Duane Keith Davis Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge in Tupac Shakur Case

Duane Keith Davis, or “Keffe D,” w، has claimed publicly for years to have played a role in the ، of Tupac Shakur, pleaded not guilty to a ، charge for the ،ing in court on Thursday, Pashtana Usufzy and Julia Jacobs report for the New York Times. Davis was represented by a public defender in court this week. Shakur was ،ed in 1996 in a retaliatory attack after the beating of Davis’ nephew Orlando Anderson had been beaten by Shakur and others earlier the same night. Aut،rities said it was Davis’ own claims about the case in his public statements and his memoir, ‘Compton Street Legend,’ that reinvigorated it.