Tupac, 27 years after the rapper’s murder, a man arrested

Perhaps one of the most famous murders in the history of American rap has been solved. In fact, there was an arrest for the rapper’s killing Tupac Shakurwhich took place in 1996. Police announced that they had arrested a man in connection with the rapper’s murder Tupac Shakur hit by several bullets in front of Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas, 27 years ago. Duane “Keffe D” DavisThe 60-year-old was arrested Friday morning, but charges have not yet been announced in connection with one of the most famous unsolved cases in United States history and the history of hip-hop music.

Tupac Shakur He died at the age of 25 and at the height of his success on September 13, 1996, six days after he was shot aboard a passing BMW on Las Vegas’ main street Marion “Suge” Ritter, owner of his own record label. Despite numerous police investigations in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and intervention by the FBI, no one had ever been arrested for the murder. And so it remained an unsolved case.

With the release of his first solo album 2Pacalypse Now (1991), Tupac became a central figure in the African American community, bringing social criticism to the genre at a time when political rap was prevalent. In 1992 he founded the group Thug Life together with Thug Life Big Syke. With over 75 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the most commercially successful artists. Much of his work dealt with contemporary social problems plaguing the ghettos, and he is considered a symbol of resistance and activism against injustice, as well as a revolutionary figure.

In 2012, the Norwegian University of Oslo organized the course: “Tupac, Hip Hop and Cultural History (Tupac, Hip Hop and Cultural History)”. Knut AukrustNorwegian professor and academic cultural scientist at the University of Oslo says: “Tupac Amaru Shakur is one of the most famous representatives of hip-hop culture. He has become an icon with saintly status that extends far beyond fans. References to his message appear around the world, from the Changes slogan to Barack Obama, for the desire of Palestinians and Israelis for peace in the Middle East, for the people of Groruddalen who want their experiences to be taken seriously. The course shows how a single person can fit into a broader network of cultural patterns and how a local storytelling tradition has become an international cultural phenomenon.”

Rolling Stone magazine ranked him 86th on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

And since last June, Tupac Shakur’s name has been engraved on the world’s most famous sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard.