Keefe D clears Diddy of involvement in Tupac’s killing despite earlier claims about a $1 million offer and unpaid money.
Keefe D now says Diddy had no role in Tupac Shakur’s murder, reversing a claim prosecutors may use during his trial.
The denial came during an exclusive jailhouse interview provided to 8 News Now, days before jury selection begins in Las Vegas.
Reporter Vanessa Murphy asked whether Sean “Diddy” Combs had anything to do with Tupac’s September 1996 killing.
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“No, ma’am. I don’t think so at all,” Keefe D answered.
That response clashes with Keefe D’s recorded 2008 claim that Diddy offered $1 million to kill Tupac and Suge Knight.
A judge ruled prosecutors may use that interview after rejecting Keefe D’s argument that authorities promised him immunity.
AllHipHop previously reported that Keefe D said he sent Eric “Von Zip” Martin to collect the alleged payment.
Martin allegedly denied receiving the money, but an associate later told Keefe D that “Zip got paid” and kept everything.
“What’s up with the cash?” Keefe D recalled asking Martin. “[Diddy] ain’t give it to me yet. We need money, m###########. They took our guns, all that s###. We need some money. They must got millions.”
Keefe D claimed losing that money influenced his later decision to cooperate with investigators about Tupac’s killing.
“I think if he would’ve just gave us half the money, we … I would’ve stayed strong,” Keefe D said.
He also claimed he called Diddy after leaving prison but received no answer while pursuing the alleged payment for years.
During his infamous 2022 Art of Dialogue interview, Keefe D publicly asked Diddy to help him and referenced his Love alias.
“Brother Love, come show some love,” Keefe D said. “That’s all I can f###### say. Show some love, Brother Love. S###, I be seeing you doing your little Diddy dance and all that, man, show some love, homie.”
Keefe D continued pressing Diddy while blaming their relationship for damaging his once-comfortable life.
“Come on, man, don’t be like that, Brother Love,” he said. “I was on top of the world before I met your m############ ass, dude. S### is wrong. Come on, homie. I need some. Throw a dog a bone or something.”
His new denial offers no explanation for those earlier statements, leaving jurors to weigh two sharply different versions from the same man.
Diddy has denied involvement, has never been charged in Tupac’s murder and was never publicly identified as a suspect by Las Vegas police.
Keefe D also denied killing Tupac or Biggie Smalls, telling Murphy he had “nothing to do with nobody’s murder.”
Prosecutors accuse Keefe D of supplying the gun and directing retaliation after Tupac fought Orlando Anderson inside the MGM Grand.
Jury selection begins August 10, with Keefe D facing life imprisonment without parole if convicted of orchestrating Tupac’s murder.
