First person found guilty in Tupac Shakur's murder after 30 years: Why did Mike Tyson feel responsible?

' Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of first-degree murder for orchestrating the drive-by shooting that claimed the life of rapper Tupac Shakur 30 years ago .'

The prosecutor told the jury that Davis, along with his nephew Orlando Anderson and the rest of his gang (Crips) , decided to go after Shakur after the altercation Anderson had with the rapper at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.

The verdict has been delivered by a Las Vegas jury made up of 16 people and now it will be the judge who determines the final sentence .

The murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996 is one of the most famous and controversial celebrity crimes in music history.

I feel extremely guilty about his death, because I think that if he hadn't come to my fight, he never would have been shot.

Duane "Keffe D" Davis (63 years old), the only person prosecuted in connection with the death of the legendary 25-year-old rapper , faces a single charge of murder with a deadly weapon , aggravated by the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal organization.

In November 2023 Davis pleaded not guilty and has remained in custody ever since on $750,000 bail.

In promoting his memoir, published in 2019, Duane "Keffe D" Davis spoke about the Crips gang, its role in the rapper's death, and proclaimed himself as "one of the few living eyewitnesses" to Tupac Shakur's murder.

The legend of Tupac Shakur: Benzema's idol who was murdered in the rap war because of Mike Tyson

On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur was murdered in a shooting, one of the most famous rappers in history (he sold more than 75 million records) and a true symbol for part of the African American youth in the United States.

A few days earlier, Tupac attended a bout of his good friend Mike Tyson against Bruce Seldon, and on the way out he was the victim of a shooting caused by the deadly war that East Coast rappers and West Coast rappers were waging.

The singer didn't want to miss the premiere of a song he had composed especially for the introduction of his friend's fight. Tyson beat Seldon and invited Shakur to a big party to celebrate the bout... a party that Tupac Shakur never attended.

The last photo of Tupac Shakur before he was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996

Mike Tyson feels "extremely guilty" about Tupac Shakur's death

"I feel extremely guilty about his death, because I think that if he hadn't come to my fight they would never have shot him," Tyson confessed to the U.S. press, breaking his silence about the murder of Tupac Shakur.

'In 2010 Tyson explained in the report "One Night in Vegas: Tyson & Tupac" that his strong friendship with Tupac Shakur was built on both of their time in prison: "When I went to prison in 1992 (convicted of rape), he called me every day, sent me a message, or at least tried to."'

In 1995, the one who went to prison was Shakur, and from that moment on their friendship became unbreakable: " We both had a lot of trouble finding people we could trust" .

'Although Tyson acknowledges that he never came to fully understand the charismatic Shakur: "He was like a warrior... His heart was as big as this planet. He had a lot of love and compassion inside him, but you could never see it because of his anger".'

'For me it is very difficult to talk about this. Tupac Shakur was a kid who wanted to be a genius... and he succeeded," pointed out the "Terror of the Garden".'

The deadly rap war between the West Coast and the East Coast: Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. were murdered.

The growing rivalry between West Coast and East Coast rappers may have been the motive behind the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur.

One of the suspects in the murder of the famous rapper was his friend The Notorious B.I.G., who represented the East Coast, while Tupac was from the West.

Six months after Tupac's death, in March 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. was shot dead in Los Angeles.