The only person ever charged over the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur in a Las Vegas Strip shooting more than 30 years ago is set to be sentenced.
Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, was convicted in August of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
On the night of September 7, 1996 when Shakur's popularity was peaking at age 25, he was in the passenger seat of a black BMW with music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight when a white Cadillac pulled up at a red light.
Shots erupted. Shakur was shot multiple times and died six days later, while Knight survived.
Shakur is considered one of the most influential and versatile rappers of all time, and had a burgeoning film career as an actor at the time of his death.
The killing went unsolved for years until Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, gave interviews and published his role in the shooting in his 2019 tell-all memoir.
He explained how Shakur and his entourage beat up Davis' nephew hours before the shooting in Las Vegas.
He said he sought retaliation, and that he was in the passenger seat of the Cadillac and passed the gun to the backseat, where shots were fired.
Davis had spoken to detectives years before but avoided prosecution because of an agreement he made with law enforcement.
During the weeks-long trial, prosecutors relied on Davis' own statements he made to law enforcement and documentarians.
They argued Davis orchestrated the shooting and provided the gun used in Shakur's death, which was the result of a rivalry between the South Side Compton Crips and Mob Piru.
Davis' defence attorney pointed to a lack of physical evidence that connected his client to the crime, and portrayed him as a liar who was trying to make money.
After nine days of testimony, the jury deliberated for three hours before returning the guilty verdict. Davis said in court that he plans to appeal.
Shakur's family is expected to speak at the sentencing, including his siblings Maurice "Mopreme" Shakur and Sekyiwa "Set" Shakur.
Following the verdict, prosecutor Binu Palal said Shakur's family had to sit through years of Davis "bragging about killing someone they loved."
"The arrogance that Mr Davis had in expressing his joy in killing that man ultimately was his undoing," he said.
Prosecutors say they have insufficient evidence to charge anyone else.
The three other people who allegedly were in the Cadillac — including Davis' nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson who Davis said was the one who pulled the trigger — have died.
Sean "Diddy" Combs and his alleged role were brought up often throughout the trial.
Combs, who is serving a four-year prison sentence after being convicted of prostitution-related offences, has repeatedly denied any involvement in Shakur's death.