Tupac murder suspect addresses fears Suge Knight could out him in upcoming memoir

Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis isn’t worried Suge Knight will finger him in an upcoming memoir as being involved in the shooting death of the rap legend.

Knight, who is currently serving a 28-year sentence from a fatal hit-and-run in 2015, is set to release his “Your Pain is My Joy” memoir on August 4. Knight has promised to reveal intricate details in the book about the night Shakur was murdered.

The memoir’s August release date is less than a week before Davis’s trial for the 1996 murder starts.

Photo showing the passenger side of the black BMW that Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight were riding in, after the shooting.
Tupac Shakur was gunned down while sitting in the passenger’s seat of a BMW driven by Knight in 1996.KLAS-TV

Marion 'Suge' Knight and Tupac Shakur at the "Sunset Park" Premiere.
Suge Knight and Shakur had gotten into a fight with another group inside a Las Vegas casino minutes before the murder.BEI/REX/ShutterstockDavis’s Las Vegas lawyer Michael Sanft told The California Post he and his client are not concerned about the memoir having any sort of impact on the jury or the trial.

Davis has made numerous confessions over the years about being involved in Shakur’s murder, including placing himself in the Cadillac that was the source of the gunfire that killed the rapper. He’s also confessed to being the “shot caller” and provided the gun that killed Tupac.

Despite Davis’s confessions, Sanft is still confident prosecutors don’t have enough evidence to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt he was involved. He feels confident that he can win the case for Davis, who he believes has been unfairly treated, adding his client spoke “bulls–t.”

Knight has stated his 352-page book, released through publishers Gallery Books, will deliver the truth about the moments before, during and after his close friend and Death Row Records artist Shakur was gunned down just off the Vegas Strip.

Duane "Keffe D" Davis in court wearing a blue prison uniform and handcuffs.
Duane Davis has made numerous confessions over the years to being involved in the murder.Getty Images

Crime scene photos of the Tupac Shakur shooting, showing a street at night with traffic cones.
The fatal shooting occurred just off of the Las Vegas Strip in 1996.KLAS-TV
Knight was driving the BMW in which Shakur, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was killed. The two had gotten into a fight at a Vegas casino with anther group of men shortly before the fatal shooting.

Sanft says he and Davis are unconcerned by Knight’s writings. “Honestly, at the end of the day, I don’t think Suge’s going to participate in this case at all,” he told The Post.

“What’s interesting about Suge is that he has announced that he will be publishing a book on August 4. In that book, he will identify the shooter. I don’t even know what’s going to be in the book. At this particular point, it is what it is. If he says one thing or another thing, I don’t think it matters at all for our defense,” he added.

When asked about the possibility the allegations from Knight could sway public opinion before trial and potentially taint a jury, he said he still has faith in the system.

Torn interior of a vehicle door, showing damage that could be from bullets.
Shakur was killed, but Knight survived the shooting.KLAS-TV

Marion "Suge" Knight in an orange jail jumpsuit, with his hands shackled to his waist, stands with two sheriffs in a courtroom.
Knight has promised to reveal new details from the night Tupac was killed.Getty Images
“It’s very tall ask of most people, especially in today’s interconnected world that we live in, but I still have to have faith and trust in the system and in the promises and oaths taken by jurors that they will do what they are promising us to do. And it’s not just for me, it’s also for the state of Nevada.”

Sanft doesn’t think Knight will be called as a witness during Davis’ trial as he has made too many conflicting statements about the night Tupac was murdered over the years.

Tupac Shakur wearing a blue bandana, brown leather vest, plaid shirt, and jeans, standing in front of a dark brick wall.
Shakur was only 25 when he was killed.WireImage
Discovery for the trial includes Davis’s confessions over the years, as well as two separate recorded interviews with a Los Angeles police gang task force and Las Vegas Metro officers from the early 2000s.

In both police probes, Davis, accompanied by his former lawyer, confessed to being the shot caller in the killings, admitting that his nephew Orlando Anderson fired the fatal shots from the back of the car they were driving in Vegas.

Booking photo of Duane "Keffe D" Davis.
Davis’s trial is scheduled to begin August 10, days after the memoir’s release.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police De/AFP via Getty Images
Anderson was killed in a gang-related shooting in 1998.

“I’m here to win this case. We are 100% invested in Keefe’s defense because I believe it. And very rarely do you get a case where you believe the defense. Sometimes you’re getting technical and saying, ‘Well, yeah, maybe he did it.’ … You have a case here where I really believe that Keefe didn’t do what he said he did,” Sanft told The Post.

He added that his client Davis is a fantasist, who made up his role in the Tupac death for fame and fortune during the infamous confessions.

“I think Keefe knows that I’m in his corner and 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,” Saft said.

Davis’s trial is scheduled to begin August 10.