Rapper Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
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Duane Davis first appeared in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 4 on charges of murdering Tupac Shakur. Bizuayehu Tesfay/Getty Images hide caption
Duane Davis, 60, appeared briefly in a Las Vegas court on Thursday. His arraignment has been delayed a second time until Nov. 2. John Locher/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur (on stage here in 1994) has long evaded closure. But in the last month, an arrest in connection with his shooting on Sept. 7, 1996, has brought the case back into the spotlight. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Las Vegas police said they have made an arrest, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, for the first time in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption
Rapper Tupac Shakur, pictured here in Los Angeles in August 1996, was fatally injured in a drive-by shooting, a case that's never been solved. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption
Joel Anderson is the new host for season three of Slate's podcast Slow Burn. Lisa Larson-Walker/Slate hide caption
'Slow Burn' Season 3 Turns Its Investigative Eye To The Murders Of Biggie And Tupac
Tupac Shakur, photographed in New York on Nov. 29, 1994. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Chuck Berry in the Chess Records recording studio. The New York Times reports that originals of Berry's Chess catalog were burned in the 2008 Universal fire. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
From Chuck Berry To Tupac Shakur: Taking Stock Of The 2008 Universal Fire
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The Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, grossed $31 million in its opening weekend. Codeblack Films hide caption
Tupac Shakur in 1994 Steve Eichner/Getty Images hide caption
In his first year of eligibility, Tupac Shakur will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Tupac Shakur arrives at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sept. 4, 1996. Todd Plitt/AP hide caption
"I think he knew from the very beginning, 'I have a very short window to live. I've got to create a body of work,'" writer Kevin Powell says of Tupac Shakur. Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Tupac Shakur attends a New York club in 1994. The rapper died two years later, in September 1996. Steve Eichner/Getty Images hide caption
Tupac Shakur on the set of Poetic Justice. Everett Collection / Rex USA hide caption
Near the end of his headlining set at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts festival, Snoop Dogg (left) performed next to a hologram of the deceased Tupac Shakur. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption
Matt Barnes goes up for the dunk at a January game against the Utah Jazz. Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE/Getty Images hide caption