Pioneer Productions simply locked down one thing Hip-Hop followers have been ready many years for. The British firm secured unique entry to Duane “Keefe D” Davis and his household for a documentary about Tupac Shakur‘s homicide case.

Davis faces trial in August for the 1996 killing of the legendary rapper. This marks the primary time anybody has been charged in reference to Tupac’s loss of life, almost 30 years after the taking pictures in Las Vegas.

The documentary deal got here via screenwriter Jon Aubrey Divens, who produced the unique Blade motion pictures. Divens constructed a private relationship with Davis and earned belief inside his group, in accordance with Deadline.

Divens will observe Davis earlier than the trial, all through courtroom proceedings, and instantly after. The entry extends to his son, Duane “Lil Keefe” Davis Jr., as nicely. Davis was indicted by a Nevada grand jury in September 2023 on one rely of homicide with a lethal weapon.

His trial was initially scheduled for June 2024 however acquired pushed again a number of instances. The former gang member is the uncle of Orlando Anderson, who had been assaulted by Tupac and mates on the MGM Grand Casino after a Mike Tyson struggle.

His arrest despatched shockwaves via Hip-Hop after so a few years with out costs within the case. Davis had given a number of interviews and written a memoir, Compton Street Legend, detailing his involvement.

Davis wrote about being within the passenger seat of the automotive that pulled up subsequent to Tupac’s automobile when the rapper was shot.

Tupac’s homicide has impressed quite a few documentaries through the years. Lauren Lazin’s Tupac Resurrection acquired an Oscar nomination. A&E aired Who Killed Tupac? that includes Chuck D and Benjamin Crump. Nick Broomfield directed Biggie & Tupac.

USA Network created the scripted sequence Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., starring Josh Duhamel and Marcc Rose as Tupac.

Allen Hughes directed Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur for Hulu in 2023. Hughes instructed Deadline that Davis’s arrest was “a great day for the family.”

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