Jada Pinkett Smith hopes for 'answers,' 'closure' after the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Pinkett Smith and Shakur were close friends.
Las Vegas authorities arrested and charged Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, left. Jada Pinkett Smith was friends with the rapper.said she is hoping the criminal case will bring some clarity and finality to the mystery surrounding her friend’s death.
Pinkett Smith, 52, and Shakur met as high school students at the Baltimore School for the Arts. They became friends and remained close after Shakur’s family moved to California while he was still in high school, and even as they each rose to success in the entertainment industry throughout the 1990s.Nearly three decades ago, Tupac Shakur was riding in a BMW driven by Death Row Records boss Marion “Suge” Knight.
Jada Pinkett Smith shares a retro video of herself and a young Tupac Shakur lip-syncing and dancing to Will Smith’s 1988 hit ‘Parents Just Don’t Understand.’After attending a boxing match at the MGM Grand, Shakur was ambushed and shot while stopped at a traffic light off the Las Vegas Strip in September 1996. He died six days later at the age of 25.
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