For nearly 30 years, no one was held accountable for the murder of Tupac Shakur — gunned down at one of the most surveilled intersections in Las Vegas during a time of escalating tensions between rival, gang-linked record labels. Many believe the case went cold due to a deeper unwillingness to challenge the powerful forces surrounding the music industry.

On the night of September 7, 1996, Suge Knight drove Tupac through Las Vegas after a casino brawl involving Crip gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson. Around 11 p.m., a white Cadillac pulled up beside their BMW, and 13 shots were fired — four of which struck Tupac. He died six days later. Knight was injured but survived.

Las Vegas prosecutors now allege that Anderson handed the gun to fellow South Side Compton Crip Deandre “Big Dre” Smith, who fired the shots.

In a bombshell July 2024 court filing, Clark County prosecutors revealed a 2009 police interview in which Duane “Keefe D” Davis, a former confidential informant, allegedly described his own role in the shooting — and repeatedly claimed that Sean “Diddy” Combs, then known as Puffy, ordered Tupac’s assassination. Combs has long denied the accusation.

Speaking from prison, Suge Knight — the only living witness — recalled Tupac wasn’t wearing his usual bulletproof vest, and that his unreleased track “Never Had a Friend Like Me” was playing in the car.

“Tupac is my favorite person in the world,” Knight said. “A part of me died when he died.”

Credit: People

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