Major update in Tupac's murder case as alleged killer allegedly brags about killing in shocking phone call

Potential new evidence has emerged in the case surrounding the death of Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years after the tragedy.

Rap icon Tupac died in September 1996, and now a new tapes have emerged which could be used as evidence at a trial relating to the case.

The trial is that of Duane 'Keefe D' Davis, and the tapes allegedly show him talking about his role in Tupac's death.

Davis had allegedly made the admissions during the course of a number of recorded phone calls that he made while he was in jail, the New York Post reported.

Davis has previously entered a plea of not guilty in relation to crime of killing Tupac, and now the tapes could provide new information in the trial.

The trial is set to begin in Las Vegas on 10 August, once again bringing Tupac's tragic and premature death into the limelight.

Davis was arrested back in 2023, and has always denied any involvement with Tupac's death, even speaking about it in a memoir as well as in interview on TV.

Tupac was killed in 1996 (Gene Shaw/Getty Images)

Previous police interviews have also allegedly involved Davis making an admission on his culpability in the case, though he has since claimed that the admissions were not true and were made for 'fame and fortune'.

Davis' lawyer Michael Sanft has also spoken about the new recordings, saying: “Here’s the thing at the end of the day, when the state of Nevada has to rely on that kind of information to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt, they’ve got a huge problem."

He added: “And I’ve seen the state before, they’ll listen to the phone calls, but it’s sort of like, ‘Nah, we don’t care. We don’t need them'."

However, Sanft has also previously expressed his disapproval around Davis' being very public about the case, saying: “Do I agree with him writing the book and doing all these interviews? No."

Nonetheless, he reiterated that 'Keefe knows that I’m in his corner'.

He added: "I have a personal pride issue here because I want to win this case too and I want to do the best job for Keefe that I can."

Thirty years on the case is still active (Bob Berg/Getty Images)

During the trial prosecutors are reportedly planning to produce the tapes as evidence.

It's been almost 30 years since Tupac's death, but the murder case around his death has still not been solved.

The Sun previously reported that a 'vast array of reports and evidence' had allegedly been 'lost or gone missing,' claiming that police reports into Tupac's death had not been found by prosecutors in the three years they have had to prepare their case.

These reportedly involved a micro-cassette and two floppy discs which contain information from investigators, and the old technology may be unusable.

Part of Davis' memoir Compton Street Legend, which was released back in 2019 allegedly saw Davis say he was in the Cadillac where gunshots began, and he has been known to investigators for some time.

Davis continues to deny killing Tupac, saying previously: "I'm innocent, I ain't killed nobody. Never did, ever killed nobody."