Known by his stage name 2Pac, the New York-born rapper found fame with his debut album 2Pacalypse Now and was nominated for six Grammy Awards throughout his music career. 'That is when Davis began to devise a plan to obtain a firearm and retaliate for what occurred against Anderson.' 'Word spread among the South Side Compton Crips about what had occurred. 'Little did anyone know that it is this incident that would ultimately lead to the retaliatory shooting of Tupac Shakur,' Lt Johansson told the news conference.

He said Davis had planned the attack as 'retaliation' for the earlier incident in the casino involving Anderson. Homicide Lieutenant Jason Johansson, of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, called Davis the 'leader and shot caller' of the gang. He denied any involvement in the rapper's killing at the time, and died two years later in an unrelated gang shooting.ĭavis, who at the time was a member of the South Side Compton Crips gang, admitted in previous interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, Compton Street Legend, that he was in the car allegedly used in the attack. 'Justice will be served in murder of Tupac'ĭavis is the uncle of Orlando Anderson - one of Tupac's known rivals - who authorities had long suspected in the rapper's death.Īnderson was involved in a casino brawl involving Tupac and his associates on the night of the star's death.

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