Las Vegas police serve search warrant in Tupac Shakur killing investigation
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Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday they served a search warrant this week in connection with the long-unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years ago
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Shakur, one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, was killed on the night of Sept. 7, 1996, in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the search warrant was executed Monday in the nearby city of Henderson
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Shakur was gunned down while sitting inside a black car with Marion “Suge” Knight, head of Death Row Records
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Las Vegas police have said in the past that the investigation quickly stalled in part because witnesses refused to cooperate.
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According to entertainment data company Luminate, Shakur has sold 33 million albums, 41 million when including track sales and streaming equivalents. The rapper’s on-demand video and audio streams total 10.1 billion