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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police confirmed Tuesday that they served a search
warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of Tupac Shakur,
propelling the case back into the spotlight nearly 30 years after his death.

Shakur, one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, was gunned down the night
of Sept. 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He was 25.



No arrests have ever been made. Yet attention on the case, which has seen its
share of conspiracy theories, has endured for decades.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the search
was conducted Monday in the nearby city of Henderson, but the agency did not say
whether a suspect has been identified. It's also unclear what they were looking
for and where they were looking.

Citing the ongoing investigation, department spokesperson Aden OcampoGomez said
in a brief phone call that he couldn't provide more details on the latest
development in the case.

Nevada does not have a time limit for prosecuting homicide cases.

Shakur was shot while sitting inside a black BMW with Marion “Suge” Knight, head
of Death Row Records. Police have said the two were waiting at a red light near
the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up next to them and gunfire
erupted. Shot multiple times, Shakur was rushed to a hospital, where he died six
days later.




Las Vegas police have said in the past that the investigation quickly stalled in
part because witnesses refused to cooperate.



Shakur’s death came amid his feud with rap rival the Notorious B.I.G., who was
fatally shot six months later. At the time, both rappers were in the middle of
the infamous East Coast-West Coast rivalry, which primarily defined the hip-hop
scene during the mid-1990s. The feud was ignited after Shakur was seriously
wounded in another shooting during a robbery in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan
hotel.

Shakur openly accused B.I.G. and Sean “Diddy” Combs of having prior knowledge of
the shooting, which both vehemently denied. It sparked enough of a feud that
created a serious divide within the hip-hop community and fans.

The New York-born Shakur represented the West Coast after he signed with Los
Angeles-based Death Row Records. He often traded verbal jabs in the media and
through songs. B.I.G. and Combs hailed from the East Coast while representing
New York City-based Bad Boy Records.

Largely considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all
time, the six-time Grammy Award -nominated Shakur has had five No. 1 albums:
1995’s “Me Against the World,” 1996’s “All Eyez on Me,” and three posthumous
releases: 1996’s “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory,” which was recorded
under the name Makaveli, as well as 2001’s “Until the End of Time" and 2004’s
“Loyal to the Game.”




His professional music career only lasted five years, but Shakur secured 21
Billboard Hot 100s, including top 10 hits “Dear Mama" and "Old School” in 1995,
and his best-known track, 1996’s “How Do U Want It/California Love” featuring
K-Ci and JoJo. The latter spent two weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot
100 from his final studio album and Death Row Records debut, “All Eyez on Me.”



According to entertainment data company Luminate, Shakur has sold 33 million
albums, 41 million when including track sale and streaming equivalents. The
rapper’s on-demand video and audio streams total 10.1 billion.

In 2017, Shakur was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Snoop Dogg. In
June of this year, the rapper received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame. He’s also had some museum exhibits that paid homage to his life,
including “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free,” which opened in 2021.

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Landrum and Sherman reported from Los Angeles.




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