Diddy could be connected to Tupac’s murder – we need to open a new probe into killing, says rap legend’s brother Mopreme

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? 

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."