What are the allegations involving Diddy in Tupac's murder? Rapper accused of paying $1 million to order a hit

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is being accused of being involved in the late rapper, songwriter, and activist Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder. As per new court documents obtained by The U.S. Sun, the allegation has been made by gangster Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested last year as the primary suspect in 2Pac’s fatal shooting.

Keefe D has claimed that Diddy allegedly put a hit on Tupac’s life and offered him $1 million for his murder. In addition, he alleged that the sum was later paid to one of their associates, Eric “Zip” Martin.

The recent court documents also claim that Keefe D went undercover in New York in 2009 to gather incriminating evidence against Diddy and Martin in relation to 2Pac’s killing.

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Exploring Diddy’s alleged involvement in Tupac Shakur’s murder

Sean “Diddy” Combs is now reportedly being implicated in Tupac Shakur’s murder that happened nearly three decades ago. In new court papers filed on July 18, the Bad Boy Records owner was accused of allegedly offering a million dollars to defendant Keefe D in exchange for 2Pac’s murder.

As per The U.S. Sun, Diddy’s real name and multiple pseudonyms appeared as many as 77 times in the latest court documents. He was named for reportedly having a “deadly rivalry” with Death Row Records owner Marion “Suge” Knight.

Incidentally, Knight was allegedly accompanying Tupac on the night of the murder and was injured during the drive-by shooting.

According to the legal transcripts, Keefe D has claimed that he and some of his South Side Crips associates were “friends” with Combs, who allegedly wanted Tupac and Knight dead.

Not only that, Duane Davis also alleged that on the night of Tupac’s murder, one of the Crips members “accidentally” drove by the victims’ car in Las Vegas, following a Mike Tyson boxing match. He further claimed that his now-deceased nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson fired his gun at them both.

“Puffy Combs… Did he play a role in this thing?” the interrogators asked Duane Davis, as per the court documents. In response, he stated, “Yeah, I think, he did.”

Additionally, Keefe D told the police that Diddy openly discussed in front of at least 45 people how he “would give anything” for Suge Knight’s “head” as he was “scared” of him. Combs reportedly also told the same group that he had issues with Tupac as the latter dissed him in a song around that time.

“I wish I never met Puff Daddy, period. I swear to God… He messed up my life, man. I was, I was rich, up under the radar, all that, man… it’s all gone,” Keefe D told the police, as per the recent court papers.

Meanwhile, Keefe D also claimed that he traveled to New York from Las Vegas in 2009 as a “confidential police informant” to verify the conspiracy against Tupac and Knight and gather proof against Diddy and Martin. He reportedly even shared a “social conversation” with Martin.

“Task Force Detectives believed they had jurisdiction to investigate a Nevada homicide because Defendant [Keefe D] asserted that the conspiracy to commit the murder began in California between Defendant, Eric ‘Zip’ Martin, and Sean Combs,” the latest legal documents read.

It further went on to state:

“Defendant has asserted publicly that he only told on himself and wasn’t trying to provide evidence against anyone else in his conversations with police. However, this statement belies this claim, as he suggested that Sean Combs paid Eric Von Martin a million dollars for the killings.”

Notably, Tuesday’s filing was done by the prosecution in an effort to prevent Keefe D from getting bail after concerns were raised over the source of the bond. Last month, the bail of $112,500 was rejected by the court after speculations arose that Davis and his associate Wack 100 had acquired it from producers who wanted to make a TV show on his life.

It is currently unclear whether Diddy will be indicted in the case following the new accusations.

Meanwhile, Keefe D was arrested in September 2023 on drug trafficking charges but was later implicated in Shakur’s murder. He is currently awaiting trial, which was slated to begin on June 3 but has now been postponed to November, in the light of new evidence.