Las Vegas police have searched a house as a part of their investigation into the homicide of rap legend Tupac Shakur virtually three many years in the past.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department “can confirm a search warrant was served” within the neighboring metropolis of Henderson on Monday, a spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to AFP.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper mentioned a house had been searched.
Shakur, the best-selling hip-hop artist behind hits comparable to “California Love,” was gunned down in a drive-by taking pictures in Las Vegas on the age of simply 25, and his killers have by no means been caught.
Monday’s search was “part of the ongoing Tupac Shakur homicide investigation,” mentioned the police assertion Tuesday, with out offering any additional particulars.
“It’s a case that’s gone unsolved and hopefully one day we can change that,” Lt. Jason Johansson instructed the Review-Journal.
Shakur had a short however spectacular profession, quickly rising from backup dancer to self-styled gangsta rapper and one of the vital influential figures in hip-hop, who offered 75 million information.
Shakur additionally turned a key determine in a vaunted rivalry, egged on by promoters, between East Coast and West Coast hip-hop.
Though born in New York, Shakur moved as a young person along with his household to California, changing into one of the vital identifiable figures within the West Coast scene.
The circumstances of Shakur’s demise in September 1996 stay murky, and theories have lengthy abounded.
Shakur’s homicide was adopted six months later by the gunning down of his rival East Coast rapper Christopher “The Notorious BIG” Wallace.
Many imagine they have been slain as a part of a rivalry between their music labels, LA-based Death Row and New York’s Bad Boy Entertainment.
But some music historians say the coastal rift was exaggerated for industrial causes.
Shakur — whose mom Afeni was lively within the Black Panther motion and named him after Tupac Amaru, a revolutionary Inca chief — used his lyrics to boost points dealing with Black Americans, from police brutality to mass incarceration.
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