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Some of 2Pac’s earliest work has been unearthed. Some of his unreleased from music 1990 is set to be auctioned for $250,000.
As spotted on TMZ 2Pac’s art is still very much high in demand; even 26 years later. Momentsintime.com has announced they have acquired some records the late great rapper made before he considered being a solo artist. According to the listing 2Pac “composed and recorded an unreleased album for a group called Jesse and the Kidz. It was never released due to the tragic death of one of the band members”. The auction house also states that 2Pac leads off three of the tracks on the album.
In addition to the never before heard music, they are also selling 2Pac’s written lyrics from those “Jesse and the Kidz” sessions. Interestingly enough he apparently penned the material for the song “The Street Got Ya Babiez” while on the west coast as it was written on Hotel Deville West Hollywood stationary. Also found on this paper is what seems to be where 2Pac first thought of his signature acronym for the word nigga (Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished).
You can place your bid for 2Pac’s unreleased music and lyric sheets here.
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Keefe D continues to claim his innocence. He says former head of security at Death Row Records Reggie Wright Jr. organized the 2Pac’s murder.
The former South Side Compton Crips shot caller is finally coming forward since being arrested in 2023. This week he participated in an interview with ABC News. During the sit down he doubled down on his original claim that he did not have a role in the murder of Tupac Shakur on Sep. 13, 1996 in Las Vegas. “I did not do it,” he proclaimed before he dismissed the state’s case against him. “They don’t have nothing. And they know they don’t have nothing. They can’t even place me out here. They don’t have no gun, no car, no Keefe D, no nothing.”
He went on to point the finger of blame at Reggie Wright Jr., former Compton police officer and Death Row Records executive. “It’s heartbreaking they keep dragging in my name. I didn’t have anything to do with that. One of the worst days of my life when I heard that that happened,” he added. Keefe D says orchestrated the infamous hit via his team of security personnel and “mercenaries.”
When asked about his 2019 book Compton Street Legend he dismissed it and explained that the author, Yusuf Jah, took his story and just ran with it. “I’ve never read the book,” he said. “I just gave him details of my life. And he went and did his little investigation and wrote the book on his own.” Keefe D also explained that he was paid to say he was in the car that killed Tupac Shakur in the multiple interviews he participated in following the release of his memoir.
Reggie Wright Jr. has continued to deny claims he had anything to do with Tupac’s murder. You can see Keefe D’s interview below.
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Duane “Keefe D” Davis, a suspect in the 2Pac murder case, has been hit with an additional charge after getting into a physical altercation in jail. Davis was caught fighting with another inmate at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. The fight, which was caught on security cameras, has led to Davis being charged with battery for his role in the incident. This new charge adds to the serious legal situation Davis is already facing.
Images emerge of Tupac murder suspect Keefe D fighting with another inmate in a Las Vegas jail.
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Davis has been incarcerated since September 2023, following his arrest for allegedly orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper 2Pac Shakur. His arrest marked the first breakthrough in the decades-old case, which had remained unsolved for years. Davis has pled not guilty to the charge of murder with a deadly weapon, and his trial is set to begin in May 2024.
His defense lawyer has vigorously denied the allegations, arguing that there’s no direct evidence linking Davis to the crime. The lawyer further stated, “He did what Detective [Greg] Kading did: He put out a book, and he made money. Even the state’s main investigator who testified at the grand jury said this is all about making money.”
Despite Davis’s claims, the case remains highly publicized, with many still seeking justice for 2Pac. The addition of the battery charge only complicates his legal battles, with his trial in May likely to be a key moment in the ongoing investigation.
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A Las Vegas judge has decided not to dismiss the murder case against Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the slaying of Tupac “2Pac” Shakur. Keffe D has been behind bars since being charged in September 2024 with murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further, or assist a criminal gang.
As reported by local outlet Las Vegas Review-Journal, Duane “Keffe D” David, 61, sought to have the case dismissed after his attorney filed a motion earlier this month stating that prosecutors delayed their proceedings and violated an agreement of immunity from prosecution. In return, prosecutors entered their file which stated Davis doesn’t have any quantifiable proof that he should be immune from prosecution.
District Judge Carli Kierny heard arguments from both sides and went with the prosecution’s suggestion that the state “never gave [Keffe D] immunity,” which prompted Davis’ attorney Carl Arnold to say he’ll mull over the decision to file for an appeal in Nevada’s highest court.
