Newly filed court documents have brought shocking allegations against Sean Combs, better known as Diddy, suggesting his involvement in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keefe D" Davis, who was arrested last year for his alleged role in the 1996 assassination of Tupac, claims that Diddy offered him $1 million to orchestrate the killing.
Tupac Shakur, one of the most influential figures in hip-hop, was gunned down on September 13, 1996, on the Las Vegas strip. He was 25 years old at the time of his death. For more than 25 years, Keefe D has been a key suspect in the unsolved case, which has long fascinated and haunted the music industry.
According to court documents filed on July 18, Diddy is mentioned 77 times, with various aliases such as Puffy, Puff Daddy, Puff, and his legal name, Sean Combs. Prosecutors highlight the intense rivalry between the East Coast's Bad Boy Records, led by Diddy, and the West Coast's Death Row Records, under Marion "Suge" Knight, leading up to Tupac's murder.
The filings, obtained by The Sun, detail Keefe D's claims that he traveled to New York as an informant with a Los Angeles police task force to gather incriminating evidence against Diddy and Eric "Zip" Martin. The task force believed they had jurisdiction to investigate the Nevada homicide because the conspiracy allegedly began in California.
"Task Force Detectives believed they had jurisdiction to investigate a Nevada homicide because Defendant asserted that the conspiracy to commit the murder began in California between Defendant, Eric 'Zip' Martin, and Sean Combs," the court documents state. Keefe D allegedly told investigators that Sean Combs paid Eric Von Martin $1 million for the killing of Tupac.
Keefe D has publicly claimed that he only incriminated himself in his statements to the police, but the court documents suggest otherwise. "Defendant [Keefe] 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," the documents reveal.
The accusations against Diddy add another layer of complexity to the already convoluted case. It remains uncertain whether Diddy, now 54, will be subpoenaed or indicted in connection with these allegations. His representatives have not yet commented on the new court filings.