Former gang leader Duane "Keffe D" Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of US rapper Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the killing.
A 12-member jury in Las Vegas found the 63-year-old responsible for Shakur's death after deliberating for about three hours following closing arguments on Monday.
Davis, dressed in a black suit, showed little reaction as the verdict was read. He then told the judge that he planned to appeal.
Sentencing is scheduled for October 13. Davis faces life in prison.
Shakur was one of the most influential and successful rappers of the 1990s and remains one of hip-hop's defining figures. Known for hits including "California Love" and "Changes," he sold millions of records worldwide.
His influence on rap and popular culture continued long after his death. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.
Shakur was 25 when he was shot in a car in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996. He died in hospital six days later.
Davis was not accused of firing the shots himself. Prosecutors said the former leader of the South Side Compton Crips street gang masterminded the attack and supplied the gun.
Under Nevada law, a person can also be convicted of murder for helping another person commit the crime.
Prosecutors said the shooting was an act of revenge for a fight several hours earlier, when Shakur and his associates attacked Davis' nephew Orlando Anderson following a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas.
Shakur was travelling with people linked to rival record label Death Row Records and its co-founder Suge Knight. Casino surveillance footage captured the earlier altercation.
Davis had previously spoken publicly about being in the white Cadillac from which the shots at Shakur were fired. In interviews and an autobiography, he said he was the only person who had been in the car who was still alive.
During a 2008 police interrogation, Davis said his nephew had fired the fatal shots.
Anderson, who was believed to have been a member of the South Side Compton Crips, was himself killed in an unrelated shooting at the age of 23 in 1998.
The case was cold for years as investigators lacked sufficient evidence to bring a suspect to trial. Police said Davis' own statements ultimately helped move the investigation forward.
He was arrested in Las Vegas in 2023 and charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He pleaded not guilty.
Defence lawyer Michael Sanft portrayed Davis as a liar and braggart who had fabricated much of what he said to profit from the story. Sanft also accused investigators of making mistakes and failing to present a watertight case.
The murder weapon was never found, and there was no physical evidence placing Davis at the scene.
Police officers, eyewitnesses and members of the rap and gang scene testified during the trial. Davis did not take the stand.
Knight, who was driving the car in which Shakur was shot, was not called as a witness. He is currently serving a prison sentence for manslaughter.
The murder came during a period of fierce rivalry in the East Coast and West Coast hip-hop scene. Shakur was signed to LA's Death Row Records, which was feuding with Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records in New York.
Prosecutors said the rival record labels were also linked to rival gangs: Death Row to Mob Piru and Bad Boy to the South Side Compton Crips around Davis.