son’s legacy alive while managing his musical catalog