Key suspect Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, apprehended last year in connection with Tupac’s murder, claimed Diddy financed the assassination. According to the documents, Diddy’s name appeared over 75 times, under various pseudonyms including Puff Daddy, P Diddy, and Diddy.

The feud between Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records was notorious in the hip-hop industry. Keefe D told law enforcement that Diddy paid another gangster, Eric Von Martin, to carry out the assassination on September 7, 1996. Following Tupac’s death, Diddy allegedly contacted Keefe D to confirm whether the South Side Crips were responsible, to which Keefe D proudly affirmed, “Yes.”

Keefe D had initially shared this information under the belief that he had immunity from prosecution, but it now threatens to be used against him. The court filings detail that the conspiracy to murder Tupac began in California, involving Keefe D, Eric ‘Zip’ Martin, and Sean Combs. Keefe D also admitted to Los Angeles police detectives that his nephew, Orlando ‘Baby Lane’ Anderson, was the one who actually shot Tupac, describing how Anderson "leaned over, rolled down the window, and popped them."