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<\/div>\nUS rapper Tupac Shakur was murdered in 1996 in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A former gang leader has been charged with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, a prosecutor said Friday.<\/p>\n
The development is the latest in a long-running case that has gripped the public imagination after the death of an artist whose spectacular career was cut short at the age of just 25.<\/p>\n
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was indicted by a grand jury in Nevada, prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo told a court.<\/p>\n
“The presumption is great that he is responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur, and he will be found guilty of murder with use of a deadly weapon,” he said.<\/p>\n
Shakur, the best-selling hip-hop artist behind hits such as “California Love,” was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Shakur had a brief but stratospheric career, rapidly rising from backup dancer to self-styled gangsta rapper and one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, selling 75 million records.<\/p>\n
He became a key figure in a vaunted rivalry, egged on by promoters, between East Coast and West Coast hip-hop.<\/p>\n
Though born in New York, Shakur moved as a teenager with his family to California, becoming one of the most identifiable figures in the West Coast scene.<\/p>\n
The circumstances of Shakur’s death in September 1996 remain murky, and theories have long abounded.<\/p>\n
Shakur’s murder was followed six months later by the gunning down of his rival, East Coast rapper Christopher “The Notorious BIG” Wallace.<\/p>\n
Many believe they were slain as part of a rivalry between their music labels, LA-based Death Row and New York’s Bad Boy Entertainment.<\/p>\n
But some music historians say the coastal rift was exaggerated for commercial reasons.<\/p>\n
Shakur — whose mother Afeni was active in the Black Panther movement and named him after Tupac Amaru, a revolutionary Inca chief — used his lyrics to highlight issues facing Black Americans, from police brutality to mass incarceration.<\/p>\n
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