Bonus Episode: Tupac Shakur Case Closed?

DISGRACELAND

In this bonus Disgraceland episode, host Ashley and guest Zeth explore the recent conviction of Dwayne Keith D. Davis in connection with Tup

Key takeaways

• The conviction of Dwayne Keith D. Davis for orchestrating Tupac's murder is seen as too simplistic to satisfy fans who have long embraced elaborate conspiracy theories.

Main topics

• Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder conviction of Dwayne Keith D. Davis
• Conspiracy theories surrounding Tupac's death (Diddy involvement, staged death, Illuminati)

Notable quotes

This was over a street fight, a stolen chain, some bloods and crips beef. What about Diddy? What about the royalties Suge no longer had to pay Tupac?

Conclusion

While Dwayne Keith D. Davis has been convicted in connection with Tupac's murder,

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On this bonus episode, we discuss the answer, finally, to one of music history's burning questions. Who killed Tupac Shakur? We also get into some of the new episodes that we're covering in our upcoming season. Plus, we get into your emails, comments, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. This is the podcast for the musically obsessed, the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. Disgraceland is where I tell the stories you'll end up telling someone else. All right, discos, let's get into it. Speaker 2 (3:31) Usually when they solve a murder mystery in the movie or television series that you're watching, there's a feeling of satisfaction. And sometimes that satisfaction is tinged with a bit of sadness because you know that what you're watching is about to end. And you know that these characters you've fallen in love with are about to no longer be a part of your life anymore. I feel like we're all experiencing this in real life right now. The end of the Tupac Shakur case feels incredibly unsatisfying. I don't know about you, but when they convicted Dwayne Keith D. Davis of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of Tupac that happened this week, I was left with this feeling of, is this it? What happened has been staring us in the face for decades. This was over a street fight, a stolen chain, some bloods and crips beef. What about Diddy? What about the royalties Suge no longer had to pay Tupac? What about the Illuminati, man? I thought Tupac staged his death to escape fame. I thought Castro and Tupac's aunt faked the hit. What about the seven-day theory? Hold up, we're going to convict. Dwayne Keefe D. Davis on his testimony about being in the back of the car where the shots that killed Tupac were fired from. But we're going to ignore Dwayne Keefe D. Davis's testimony alleging Diddy offered a million dollars to anyone who took out both Tupac and Suge Knight. I guess so. For numerous reasons. The main one being that Dwayne Keefe D. Davis proved himself to be an unreliable witness who could offer no proof for the theory that I just laid out. But his simple explanation of the stolen chain, the brawl that's on tape, and him admitting to being in the car and providing the gun to his nephew who fired the gun at Tupac and... Davis's own admission that had he been closer to Pac, he would have fired the gun himself. That testimony, that story, it was too simple to ignore. But sometimes conspiracy theories are too big to fail. The mystery of who murdered Tupac Shakur has been present in our popular culture for nearly 30 years. It's been... pulsing through our collective bloodstream like an antibody for boredom. If the conversation at the party got boring, if a Tupac song came on randomly during a long drive, if 50 Cent tweeted out something hysterical at Diddy, we could count on a good back and forth with somebody over the hows and whys behind the mystery of Tupac's murder. But now, that's over. But not really. Because just like our favorite characters from the TV series that we love, We don't want to let go because we can't accept the resolution to this story. It's too simple. It's too clean. It's too boring. We've built the mystery of Tupac's death into something we're incapable of reconciling with because. Any explanation that doesn't achieve the same level of drama as the theories we've been obsessing over for the past three decades is inherently unsatisfying because the mystery of Tupac Shakur's murder is a conspiracy theory too big to fail. So, I want to know, do you accept the verdict? The conviction of Dwayne Keefe D. Davis. Do you believe that this is it? That Keefe D. gave his cousin Orlando Anderson the gun to fire at Tupac in retaliation for the beatdown Tupac and his crew gave Anderson over the theft of a necklace? Can you accept this explanation and put down the conspiracy theories for good? 617-906-6638 to leave me a voicemail or send me a text to let me know your thoughts. And you might hear your theory on next week's Disgraceland after party bonus episode. All right. Speaker 2 (7:38) So, you heard me tee up some of the more popular conspiracy theories there involving Tupac. Zeth and I are going to dig into these in more detail in the exclusive section of the After Party coming up at the end of this episode. Go to disgracelandpod.com to sign up to unlock exclusive content like this, plus ad-free listening. Okay, in your feed right now, we have a special preview of all the new episodes that we're bringing to you in the coming season. 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