Duane "Keffe D" Davis, convicted of the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, has given his first interview since his conviction, insisting he is innocent and expects to overturn the verdict on appeal. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter from the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, Davis appeared unbothered by the prospect of a life sentence, claiming his civil rights were violated during the trial and that a related appeal had already been filed. The case has drawn intense scrutiny given Davis's long history of publicly boasting about the killing in documentaries, podcasts and his own memoir.

A jury convicted Davis of first-degree murder on 31 August after just over two hours of deliberation, almost exactly 30 years after Shakur was shot dead near the Las Vegas Strip in a hit prosecutors say Davis orchestrated, though he did not fire the fatal shots. He is due to be sentenced by Judge Carli Kierny on 13 October. In the interview, the 63-year-old now claims he was not even in Las Vegas that night, despite having previously admitted involvement in various media appearances, which he says were fabricated for profit; he offered no alibi or supporting evidence for this new account.