The ongoing trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, which began with jury selection and opening statements in mid-August 2026, centers on his own detailed admissions in the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” and prior interviews, where he described acting as the “shot-caller” who supplied the gun for the retaliatory drive-by that killed Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors are using these statements—ruled admissible—as the core evidence to prove he orchestrated the attack tied to 1990s gang and East-West Coast hip-hop rivalries, even though he is not accused of firing the shots. Defense arguments that the accounts were profit-driven exaggerations and the absence of physical evidence or living eyewitnesses create meaningful doubt, supporting the market-implied odds hovering near two-thirds for conviction. Key upcoming catalysts include witness testimony and closing arguments over the coming weeks in the Clark County courtroom.