00:00Emmy-nominated director Alexandria Stapleton is hoping the trial over to Park Shakur's 1996 killing
00:07brings some closure to the rapper's family, friends, and millions of fans.
00:13Stapleton's Netflix documentary on Sean Combs has been nominated for three Emmys
00:18and has renewed scrutiny of allegations linking Combs to Shakur's death.
00:22The job that I felt compelled to share was to give the audience as much information as we had,
00:29you know, and even from the investigation into this and, like, hearing, you know, the profit, you know,
00:35tapes from Keefe Dee and his recounting of him alleging that Sean Combs, you know, hired him to do this,
00:45to do the hit.
00:47And I, you know, as of right now, there are allegations.
00:50We'll see, you know, how this all pans out in the court of law.
00:54Dwayne Keefe Dee Davis is accused of orchestrating the federal shooting
00:57and has pleaded not guilty.
00:59His trial is underway in Las Vegas, nearly three decades after Shakur was killed.
01:04Stapleton says Shakur's influence goes far beyond the case.
01:08I think, you know, the difference in them is that I feel like it, Tupac was the artist, you know.
01:16Sean Combs was not the, like, the artist, you know.
01:21He, I think he had ambition to be, you know, the center of attention and to be, like, the prolific
01:28artist.
01:28But, you know, Tupac was actually that person and was using his writing, his poetry, his art form to really
01:40push and push us as a culture, you know,
01:46the country to, like, look at some disturbing realities, you know, of life.
01:53And I think that, you know, his legacy will only continue to live on.
02:00And I think there's so much.
02:01Stapleton says she'll be watching the trial closely and hopes the proceedings finally bring some peace to Shakur's family.
02:08Nearly 30 years after his death, the case remains one of hip-hop's most enduring mysteries,
02:13with the trial now offering a chance to establish what happened and potentially bring long-awaited closure.
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