Biggie Smalls’ still-unsolved killing keeps surfacing in a courtroom where no one is charged with it. Why?
The trial has revived claims linking the two rap murders, including testimony about police investigations, a federal lawsuit and a hidden transcript.
- Closing arguments for the murder trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis are scheduled for Monday after less than two weeks of testimony focused on the killing of Tupac Shakur. References to Christopher Wallace, also known as Biggie Smalls, emerged repeatedly during prosecution opening statements.
- For nearly 30 years, investigators sought connections between the murders of Shakur and Wallace, which followed a rap rivalry that helped make both artists wealthy. The back-to-back killings in 1997 sparked questions about potential links between the cases.
- Witnesses originally assigned to the Wallace investigation testified during the trial. Davis wrote in his 2019 memoir that he was nearby when both men were killed, linking the investigations to March 9, 1997, when Wallace was shot outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
- The LAPD previously denied allegations of impropriety in the Wallace case. A 2006 task force was established by the department to solve the murder, which had languished for nearly a decade before receiving renewed attention.
- Last week, the LAPD did not respond to inquiries about whether an active investigation into the Wallace murder continues. The department's silence leaves the status of the case unconfirmed as the Davis trial concludes.
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By Andy Rose, CNN Six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur — the most prominent victim of hip-hop rivalry between the east and west coasts — his main rival, Christopher Wallace, seemed tired of it all.“I’m starting to get over—you know what I’m saying?—this whole situation between the East Coast and the Costa The post Why Biggie Smalls’s unsolved murder continues to appear in a court where no one is accused of committing it happened first on …
Biggie Smalls’ still-unsolved killing keeps surfacing in a courtroom where no one is charged with it. Why?
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Six months after the murder of Tupac Shakur – the most prominent casualty of the boiling hip-hop feud between coasts – his biggest rival, Christopher Wallace, looked tired of it all. “I’m just getting over – you know what I’m saying – this whole situation with this East Coast-West
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