A avenue in Oakland, California has been renamed Tupac Shakur Manner, in honour of the late rapper. 

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The street in query varieties a bit of the MacArthur Boulevard within the metropolis, near the place Tupac lived within the Nineties. 

An official renaming ceremony was held on the website, attended by members of Shakur’s household in addition to a lot of Bay Space hip-hop legends, together with MC Hammer, E-40, Cash-B and Too Quick. 

“Let his spirit dwell on the remainder of these years in these streets and in your hearts,” mentioned Tupac’s sister, Sekyiwa “Set” Shakur, to the gathered crowd. 

“He was the realest rapper ever. He was very vivid, he was a triple menace: films, rap, poet, all the pieces,” E-40 added. “He made optimistic music, self esteem-lifting music for females, like ‘Pricey Mama’ and ‘Brenda’s Acquired a Child’.” Watch his full speech under. 

MC Hammer mentioned that Tupac was “fingers down, the best rapper ever, there’s not even a query of that.” 

Final week (November 2), Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleaded not responsible to Tupac’s 1996 homicide. He had been arrested on September 29 and faces a cost of open homicide with use of a lethal weapon, with a gang enhancement. 

Shakur died on the age of 25 on September 13, 1996, a number of days after he was shot on September 7. The identification of his killer has remained a thriller for almost three a long time. 

The rapper was focused in Las Vegas as he was leaving the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon struggle on the MGM Grand and was en path to a nightclub with Loss of life Row Information co-founder Suge Knight. 

A white Cadillac pulled up subsequent to the pair’s automobile on the passenger aspect and an unidentified gunman fired 14 pictures. Shakur was hit 4 occasions, later dying from his accidents. 

Final month, Suge Knight advised TMZ: “I by no means thought Keefe D would get arrested,” he mentioned. “Nor do I need to see him get arrested.” 

When requested if he’d testify in any eventual trial, Knight mentioned that he believed he wouldn’t be referred to as to take action. 

“I wouldn’t be on the stand to testify for any individual, for what?” he mentioned. “One thousand per cent. I wouldn’t go. I wouldn’t testify. None of that shit.”