Exclusive | Hear Tupac’s alleged killer make incriminating jail call about unsolved murder on eve of trial

Nypost · Aug 09, 2026 · 1341 words · By James Desborough; Michael Kaplan

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Hear Tupac’s alleged killer make incriminating jail call about unsolved murder on eve of trial See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google The gangbanger who allegedly ordered the murder of Tupac Shakur undermined his own defense in a braggadocious phone call to his mistress, The Post can exclusively reveal.

Common ground

Duane “Keffe D” Davis contradicted his stance that he lied about orchestrating rapper Shakur’s Las Vegas 1996 drive-by shooting, stated in his own memoir, which he has since claimed was all penned by a ghost writer.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Davis, 63, was first named as being behind the hit in Los Angeles detective Greg Kading’s 2011 book “Murder Rap.”?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Davis, 63, was first named as being behind the hit in Los Angeles detective Greg Kading’s 2011 book “Murder Rap.””

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Wikipedia identifies Greg Kading as a former LAPD detective and author known for investigating the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., and the context of the claim aligns with his known work 'Murder Rap'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory James Kading (born May 1, 1963) is a Canadian-American author and former Los Angeles Police Department detective best known for working on a multi law-enforcement task force that investigated …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Kading

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On September 7, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. (PDT), Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old American rapper, was shot in a drive-by shooting in Paradise, Nevada. The shooting occurred when the car carrying Shakur was stop…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tupac_Shakur

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; Spanish: Túpac; born Parish Lesane Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and act…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupac_Shakur

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Claim 2: “The Los Angeles Police Department brought him in for questioning in December 2008”

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Claim 3: “Davis and his crew took their rented white Cadillac and looked for Shakur and Knight.”

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Multiple sources reporting on the trial (Yahoo News/Police interviews) mention Davis's identification as a passenger in a rented white Cadillac used in the attack.

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web search NEUTRAL — Duane 'Keffe D' Davis' defence lawyers maintain that his accounts were fabricated.In the recording, Davis identified himself as the front passenger in the rented white Cadillac that pulled alongside t…
https://www.nme.com/news/music/tupac-murder-trial-plays-secr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Duane Davis looks on during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 19, 2026…
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tupac-shakur-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — And that caravan included Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight. And in that white Cadillac before the shooting, before the shooting occurs, Duane Davis explains that the driver is Terrence T-Brown.
https://www.rev.com/transcripts/tupac-murder-trial-opening-r…

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Claim 4: “Prosecutors allege Davis — a member of South Side Compton Crips gang — was in a car with his nephew, Orlando Anderson, and threw him the gun used to shoot 25-year-old Shakur four times.”

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Wikipedia confirms Orlando Anderson had affiliations with the South Side Compton Crips and is suspected of killing Tupac Shakur. While the specific 'throwing the gun' detail is a prosecutorial allegation mentioned in the context of the trial, the core identities and gang affiliations are verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On December 11, 1980, in Indianapolis, Indiana, 44-year-old Jack Robert Ohrberg (November 21, 1936 – December 11, 1980), an Indianapolis Police Sergeant, was shot and killed by two men while he was se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jack_Ohrberg

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orlando Tive "Baby Lane" Anderson (August 13, 1974 – May 29, 1998) was an American gang member who is suspected to have killed Tupac Shakur. Anderson had alleged affiliations to the California-based g…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Anderson

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Claim 5: “Davis has always maintained Anderson — who died aged just 23 in a gang shootout two years later — pulled the trigger.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results specifically confirming Orlando Anderson's age at death or the specific circumstances of his death in a shootout two years later, although Wikipedia mentions he died May 29, 1998.

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Claim 6: “He died from his injuries in hospital six days later.”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (ABC7 Los Angeles) explicitly state that Shakur died from his injuries six days after the shooting.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and…
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Claim 7: ““California Love” rapper Shakur was riding with label boss Marion “Suge” Knight on the Las Vegas strip when he was shot after a Mike Tyson boxing match on Sept. 7, 1996.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Tupac Shakur was shot on September 7, 1996, in Las Vegas while riding with Suge Knight following a Mike Tyson fight.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Biggie & Tupac is a 2002 feature-length documentary film by Nick Broomfield about the murdered American rappers the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Broomfield suggests the two murders were planned …
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Claim 8: “Knight is currently serving a 28-year sentence behind bars after fatally running over a rival record label owner with a truck in 2015.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Suge Knight's current sentence or the 2015 truck incident.

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Claim 9: “On September 29, 2023, police arrested Davis in front of his home in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas.”

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Claim 10: “Duane “Keffe D” Davis contradicted his stance that he lied about orchestrating rapper Shakur’s Las Vegas 1996 drive-by shooting, stated in his own memoir”

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Multiple sources (Yahoo News Canada, France 24) report that Davis's defense now argues his 2019 memoir 'Compton Street Legend' was fabricated or inflated by a co-author, contradicting his previous admissions of orchestrating the murder.

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Claim 11: “They then encountered Knight and Shakur, who were on their way to night spot Club 662, around 11:15 p.m. Davis allegedly pulled up alongside their black BMW with Knight behind the wheel.”

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Multiple sources (The Guardian, The Mary Sue) confirm the encounter involved a white Cadillac pulling up alongside a black BMW containing Knight and Shakur.

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web search NEUTRAL — Davis faces a potential life sentence without parole if convicted. Shakur, 25, was gunned down at the height of his career, on 7 September 1996, as he sat in the passenger seat of a black BMW with the…
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/trial-former-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — Soon after, the white Cadillac Davis was allegedly riding in pulled up alongside Knight’s BMW at a stoplight. Shakur, who was hanging out of the sunroof, was shot multiple times. Knight was also injur…
https://www.themarysue.com/suge-knight-issues-a-chilling-war…

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web search NEUTRAL — Later, when Davis’ car pulled up to their opponents, and he locked eyes with Knight, Davis says “Tupac made an erratic move and began to reach down beneath his seat.” “Pac pulled out a strap, and that…
https://kioncentralcoast.com/news/national-world/cnn-nationa…

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Claim 12: “On the night of Shakur’s shooting he’d had an altercation with Anderson, Davis’ nephew, in the lobby of the MGM Grand hotel immediately after the Tyson fight.”

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Multiple independent sources (The Guardian, Forum) report that Shakur and his entourage attacked Orlando Anderson in the MGM Grand hotel lobby after the Tyson fight.

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web search NEUTRAL — Danny Boy reflects on the infamous altercation inside the MGM Grand and revisits the events surrounding that night, just hours before 2Pac was fatally shot while riding with Suge Knight in Las Vegas. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qflL7PPVR8E

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web search NEUTRAL — After the Tyson fight at the MGM Grand casino, Knight and Shakur attacked Davis’s nephew, the Crips member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, in retribution for an alleged assault on a Death Row employee. …
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/10/trial-former-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — On September 7, 1996, after the Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, Lane spotted Anderson in the hotel lobby and informed Shakur. Security footage captured Shakur and his ent…
https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/man-arrested-in-conn…

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Claim 13: “The East-West rap battle claimed its second most high-profile victim, Wallace, in March 1997. He was also killed in a drive-by shooting, which took place outside the Peterson Automotive museum in Los Angeles, and he was also shot four times.”

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Claim 14: “Top Vegas lawyer Mike Sanft is representing Davis.”

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Claim 15: “Diddy — currently in federal prison on prostitution related charges”

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