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  • Man who paid $1M for Tupac’s murder exposed

    Man who paid $1M for Tupac’s murder exposed

    The man accused of Tupac Shakur’s murder, Keefe D, has made startling allegations that hip-hop star Diddy orchestrated and paid $1 million for the assassination.

    Keefe D, also known as Duane Davis, appeared in a Las Vegas court regarding the killing and has repeatedly claimed that Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, instructed him to eliminate Tupac and record label executive Suge Knight.

    Diddy’s representatives declined to comment when questioned about these allegations, and Diddy himself has previously dismissed any involvement in Tupac’s death as “nonsense.”

    The U.S. Sun has learned that Keefe D has made this accusation in his book, during social media interviews, and even in a confidential police interview with the LAPD.

    Another former gang member from that era, James McDonald (formerly known as Mob James), has also confirmed to The U.S. Sun that he heard rumors about Diddy and others at Death Row Records offering a reward for Suge and Tupac’s deaths. Tupac was reportedly apprehensive of the record label boss.

    In an exclusive interview, James, who previously worked as a security enforcer for Death Row Records, disclosed that “everyone had a price on their head” during that period, as tensions between Bad Boy Records on the East Coast and Death Row Records on the West Coast escalated.

    He said: “Diddy was scared of Suge.

    “New York wasn’t going to come down there and try to find Suge. That wouldn’t have never happened.

    “So when … it happened with Tupac, our side had to feel like, ‘Okay, we can’t just let that one go’…..

    “They was going back and forth tit for tat. So I believe that it got too big for Pac and Biggie because not one of them seen it coming. Not one of them thought it was going to come that way. And like I said before, Puffy was so scared of Suge, he had to put something, somewhere to get Suge out the way.”

    James, now a reformed mentor aiding youth to exit gangs, said: “Many of us had bounties on our lives. Given our circumstances and the ongoing conflict, we had to retaliate. Taking a life or causing harm didn’t hold weight. Nothing did. We acted as required at that time.”

  • Sister of Tupac reacts to murder charges

    The indictment of a former gang leader for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur is described as a “pivotal moment” by the late rapper’s sister.

    Tupac Shakur, the celebrated hip-hop icon from New York, was shot four times at the age of 25 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas.

    On Friday, a grand jury in Nevada charged 60-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis with one count of murder with a deadly weapon.

    Sekyiwa Shakur remarked that “today marks a victory,” but she also stated that she would withhold judgment until the legal proceedings were concluded.

    “It’s important to me that the world, the country, the justice system, and our people acknowledge the gravity of the passing of this man, my brother, my mother’s son, my father’s son,” she posted on Instagram.

    “There have been multiple hands involved and there remains so much surrounding the life and death of my brother Tupac and our Shakur family overall. We are seeking real justice, on all fronts,” she continued.

    Mopreme Shakur, Shakur’s step-brother, said the charging of Mr Davis was bittersweet.

    “We have been through decades of pain,” he told CNN. “They have known about this guy, who been running his mouth, for years.

    “So why now? For us, this is not over. We want to know why, and if there were any accomplices.”

    Police say Mr Davis planned the deadly shooting after his nephew was involved in a fight with Shakur in a casino.

    Mr Davis was arrested near his Las Vegas home early on Friday, and will appear in court within days. Las Vegas police (LVMPD) have shared his mugshot.

    In court, prosecutor Marc DiaGiacomo described Mr Davis – a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips street gang – as the “on-ground, on-site commander” who “ordered the death” of Shakur.

    At a news conference later on Friday, police officer Jason Johansson said it became obvious very quickly that this was a gang-related crime, and the case had been reviewed multiple times.

    But it was not until 2018, when new information came to light, that the case was “reinvigorated”.

    Mr Johansson also mentioned Mr Davis’s “own admissions” to media outlets that he was in the vehicle where the shots were fired from.

    Shakur was shot in Las Vegas on 7 September 1996. He died in hospital a few days later.

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    Watch: What have the police got on Keffe D?

    Shakur, whose stage name was stylised as 2Pac, released his debut album in 1991.

    One of the most acclaimed names in hip-hop, his death inspired several documentaries.

    He sold more than 75 million records worldwide, enjoying chart success with hits including California Love, All Eyez On Me and Changes.

    Shakur also found success acting in films like Juice, Poetic Justice, Above The Rim, Gridlock’d and Gang Related.

    In June this year the rapper received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

  • Asabke files appeal to overturn death sentence for Adams Mahama’s murder

    Asabke files appeal to overturn death sentence for Adams Mahama’s murder

    Asabke Alangde, a convicted felon who was given the death penalty by a seven-person jury panel, has filed a notice of appeal asking the Court of Appeal to overturn the jury’s decision.

    Asabke, a former Station Master of Bolgatanga-Kumasi Lorry Station was unanimously found guilty after the jury returned a guilty verdict for him on conspiracy.

    But returned a 4:3 verdict not guilty for him and Gregory Afoko for the charge of murder while the court had ordered for Afoko’s retrial who also had a 4:3 verdict on conspiracy in his favour.

    The two were accused for the acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman in May 20, 1015.

    Six days after his conviction, documents sighted by Starrfm.com.gh indicated that the lawyers for Asabke have filed a notice of appeal to the appeal court for his conviction and the entire ruling to be set aside.

    “Please take notice that the 2nd Accused / Appellant herein being dissatisfied with the ruling/conviction by Her Ladyship Wood JA (sitting as an additional High Court Judge) delivered on the 27 of April 2023 at the High Court, [General Jurisdiction 11], Accra, hereby Appeals to the Court of Appeal on the grounds set out in paragraph 2 below and will at the hearing of the Appeal seek the relief set out in paragraph 3 below,” the notice of Appeal filed on Wednesday, May 3, stated.

    Grounds of Appeal

    Per the groups of Appeal, the notice of appeal states that, “the trial judge failed to adequately direct the jury on the offence of conspiracy in the summing up leading to misdirection and conviction of the 2nd Accused/ Appellant.

    “The unanimous verdict reached by the jury on conspiracy and a 4-3 majority verdict for murder for the 2nd Accused/Appellant; and 4-3 majority verdict on both counts of Conspiracy and murder in favour of the 1s Accused person, on the same set of facts and charges cannot be grounded in law and thus void.

    “The conviction of the 2nd Accused/Appellant is erroneous and same is not supported by the evidence adduced at the trial.

    He is seeking for a relief that, “the entire ruling / conviction of the High Court dated 27 April, 2023 be set aside.”

    EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, gathered that, his legal team are also contemplating filing Certiorari at the Supreme Court to Quash the conviction of ASABKE on grounds of errors on the record.

    *Jury verdict*

    The seven member panel on Thursday , April 27, unanimously found him guilty for the offense of conspiracy for murder but returned a 4:3 verdict for him for murder

    For Gregory Afoko, the jury which comprised of four ladies and three men also returned a 4:3 not guilty verdict in his favour on both counts of conspiracy and murder.

    Justice Afua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal said per the law, said, a 4:3 means it is a “Hung jury” and Afoko must be Retried before another jury.

    Before passing her sentencing, the judge said. “Asabke Alangde, the men and women you have chosen to try you have found you guilty of conspiracy,” the court informed him.

    Asabke in his last words to the court said, “I have not done anything. I’m pleading with the court.”

    Justice Wood while passing her sentence said, “you are sentenced to death by hanging. May God have mercy on your soul.”