“You’re not just going to dismiss the biggest case in the U.S. right off the bat,” Arnold said in a statement. “But you have to put these issues out for an appellate court.”
In 1996, 2Pac was gunned down in a drive-by shooting that also injured Death Row Records honcho Marion “Suge Knight. Prosecutors have stated that the incident was allegedly inspired by tensions between the South Side Crips, who counted Davis as a member according to reports, and the Mob Piru gang, a spinoff Bloods gang and rivals to the Crips. The shooting was said to largely be connected to a fight at the MGM Grand between Knight, Shakur, and Orlando Anderson, a nephew of Davis’
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We now have clarity on how Madonna and 2Pac originally met thanks to Rosie Perez. The actress revealed how she introduced the two prior to them dating.
As per Page Six the Brooklyn, NY native paid a recent visit to the Drew Barrymore Show where she discussed a variety of topics relating to her storied career. Midway during the interview the White Men Can’t Jump star spoke about her friendship with the late great Tupac Shakur. She went on to say that she was the one who introduced him to Madonna. Perez stated that her original date to the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards cancelled on her 30 minutes before the event. Luckily 2Pac stepped up and escorted her to ceremony. “He said, ‘You know what, I’m going [to] go with you, we’re going [to] walk up in there, we’re going [to] act like we’re on a date, and he’s going to die,’” she explained.
While at the awards show Madonna checked in with her and asked about Pac. “She was there and she came up to me and she was like, ‘Yo, what’s up? Y’all are together?’” Rosie added. “And I said, ‘No.’ She goes, ‘Really?’ I go, ‘Yeah.’” The “Material Girl” singer asked then asked Rosie Perez to “hook [her] up,” to which she replied You got it.” Madonna and 2Pac briefly dated from 1993 to 1994 but kept their relationship relatively secret. It wasn’t until many years later the self proclaimed Queen of Pop admitted the two were an official item.
You can see Rosie Perez discuss that evening with 2Pac and Madonna below.
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Keefe D will have to sit behind bars heading into trial. A judge overseeing the Tupac murder trial has rejected his most recent bail request.
As reported by Newsweek, Clark District Court Judge Carli Kierny did not approve Duane Keith “Keefe D” Davis’ plea for bond. Earlier this summer, record executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones offered to post the $750,000. On Tuesday, Aug. 27, the magistrate made it clear he has doubts why the entertainment manager would support the self-proclaimed Southside Crip shot caller during his legal troubles. “I have a sense that things are trying to be covered up,” Judge Kierny said while alluding to him having more questions than answers about where the money came from.
After his formal rejection Keefe D’s lawyer asked the court to postpone the trial date to 2025 as the state has a new discovery that his team has yet to review. “Based upon conversations with Mr. Davis there’s certain motions that he needs to file in regards to potentially dismissing the case which I will not be able to prepare until sometime in October,” Carl Arnold added.
Later in the proceedings, Keefe D claimed that two correctional officers assaulted him in his cell. The trial has been rescheduled to March 2025. You can watch footage from the court session below.
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While Tupac was known for making music in which he rapped about bedding multiple women and getting his player on, the man was actually in a committed relationship with the daughter of music legend Quincy Jones, Kidada.
While not much detail is known about their relationship, as the two dated way before social media was a thing, Kidada’s sister, Rashida Jones, opened up about a heated exchange which took place between herself and Tupac before he went on to date her older sister. According to Huffpost, the animosity between herself and Pac began when the iconic rapper was interviewed in an 1993 issue of The Source magazine and criticized her father, Qunicy Jones, for having children with white women and “make[ing] fucked up kids.”
A then 17-year-old Rashida Jones wrote a response to Tupac in a follow-up issue and apparently it resonated with the rapper in such a way he felt the need to apologize to the Jones family.
In a recent interview with the New Yorker, Jones recalls how Shakur approached her sister, Kidada, in New York City thinking it was her and asked for forgiveness for his harsh words about her father and his children.
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“And then my sister was out somewhere in New York, and Tupac came up to apologize to her, because he thought it was me,” Rashida Jones said. “It resolved itself really nicely, because when I met him, he immediately apologized to me, immediately apologized to my dad. We sat down and had a really good conversation about it, and then he was family.”
