Mopreme Shakur after the sentencing: "Justice is subjective"

Two days after Duane “Keffe D” Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison, Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur was back in the studio. Barely back from Las Vegas, he had slept very little, Tupac’s stepbrother said on October 15, 2026, on the podcast The Latest with Loren LoRosa. Asked whether justice had now been done, he answered: “Justice is, you know, it’s subjective.”

Accountability instead of justice

There had been “some accountability,” he said. But justice, for him, would mean getting his brother back, and that is impossible. He would settle for the accountability.

He spoke openly about the family’s statements in court. He and his sister Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur had wrestled beforehand with what to say; he was proud of her because, for all her emotions, she got everything out. For his part, he wanted the judge to hear what Tupac never had: children, a family of his own. In court on October 13 he had said: “All Pac got was a death sentence.”

“A massive security failure”

For Mopreme, the verdict has not answered the questions. Early on, he said, the prosecution told the family that it was deliberately keeping the case narrow and going only after Davis, because only against him was there enough evidence. To him it is clear that more people were involved. Above all, he wants to know why, that night after the fight at the MGM Grand, there was a “massive security failure” at Death Row around the label’s most important artist. He presented no evidence of further participants; the prosecution says it plans no further charges.

He also recalled the days in the hospital in 1996. Tupac had tubes in his mouth and could not speak, but was trying to tell him something. He told him to get well first; they could talk afterwards.

A film about justice

Mopreme is working on the documentary about the trial produced by Passion Pictures (report from September 22). The trial is the spine of the film, he said, but it is really about what justice means after 30 years: for the family, for him and for the fans. The episode is titled “There’s More to Come.”

Davis denies the crime and has announced an appeal; the verdict is not final. The dossier The “Keffe D” Case summarizes the state of the proceedings, and the report from October 13 covers the sentencing.