Have we finally figured out who killed 2Pac? After nearly thirty years, the Las Vegas prosecutor's office has reopened the case

2Pac was one of the most influential and revered rappers of all time, but his death, which occurred as a result of a shooting, had remained an unsolved case for several decades. Recently, the Las Vegas prosecutor's office announced that they had charged an African-American man named Duane Keith Davis with the murder of the rapper. Davis admitted to participating in the attack that led to 2Pac's death on September 13, 1996. For nearly three decades, investigations into his murder had made little progress until last July when the Las Vegas police conducted a search related to the case, but without disclosing further details. It was later revealed that the investigation involved the last surviving person among the four suspects in 2Pac's killing, namely Davis, also known as Keffe D. The man, now sixty years old, is believed to have masterminded the murder and, according to the prosecutor, played a leadership role in organizing the shooting. He himself confirmed that he was in the white Cadillac that approached 2Pac's car and from which the shots were fired that killed him. Davis has been charged with murder, with the aggravating factor of conspiracy, and faces up to twenty years in prison.

How 2Pac's Death Occurred

Although his career was centered around the Los Angeles culture and the broader West Coast, 2Pac was born in New York, in the East Harlem neighborhood, on June 16, 1971. He was initially named Lesane Parish Crooks until his mother changed his name, inspired by Tupac Amaru II, who led the 18th-century Peruvian indigenous uprising against Spanish colonizers. 2Pac's only father figure was his mother's lover, known as "Legs," who was involved in Harlem's drug trade. 2Pac claimed to have inherited his thug lifestyle from Legs. In a 1997 Vanity Fair article, it was revealed that when 2Pac was ten years old, a priest asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and he responded, "a revolutionary." 2Pac sold millions of records and was one of the leading figures in the gangsta rap genre, which had emerged in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. However, most music critics argue that 2Pac managed to elevate this music subculture, turning it into a mainstream phenomenon. 2Pac was a great lover of poetry, particularly that of Shakespeare, which made him an atypical rapper. He is still celebrated today for the quality and musicality of his lyrics, as well as for his social activism in support of civil rights. Additionally, 2Pac recorded several tracks considered anomalies in the world of hip-hop, such as "Keep Ya Head Up," which criticizes violence and abuse against women, directly opposing the prevalent sexism in the Los Angeles hip-hop scene of the 1990s. At the height of his career, 2Pac even became a topic in political campaigns. Dan Quayle, the Republican Vice President of the United States, stated that there was "no place in our society" for his music—he was wrong.