DIDDY is “high on the list” of potential suspects involved in the murder of Tupac Shakur, according to the rap legend’s brother.
Mopreme Shakur spoke on Piers Morgan Uncensored about the fatal drive-by shooting in 1996 and how his brother’s mysterious death deserves a fresh criminal probe.
Mopreme discussed theories around how Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs allegedly played a part in the hit after the rap mogul was named over 70 times in the latest legal documents around Tupac’s murder.
Diddy, 54, has always refuted claims he had any involvement in Tupac’s death.
But Mopreme told Piers Morgan he has “doubts” over Diddy’s staunch denial.
And believes ending his brother’s life “involved multiple people, planning, coordination”.
With Diddy being one of those who may have been behind it, the brother says.
Over a decade after Tupac’s death Mopreme revealed the man formerly known as “Puff Daddy” called him to profess his innocence.
Recalling the 2008 conversation Mopreme explained: “He’s basically said he ain’t had nothing to do with my brother’s murder.
“I told him, ‘The truth is still yet to come out, so we gonna see’.
“Here we are 27 – 28 years later and there looks like there is some doubt in that statement.”
When asked about Diddy’s alleged involvement and the call in more detail Mopreme doubled down on his suspicions saying he wasn’t convinced with the rapper’s complete denial.
He said: “I have my doubts.
“I don’t believe it was 100% honest statement – so again, we have to find out what is true and what’s false, what’s real and what’s fake.”
Piers replied: “You think he was lying?”
As Mopreme responded: “Quite possibly and it’s kinda looking that way, in my opinion.
“The theory involving him [Diddy] is quite high on the list”.
Mopreme added that he doesn’t believe Diddy definitely played a part in the assassination but that it is a theory that needs to be looked into thoroughly.
“We gonna see. Just like I told him. I’m not saying nothing until this investigation is over. And then we will see what it is,” he said.
“Everybody knows the suspicions, everybody knows the theories, especially now, [people] are thinking it might be possible, we gonna see.”
Combs has been accused by the man currently being prosecuted for the murder – gangster Duane “Keefe D” Davis – of paying $1 million for Tupac’s assassination, according to the latest court papers obtained by The U.S. Sun.
The jailed music kingpin has been linked to the death for decades due to what prosecutors call a “deadly rivalry” between Combs’ Bad Boy Records and Marion “Suge” Knight’s Death Row Records.
Combs headed up the East Coast with rap sensation Biggie as his main artist whereas Suge dominated the West Coast with Tupac.
Suspect Keefe D has also boasted about Diddy allegedly offering him a $1 million reward for the rapper’s assassination in a chilling secret police interview.
Keefe, 61, appears to be laughing and joking with police about Diddy orchestrating Tupac’s killing in September 1996 in Las Vegas.
Disturbingly in the tape Keefe – and without any firm evidence – alleges that he oversaw the fatal shooting on the request of Diddy.
Court documents also allege that after the shooting, Keefe flew to New York with a Los Angeles police task force to pose undercover to try to gather incriminating evidence.
The focus of the operations was to seek information from Combs and another gangster Eric “Zip” Martin over the murder.
Why has it taken so long for justice in the Tupac case?
BY The Sun's Senior Reporter Emma Parry, who has been reporting on the Tupac murder for the past 10 years
TUPAC fans have been waiting for justice for the iconic rapper for almost 28 years.
Finally in September 2023 there appeared to be progress with the arrest of Duane “Keefe D” Davis – a former Southside Crip gangster from Compton, LA – who had been telling the world for years that he and his fellow “gang soldiers” were responsible for the hit.
I’ve been reporting on the case for several years and it always appeared pretty cut and dry…Keefe had spent the past decade gaining notoriety by boasting about his alleged involvement in the shooting – now he was finally getting what he deserves.
But despite Keefe running his mouth for years, I now believe a guilty verdict in November’s trial is far from guaranteed.
Keefe describes in great detail in his memoir Compton Street Legend what went down the night Pac was shot, extracts from which The U.S. Sun has published.
He claimed that he was offered a million dollars by rapper Diddy to “handle” Tupac and Suge Knight and when he and his Crip gangsters came across the pair driving near the Strip in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.
Keefe alleged he passed the gun to his nephew Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson who took the shot. Keefe said if Pac had been on his side: “I would have blast”.
Keefe repeated the claims multiple times over the years, on YouTube channels, documentaries, and even in taped confessions to police, when he believed he could not be prosecuted.
In one confession to the LAPD, Keefe appeared completely remorseless telling detectives: “We didn’t give a f**k…The ambulance [for Tupac] was parked right here next to us. That s**t was as funny as a motherf**ker.”
I sent many links to his confessions to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, asking them why this man had not been arrested yet.
They would thank me for the info but say that they could not comment because the case was still active. From the outside, it looked like no action was being taken at all.
We spoke to former detectives involved in the case and documentary makers who all felt utterly frustrated at the lack of progress in the case.
