(Los Angeles) A search has been conducted by Las Vegas investigators trying to elucidate the murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur, which occurred nearly thirty years ago, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Police in this Nevada metropolis “are able to confirm that a search warrant has been executed” Monday in the nearby town of Henderson, a spokesperson said in a statement sent to AFP.
The operation was carried out “as part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Tupac Shakur”, he added without further details.
A hip-hop legend, Tupac had become an essential artist on the American West Coast after a brief and dazzling career, before being shot dead in September 1996 in Las Vegas, in circumstances that remain unclear. He was 25 years old.
The rapper, at the origin of the tubes California, Changes, Dear Mama And All Eyez On Mehas sold 75 million albums.
Tupac had become a key figure in the famous rivalry between the West Coast and East Coast rap scenes of the United States.
Although a New York native, he epitomized “West Coast” hip-hop after moving to California as a teenager with his family.
His murder was followed, six months later, by that of his East Coast rival, Christopher “The Notorious BIG” Wallace.
Many link their deaths to the rivalry between their record label Death Row (based in Los Angeles) and Bad Boy Entertainment (New York), but music historians say this opposition was amplified for commercial reasons.