Tupac and Kidada went on to date and even live together for a while before the rapper was murdered in 1996. In Q: The Autobiography Of Qunicy Jones, Kidada recalled the moment that Tupac approached her about the situation and admitted she knew it was much more than an apology at the moment.
“I met Tupac at a club after that and he said, ‘I want to apologize to you. I didn’t mean that about your dad or you. I didn’t see you as real human beings. Now that I see you…,’” she said. “He was all game. He was trying to get a play, let’s face it, but I liked him.”
Yeah, that sounds about right. Ladies might’ve loved Cool James in the early 90s, but they loved them some Tupac as well.
Helluva era.
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Tupac murder suspect Keefe D will have to ride things out in jail as he awaits trial. A judge has denied his bail over him potentially selling his life story.
As reported by Huffington Post the Compton, Los Angeles native did not receive favorable news regarding his freedom. On Wednesday, June 26 Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny ruled against the request citing concerns he would profit from his freedom. Last week his legal team asked for their client to be released after they secured the $750,000 bond. In recent weeks controversial music executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones has teased the idea of bonding Keefe D in exchange for the rights to his story. The business proposition seemed to have some legs to it as Wack discussed the business deal with Duane Davis Jr., Keefe D’s son, on Clubhouse. This seems to have concerned Judge Keirny as she expressed her concerns that Wack 100 is serving “‘front’ or ‘middleman’ for the true bond poster.”
Keefe D’s attorney expressed his dismay in a statement to Newsweek. “We are disappointed with the court’s decision to deny bail to Mr. Davis, especially considering the thorough vetting by Konvict Bail Bonds of the funding source conducted before the source hearing,” Carl Arnold said. “We firmly believe there is a lack of substantive proof that Mr. Davis intended to profit from his alleged connections to the case.”
Keefe D’s trial is expected to commence in November. He could face life imprisonment if found guilty for his role in Tupac’s murder.
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The Rap beef of the century has left Sheryl Crow feeling a ways. She recently slammed Drake for resurrecting Tupak Shakure via AI.
Recently BBC conducted an interview with the singer. While the Kennett, Missouri native touched on a variety of topics regarding her artistry and storied career, it was her opinion on artificial intelligence that became her hottest take. On her newest album Evolution she touches on the technology on the title track. When asked about it she says that artificial intelligence is a “betrayal” and “goes against everything humanity is based on.”
She became aware of it last year when one of her colleagues used AI to recreate John Meyer sing her vocals. As a big Meyer, Sheryl Crow was stunned when she heard the final product saying “there would be no way you’d have been able to tell that he was not singing that song.” But it wasn’t until Drake and Kendrick’s recent Rap battle where Crow things were taken too far.
“Taylor Made Freestyle” featured artificial vocals from Snoop Dogg and 2Pac which apparently was like a punch to the gut for Sheryl. “You cannot bring people back from the dead and believe that they would stand for that,” she said. “I’m sure Drake thought, ‘Yeah, I shouldn’t do it, but I’ll say sorry later’. But it’s already done, and people will find it even if he takes it down. She went on to add “it’s hateful. It is antithetical to the life force that exists in all of us.”
Drake eventually removed “Taylor Made Freestyle” from his social media channels. You can listen to the track below.
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Keefe D will seek to prepare for his upcoming trial from the comfort of his home. He has asked to be set free on bail.
As reported by The Grio the former Los Angeles gang leader has asked the presiding judge to let him out of jail while he waits for trial. On Thursday, June 20 his legal representatives formally submitted a request on the behalf of their client. In response the judge has scheduled a hearing to review the request where Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ attorney will ask for bail. If approved the alleged Southside Crip shot caller will be free on house arrest with electric monitoring.
Recently media personality and entertainment entrepreneur Wack 100, born Cash Jones, has toyed with the idea of putting up the bail money for Keffe D. In a recent livestream on Clubhouse he spoke to his Keefe’s son, Duane Davis Jr., seemingly confirming he would help them secure the bond in exchange for Keefe’s story rights. It has not been confirmed by Keffe D’s attorney Carl Arnold whether or not Wack 100 contributed to the bail monies.
In September 2023 Davis was arrested and charge for first degree murder for his involvement in the drive by shooting that left Tupac Shakur dead. He has since been held at Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. His trial is expected to commence in November.