Diddy’s links to Tupac murder suspect Keefe D revealed

Following revelations that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces more than 100 allegations of sexual abuse at his infamous parties, the disgraced rap mogul’s alleged ties to Tupac’s murder have come under scrutiny.

The producer’s dramatic fall from grace has been detailed in DailyMail.com’s latest hit podcast, The Trial of DiddyHosted by Marjorie Hernandez, Daily Mail West Coast News Editor.

In it second episode On the hit show, Greg Kading, one of the investigators assigned to Tupac’s murder, discusses the renewed attention on Diddy’s alleged connection to Tupac’s infamous 1996 murder.

Hernandez explains that in the 1990s, a feud between Diddy’s Bad Boy Records on the East Coast and Marion ‘Suge’ Knight’s Death Row Records on the West Coast dominated the hip hop industry.

Hernández opens in the podcast: ‘Tupac Shakur had accused his former friend, Bad Boy flagship artist Biggie, and Diddy of shooting and robbing him on November 30, 1994 at Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan.

‘Many thought that Diddy and Bad Boy were somehow involved in the attack.

‘Shakur even openly accused Biggie and Puffy of having prior knowledge of the shooting, something they both denied.

“The Quad Studios shooting sparked the infamous and deadly East Coast-West Coast rivalry that would ultimately cost Tupac and Biggie their lives in drive-by shootings months apart in 1996.”

Tupac’s murder occurred on September 13, 1996, when he was shot to death on the Las Vegas Strip in a car driven by Suge Knight.

Six months later, while leaving a party in Los Angeles after the 1997 Soul Train Awards, Biggie was shot and killed.

‘The deaths of both men shook the industry. “Diddy now feared for his life,” Hernandez said.

Retired LAPD homicide detective Greg Kading investigated the murders of Tupac and Biggie. It says Combs hired members of the notorious Crips street gang in 1995 during a Summer Jams tour stop in Anaheim, California.

Prominent Crip members at the time included Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis and his nephew, Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson.

As Kading explained, ‘Keefe D was trafficking PCP and cocaine from Los Angeles to another drug dealer, a guy in New York, a guy named Eric Martin.

They called him Zip. And Zip was a well-known New York drug dealer, con man, and gun caller who just happened to be affiliated with Puffy Combs’ father.

‘And after Puffy’s father died, Zip took over as a kind of toy uncle to Puffy Combs. And he also became very close to Christopher Wallace and Faith Evans and was even godfather to Christopher Wallace’s son. So that was the connection.

‘Keefe knew a drug dealer, that drug dealer was affiliated with Puffy and Biggie and that’s how the introduction happened when Puffy said he needed some security on the west coast because of all the problems he was having with Suge Knight and Death Row. Files.

‘His friend Zip, his gaming uncle, said: Hey, I’ve got the perfect people for you. I know some gang members who can handle that kind of work. Let me introduce them to you. And so the association began.’

Hernandez explained that after Tupac’s death, ‘Keefe D, along with three other people, were identified as the suspects in the getaway car.

‘Keefe D told investigators that it was his nephew, Baby Lane, who shot and killed Tupac and shot Suge Knight.

Nearly 30 years after Tupac’s murder, Keefe D was arrested and faces murder charges in Nevada.

Prosecutors allege that Davis was the mastermind behind Shakur’s shooting, and that he is the only person left alive today in the alleged suspect vehicle.

Prosecutors presented interviews with Keefe D, who alleged that Diddy offered him $1 million to kill Tupac, and court documents show that cops asked if Combs “played a role in this.” to which Keefe responded, “Yeah, I think so.”

Hernandez explained on the podcast: “Davis said that Puffy contacted him about Pac’s death, and that Combs” reached out to ask if the South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur’s death and asked, “Is it us?” (Keefe D), beaming with pride, responds, “Yes.”

With the eyes of the Hip Hop world on the rivalry, Kading said that “Puffy would have known he was the target when he came to the west coast.”

“And when things really got bad, was when Keefe D says he met Puffy at Greenblatt’s in Hollywood on the Sunset Strip,” he said.

Puffy took him aside and pronounced it more, made it more emphatic. Hey, I really need you to take care of this problem. Because, you know, I’m a walking dead man if you don’t. That was the essence.

‘According to Keefe D, and this is where I give this warning. “This is a conversation where I think there are emotions, desperation and fear,” Kading said.

And Keefe D says he offered him a million dollars. And of course Keefe D isn’t going to turn that down. So that was the kind of figure that was thrown out there.”

Hernandez also hosted journalist Gerrick Kennedy, who noted that when it came to Diddy’s place in the music world, he was someone who had “tentacles in much of” the industry.

“He has so much on his plate to the point that it’s actually dizzying to start thinking about how you can untangle yourself, if today you wanted to say, I don’t want to hear anything that Puff had anything to say.” What are you going to play with? said.

Now, with the eyes of the world on Diddy’s alleged crimes, Hernandez concluded: ‘Over the years, he achieved international success and became a true mogul and tycoon, associating with politicians and dignitaries around the world.

But controversy, multiple lawsuits and arrests followed the impulsive Diddy. However, he continued to avoid jail and other, sometimes deadly, consequences suffered by others closer to him.

“In the end, it would be a two-minute viral video of Diddy repeatedly abusing Cassie to open a crack in Comb’s protected bubble, and what some say revealed the Bad Boy for who he really is.”

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