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US: 30 years after Tupac’s murder, trial finally begins

US: 30 years after Tupac’s murder, trial finally beginsWorldPing

Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas, the case is finally going to trial. The rapper’s death became a defining moment in the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry of the 1990s, which involved some of the biggest names in rap.

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