DIDDY has been named 47 times in a secretly-recorded police interview accusing him of offering “millions” for the murders of Tupac Shakur and record boss Suge Knight.
The rap mogul – real name Sean Combs – was apparently livid that Tupac had badmouthed him and wanted revenge, according to a transcript of “surreptitiously recorded” interview filed by prosecutors in the murder trial of Duane “Keefe D” Davis.
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Keefe filed for the case against him to be dismissed last week but prosecutors hit back today in a 180-page filing where they claim the gangster has “confessed to being involved in Shakur’s murder in nearly every forum imaginable.”
A full transcript of one the “confessions,” which Keefe made during a secretly recorded interview with Las Vegas police in 2009, was included in the latest court filing, revealing some bombshell allegations surrounding Tupac’s September 1996 murder.
Diddy, 55, is currently in federal custody in NYC after his September indictment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
He denies the charges and has previously dismissed claims he orchestrated Tupac’s murder as “nonsense.”
The new court papers in the Tupac case, obtained by The U.S. Sun, detail how Diddy was a central discussion point in the previously unreleased police interview, raising questions about his role in the killing.
Keefe, who has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, boasted on tape to Detective Long of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department how he was the “boss” overseeing three other Southside Crips on the crime – but that Diddy allegedly played a role in the murder.
Asked directly by Detective Long, “Does he play a role in this thing?” Keefe replied: “Yeah,” according to the transcript.
Keefe then goes on to claim Diddy’s hatred of west coast record label rival Suge Knight was so extreme he instructed him: “Ah, s***, I’ll give anything for that dude head.”
Diddy – then known as Puff or Puffy – allegedly stated that the price on their heads was “mother-f*****r millions” to Keefe, in front of 45 people who were gathered in a room with them, the transcript reads.
He added of Suge, who was driving the car when he and Tupac were allegedly gunned down by Keefe’s men: “He didn’t say no specific dollar amount, but he, he wanted the man’s head though” adding that “he was real scared of that guy.”
Keefe is then asked: “What about, did Puff have any problems, Puffy have any problems with Tupac?”
He replied: “About that, ah, yeah, that record came out, told him he’s a f***** and all that s***.”
Tupac released his infamous diss track Hit Em Up in June 1996 in which he took aim at Diddy, Notorious B.I.G., and a host of other east coast rappers.
‘F*** THAT DUDE’
In the transcript, which has now been entered as evidence in the murder trial, Keefe said that Diddy’s view on Tupac was “f*** that dude.”
Keefe then recalls how he was delighted after seeing nephew Orlando Anderson fire at Tupac and Suge off the Las Vegas Strip on September 13, 1996, saying: “We was like ‘damn, we can get paid now.’”
He then clarifies the source of that alleged payday was Diddy – as he is asked: “When you said paid, paid by Puffy , right?” To which Keefe reacted: “Yeah.”
Keefe then alleges Diddy did not pay him directly but a mutual acquaintance Eric “Zip” Martin, who’d supplied Keefe’s crew the murder weapon, according to the court filing.
Keefe claimed “the word on the streets” through gang circles was that Zip kept the alleged million-dollar bounty for himself rather than hand it over, adding on the tape that “Zip got paid by Puff at some point.”
The defendant has confessed to being involved in Shakur’s murder in nearly every forum imaginable.
Las Vegas prosecutors
The 61-year-old said he made several efforts to contact Diddy directly after he was released from a drug conviction prison sentence in 2002.
“(I) Called Puff too when I got out,” but that Diddy stayed silent.
Sometime “after everything went down” Keefe told Det. Long on the recording that he and Diddy met in the parking lot of The House Of Blues club in Hollywood.
DIDDY ‘SCARED’
“He [Diddy] came to the car, then he acted scared of us,” Keefe said.
“He was just, ah, like he was telling us to come, come meet him at the hotel room, Hilton, and woo-woo-woo.
“So he asked us did we have some weed and stuff. But that mother-f***** he never took his eyes off of us though at all.”
He added: “He didn’t say nothing. He just back up, he just was in the window, just talking to me.
“He just backed up, and there was girls all over him, he steady watching the car. He wasn’t paying no attention none of them girls. Was tripping with her like this mother-f****’s scared.”
The 143-page transcript is the bombshell evidence which prosecutors feels proves that Keefe – without any immunity protection – must serve life in prison.
Prosecutors made an unusual declaration in their motion regarding whether Diddy or Knight could be witnesses in the trial scheduled for March.
Diddy’s downfall
By The U.S. Sun’s Senior Reporter Forrest McFarland, who has been reporting on Diddy’s legal battles for years
BEFORE Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest in September, it was highly speculated that the rap star would find himself in custody after he was repeatedly hit with disturbing accusations – and had two of his mansions raided by the feds.
His mounting legal troubles finally came to a head on September 17, when he was charged with three federal counts, including sex trafficking, for allegedly forcing victims to take part in drug-fueled sex parties he called “Freak Offs.”
Hours before his arrest, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed the feds investigating Combs were secretly liaising with Tupac Shakur murder prosecutors on gangland activities.
The development also came after Combs was named 77 times in documents submitted by prosecutors in the Tupac murder case.
Aside from the Tupac probe, Combs was already facing a slew of lawsuits, including one he settled with his ex, Cassie Ventura, after she accused him of rape and abuse.
Disturbing hotel surveillance video from 2016 showed Combs chasing Cassie down and then punching, kicking, and beating her in a hallway.
Two months earlier, in March 2024, two of Combs’ mansions were raided by federal investigators, who seized three AR-15s, drugs, and 1,000 bottles of lube which were part of his “Freak Off” supplies.
In addition to his federal criminal charges, Combs also faces a handful of lawsuits with allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and sex trafficking dating back to the early 1990s.
Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones filed one suit in February 2024, claiming Combs forced him to hire sex workers and participate in sex acts while he worked on his latest album.
Combs has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the federal sex trafficking charges against him, but his battle is far from over.
He faces life in prison if he’s convicted on all counts.
LEGAL PROBLEMS
They wrote: “Both Suge Knight and Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs are not unavailable, although they do face their own legal problems.”
It comes after a source told The U.S. Sun that Vegas prosecutors were secretly liaising with Southern District Of New York investigators over Diddy’s links to the Ghetto Gospel star’s 1996 death.
Judge Carli Kierny will listen to both sides’s arguments and rule on whether Keefe’s trial will progress at a Las Vegas District Court hearing on Tuesday.
The Sun has reached out to lawyers and representatives for Diddy for comment.
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