THE ex-gangbanger accused of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been denied bail ahead of his trial.
Duane "Keefe D" Davis fought to secure a $750,000 bond nine months after he was arrested and charged with murder on September 29, 2023.
On Tuesday, a judge denied Davis' plea to get out of jail before his impending trial.
Davis' court-appointed public defender initially said his client was unable to raise the 10 percent needed to obtain a bond to be released.
A music manager named Cash Jones said he wanted to pay to bail out Davis, prompting the hearing.
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Jones, who manages rappers like Blueface, told the court he wanted to do it as a "gift" to Davis, but prosecutors argued otherwise.
While the court debated whether to release Davis, prosecutors played calls allegedly made by the jailed ex-gang leader.
In the recordings, Davis allegedly told his wife that Jones was acting as a middleman to pay for TV rights, CBS affiliate KLAS reported.
The call came after Jones, also known as Wack 100, admitted in a Vlad TV interview that he wanted to bail out Davis to make a show, prosecutors said.
After hearing this evidence, the judge decided Davis should not profit from his alleged crimes, and paused his request for bail.
She said she would review bank records, and noted the request could be brought to court again.
This decision means the former self-proclaimed Southside Crip head honcho, 61, will remain in jail ahead of his trial, which is slated to start in Las Vegas on November 4.
GANGSTER'S GREED
Davis has maintained his innocence of playing a key role in Tupac's murder in September 1996.
But, he has boasted about his alleged involvement in Tupac's killing in multiple interviews, documentaries, and in his self-published memoir, Compton Street Legend.
Davis has claimed his nephew, Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson, who was killed in 1998, was the actual triggerman who fired the deadly shots at Tupac.
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However, prosecutors said Davis detailed in his memoir how he handed Anderson the gun used to kill the 25-year-old rap icon on the night of September 7, 1996.
Davis' attorney, Carl Arnold, is attempting to prevent his client's 2009 taped interview with Las Vegas Metro police from being included as evidence at his upcoming trial.
The notorious gangster told Arnold that he only allowed police to record his interview because he was "promised" immunity.
In a transcript obtained by Arnold, police officers noted Davis' interview was on the record and could be used in criminal cases.
Arnold previously told The U.S. Sun, "I'm going to a motion addressing that issue shortly. The motion will be to dismiss (the tape).
"The motion's going to be coming down the pipe pretty soon within two to three weeks after that."