We even published a plea from former LAPD detective Greg Kading, who had probed the murders, urging Las Vegas cops to arrest Keefe, back in 2020.
For years, the case appeared to have been forgotten and ignored, to be left forever unsolved.
But finally, in the summer of 2023, we got word from our sources that there had been a huge development in the case.
A secret grand jury was due to be held on whether or not Keefe should be indicted. I was dubious at first but around the same time a house in Henderson, Nevada, linked to Keefe, was raided in July as part of the Tupac investigation.
Things were heating up.
Later that summer, behind closed doors, jurors listened to hours of testimony from former cops, detectives, and coroners involved in the Tupac case and gangsters and associates of Keefe’s and Pac’s from back in the day.
They were shown graphic photos of Tupac’s bullet-ridden body. After days of evidence, they decided there was enough evidence to prosecute Keefe.
Keefe was then arrested on September 30, 2023 at his home. Bodycam footage we obtained from the scene showed Keefe bragging to cops even as he was handcuffed in the back of a police car – telling officers he was involved in the “biggest case in Las Vegas history”.
Keefe is now desperate to get out of jail, and his defense stems is leaning on his claim that he completely made up his involvement in the Tupac murder for fame and money.
He saw other people cashing in on the murder so he thought he would too. He reckons his confessions to police were all lies – he made it up because he was under a plea deal and thought it would help him beat his other charges.
And, according to his lawyer Carl Arnold, he wasn’t even in Las Vegas on the night of the shooting. Arnold remains convinced he will see his client walk free and their secret weapon could be former Death Row Records boss Suge.
As the only other person still alive from either car, Suge, currently in prison for a fatal hit and run, would be a key witness. Suge is the only person still alive who knows what went down – he saw the shooter.
While he’s said he won’t testify at the November trial, Suge has claimed in a TMZ interview from prison that Orlando was not the shooter, which again throws into doubt Keefe’s version of events.
Keefe and his lawyer are hoping they might be able to change his mind and persuade him to testify for the defense. And Suge holds the power to blow the prosecution’s case apart.
And if Keefe walks free, will there ever be justice for Pac?
DIDDY’S RECENT CHARGES
Over recent weeks, the hip-hop producer has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
He is also accused of having “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
Since he has been detained and kept behind bars in Brooklyn, further allegations have emerged.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.
If Combs is convicted and receives the maximum sentence, he faces life in prison.
The minimum sentence is 15 years.
The court indictment against Combs revealed how he would often host lavish parties for guests which involved a number of “Freak Offs” events.
At these “parties” he allegedly forced victims to have sex with hired sex workers while it was filmed on camera.
Freak Offs often involved drug usage to keep participants “obedient and compliant,” followed by IV fluids to help them recover afterwards, the charges allege.
Combs would then use the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating” footage “as collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims,” prosecutors claim.
Diddy has already lost two appeals for bail, despite making multiple promises of better behaviour in exchange for his freedom.
His trial for the sex trafficking charges is due to start in May next year.
The evidence against Sean 'Diddy' Combs
THE months-long federal sex trafficking probe against Sean Combs has culminated in a searing indictment that was unsealed on Tuesday.
Combs has been hit with one count of racketeering and one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of transportation to engage in prostitution.
But behind those legal charges lies a mountain of alleged evidence of menace, violence, and horrific abuse of his fame.
- Combs “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.”
- He “created a criminal enterprise whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to engage in, among other crimes, sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”
- The rapper assaulted women by “striking, punching, dragging, throwing objects at, and kicking them.”
- Combs “manipulated women to participate in highly orchestrated performances of sexual activity with male commercial sex workers” that he called “freak offs.”
- Freak offs “occurred regularly, sometimes lasted multiple days, and often involved multiple commercial sex workers.”
- During freak offs, he “distributed a variety of controlled substances to victims, in part to keep the victims obedient and compliant.”
- After freak offs, Combs and the victims “typically received IV fluids to recover from the physical exertion and drug use.”
- In March 2024, during searches of his residences in Miami and Los Angeles, “law enforcement seized various Freak Off supplies, including narcotics and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant.”
- During and separate from Freak Offs, Combs “hit, kicked, threw objects at, and dragged victims, at times, by their hair…These assaults often resulted in injuries that took days or weeks to heal.”
- He also used the “sensitive, embarrassing, and incriminating recordings” that he made during freak offs as “collateral to ensure the continued obedience and silence of the victims.”
- Combs himself “brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten others, including victims of and witnesses to his abuse.”
- During searches of his homes, “law enforcement seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine.”
- Associates “assisted him in locating and contacting victims who attempted to flee his abuse.”
- When witnesses to the abuse threatened his authority or reputation, he and members and associates of the enterprise “engaged in acts of violence, threats of violence, threats of financial and reputational harm, and verbal abuse. These acts of violence included kidnapping and arson.”
