Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has found himself in the heart of a fresh dispute over Tupac Shakur’s death.
Recent court files reveal bombshell allegations that Diddy paid $1 million to have Tupac slain.
The charges come from Duane “Keefe D” Davis, a defendant jailed last year in connection with the 1996 murder, according to All Hip Pop.
The court records, filed on July 18, listed Diddy under many names, including Puffy and Puff Daddy.
They depict the intense competition between Diddy’s Bad Boy Records and Marion “Suge” Knight’s Death Row Records. The records indicate that this conflict served as the setting for the murder.
According to the records, after the incident, Davis proceeded to New York with a Los Angeles police task team to go undercover and acquire information against Diddy and Eric “Zip” Martin in connection with the murder.
“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 docs read in part.
“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.”
In one of the transcripts, Davis claims that he and certain South Side Crips were “friends” with Diddy, who wanted Knight and Shakur dead.
He further alleges that after a Mike Tyson fight, the Crips drove past Shakur and Knight “accidentally,” and that his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, fired at them both.
When police asked Davis if “Puffy Combs” played a role in the case, Davis replied, “Yeah, I think he did.” He claimed that Diddy told him and a group of about 45 people that he “would give anything” for Knight’s “head” because he was “scared” of Knight and had a problem with Shakur due to a diss track Shakur had released about him.
In the same transcript, Davis says that Diddy was discussed the night of the shooting, with Davis noting, “I knew we was like damn, we can get paid now.”
Davis’ statements suggest that Diddy offered substantial financial compensation for the murders, with Davis purportedly stating, “I wish I never met Puff Daddy, period.” The documents also highlight that Davis has claimed Diddy was involved in discussions about the murder on the night it occurred, raising further questions about the extent of his involvement.
Prosecutors filed the documents to oppose Davis’ latest bail request. His $112,500 bail bond was rejected last month due to concerns about the source of the money—Wack 100—and whether he and Davis were attempting to sell his life story to TV producers.