Prosecutors are hopeful of obtaining the first conviction in relation to the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur—a crime that has been unsolved for 30 years—with jury selection due to start in Las Vegas on Aug. 10.
Shakur, who was 25 when he died, is widely considered to be one of the most influential rappers in the history of the genre.
He had five No. 1 albums on the Billboard chart, was nominated for six Grammy awards, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
Shakur, who was from Los Angeles, was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting just off the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996, shortly after a heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. He died six days later in a hospital….