Keefe D, a central figure in one of hip-hop’s most infamous cases, is facing mounting legal troubles as his trial for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur looms closer. Charged with the rapper’s murder in 2023, Duane “Keefe D” Davis has pleaded not guilty and is set to stand trial on March 17. However, his time behind bars has been anything but smooth.

Keefe D was involved in a violent brawl while awaiting trial for Tupac Shakur’s murder, leading to additional charges.

The big thing working against Davis is that he went on record in several interviews confessing to being involved in Pac’s murder. In 2008, he allegedly confessed to the murder as a part of a “proffer agreement,” meaning that anything he told investigators at the time could not be used against him in court.