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But as those years went by, a new form of evidence emerged around which prosecutors would eventually build their case: Davis\u2019 own words. He spoke openly in interviews, documentaries and podcasts about his involvement in Shakur\u2019s death and released a 2019 memoir recounting his version of events.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the real f**king story,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
That decision to write his book effectively negated his proffer agreement with police, prosecutors said, in which he agreed to give up information that couldn\u2019t be used against him in exchange for a potentially lighter sentence for drug charges he was facing at the time.<\/p>\n
Kierny ruled Davis\u2019 statements in his memoir, as well as those made in his previous police interviews, were admissible as evidence in the trial.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors didn\u2019t argue Davis pulled the trigger; rather, they said as a high-ranking member of the Southside Compton Crips, he orchestrated the shooting in retaliation after a fight between Shakur\u2019s entourage and his nephew, Orlando Anderson, at the MGM Grand. Shakur was shot later that night while riding in a car with Marion \u201cSuge\u201d Knight and died six days later.<\/p>\n
Kierny handed down the sentence. At the beginning of the trial, the 63-year-old waived his right to be sentenced by the jury, who convicted him of murder<\/a> after less than three hours of deliberations.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was born a legend,\u201d sister says<\/p>\n Sekyiwa Shakur spoke before the sentencing, describing her brother as a caretaker and shining star.<\/p>\n \u201cMy brother was born an icon. He was born a legend,\u201d Sekyiwa Shakur said, her voice breaking.<\/p>\n \u201cThe loss of Tupac, for a long time, crippled my entire family, emotionally and mentally,\u201d she said, adding she suffered from depression, suicidal ideation and trauma. \u201cBoth of my children were raised in my grief.\u201d<\/p>\n Sekyiwa Shakur said she lost more than a brother the day the rap star died.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was supposed to be my life partner,\u201d she said. \u201cI spent 30 years without my protection.\u201d<\/p>\n Sekyiwa Shakur said she thought her brother would have changed the world had he not been gunned down.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was such an amazing artist, an amazing actor, an amazing poet, an amazing orator. I truly believe he would have been in government,\u201d she said. \u201cI truly believe he would have already constructed organizations and homes for lost boys and wayward teens.\u201d<\/p>\n She said it was difficult for her to listen during the trial about how her brother was \u201chunted.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s so much more than street fodder,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur whole generation lost something huge September 13, 1996,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Shakur\u2019s stepbrother, Maurice \u2018Mopreme\u2019 Shakur, described his death as \u201cdevastating\u201d and \u201cheartbreaking\u201d for not only his family but legions of fans.<\/p>\n \u201cPac didn\u2019t get a chance to have any kids. Pac didn\u2019t see his nieces and nephews grow up, and Pac didn\u2019t have a trial,\u201d Maurice Shakur said. \u201cAll Pac got was a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n A quest for revenge ends in twin tragedies<\/p>\n On the night of September 7, 1996, thousands flocked to Sin City and the MGM Grand to watch Mike Tyson square off against Bruce Seldon in the ring \u2013 among them, Shakur and Davis. The fight lasted all of 109 seconds.<\/p>\n Davis wrote in his memoir that his crew was there for a night out. Then his nephew, Orlando \u201cBaby Lane\u201d Anderson, was attacked by Shakur and his entourage in retaliation for a prior violent incident at a shopping mall between two rival Los Angeles gangs, the Bloods and Crips. It would set off a chain of events that led to the death of Shakur and has long been linked in public memory to the murder of Christopher Wallace, known as \u201cBiggie Smalls,\u201d<\/a> just six months later.<\/p>\n Davis and his crew \u201cwent hunting\u201d for Shakur after the fight, prosecutors said in their closing argument. They found their target in the passenger seat of a black BMW just off the Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n Davis told police in 2008<\/a> he handed a gun to a passenger, Deandre Smith, in the back seat. Then his nephew, Anderson, \u201cleaned over on the window, he rolled down the window, popped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Four bullets entered Shakur\u2019s body, one obliterating his lung. He died six days later on September 13.<\/p>\n Six months after the California rapper\u2019s death<\/a>, his biggest rival from New York, Wallace, said the coastal hip-hop feud was \u201cgame over.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just getting over \u2013 you know what I\u2019m saying \u2013 this whole situation with this East Coast-West Coast thing, you know?\u201d the Brooklyn rapper told San Francisco radio station KYLD.<\/a><\/p>\n Less than a week later, he, too, was dead. Wallace was killed in a drive-by shooting after leaving a party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in March 1997.<\/p>\n Wallace\u2019s name came up repeatedly in the Las Vegas courtroom where no one was charged with his murder.<\/p>\n When Davis sat down for his proffer interview with investigators in 2008, they hoped to get some information about Wallace\u2019s death, former LAPD detective Daryn Dupree testified.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, we didn\u2019t have anything to do with that one,\u201d Davis said, according to Dupree.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did the other one,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Investigators, Dupree said, were \u201cshook\u201d by the statement. Wallace\u2019s case, they were prepared for. They had no idea revelations about Shakur were coming.<\/p>\n