Tupac murder trial opens: Gang leader denies 30-year-old killing charge

Thirty years after a drive-by shooting silenced one of hip-hop's most luminous voices, a Las Vegas courtroom has finally opened to confront the question justice long left unanswered. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, 63, stands charged with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur — a killing that became inseparable from the violent arc of the East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry and the grief of a generation. His plea of not guilty sets in motion a trial that carries not only legal consequence but the accumulated weight of cultural mourning and decades of deferred accountability. Whether the courtroom can now deliv