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Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleads not guilty in Tupac trial

8/18/2026

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Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleaded not guilty in his Las Vegas trial for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Prosecutors showed a photo of the September 7, 1996 Mike Tyson fight, video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’s nephew, and presented Davis’s 2018 book “Compton Street Legend” as evidence, while defense calls the book fictionalized.
Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur said the trial will retraumatize the family but affirmed they will stand by Pac.

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Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleaded not guilty in his Las Vegas trial for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Prosecutors showed a photo of the September 7, 1996 Mike Tyson fight, video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’s nephew, and presented Davis’s 2018 book “Compton Street Legend” as evidence, while defense calls the book fictionalized.
Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur said the trial will retraumatize the family but affirmed they will stand by Pac.