UPDATE 2 — Ex — gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for Tupac Shakur murder

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis convicted of leading drive-by shooting Killing stemmed from hostilities between two LA street gangs Shakur widely considered one of rap music's greatest artists (Adds details from sentencing hearing in paragraphs 3-4, 14-15) By Jack Queen and Steve Gorman LAS VEGAS, Oct 13 (Reuters) — A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, capping the prosecution of a long-unsolved murder that shaped the golden age of rap music. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, found guilty of first-degree murder in August, received the sentence during a hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom. In tearful testimony before Judge Carli Kierny, Shakur's younger sister Sekyiwa Shakur said their mother had raised him to be a human rights activist and treated him as if he had the potential to change the world. "He believed her," said Sekyiwa Shakur, wearing a black shirt. "He went out in the world to do that. And I believe he would have done it." Until Davis' 2023 arrest, the killing of Shakur, shot dead in the passenger seat of an SUV driven by his record executive, Marion "Suge" Kn