50 Cent doesn’t think that Sean “Diddy” Combs will ever take responsibility for his alleged role in Tupac Shakur’s murder.
“He’s already been implicated,” 50 Cent, 50, exclusively shared in Us Weekly’s latest cover story. “I don’t think that he could actually go through a murder-for-hire case when the person is saying they weren’t paid.”
Duane “Keefe D” Davis previously claimed that Diddy, now 56, offered to pay him $1 million to kill Shakur. Davis has since walked back his claims, while Diddy has long denied any involvement in the rapper’s death.
Shakur was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. Davis was arrested in September 2023 and will stand trial in 2026, though police officers have said he wasn’t the gunman. Davis pleaded not guilty to one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
The late Tupac Shakur’s stepbrother, Mopreme Shakur, explained why his family is now looking into Sean “Diddy” Combs’ possible involvement in Tupac’s murder. “The family is pursuing an investigation into my brother’s death — wherever the investigation leads, that’s where it leads,” Mopreme, 57, said during a Friday, October 11, appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored. […]
Shakur’s death has largely remained unsolved and no other suspects have been revealed or charged with a crime. Diddy, meanwhile, has long been rumored to allegedly be connected to Shakur’s murder.
“This story is beyond ridiculous and completely false,” Diddy said in a 2008 statement, denying the accusations. “Neither Biggie [the late Notorious B.I.G., a.k.a. Christopher Wallace] nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened. It is a complete lie to suggest that there was any involvement by Biggie or myself.”
50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson) recirculated the speculation in his recently released Sean Combs: The Reckoning documentary, including footage of an alleged call between Diddy and Davis discussing the alleged hit.
Netflix’s The Reckoning, of which 50 Cent is an executive producer, explores Diddy’s legal troubles. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 on multiple charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. He vehemently denied every accusation before standing trial earlier this year. The disgraced music mogul was convicted on two counts to travel to engage in prostitution and sentenced to four years in prison.
“I’ve been committed to real storytelling for years through G-Unit Film & Television,” 50 Cent told Us of exploring Diddy’s history in the bombshell documentary. “We don’t run from the truth; we document it. When this story evolved, it was clear there was a bigger conversation happening.”
The production team also included footage of Diddy in the days leading up to his arrest for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution. (In July, Diddy was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted on the remaining charges. He was sentenced to 50 months and has maintained his innocence.).
“A journalist would ask that, but a journalist would also say, ‘I’m going to keep my sources secure,’” 50 Cent said of how he managed to obtain the tapes that Diddy had hired a videographer to capture. “[The Reckoning] shows his full story. Puff cares a lot about legacy, everybody knows that. This doc doesn’t shy away from any part of it. The success, the trauma, the power, the contradictions … all of it. He might not like every single thing that’s said, but I think he’ll respect the scope of it. It’s honest. It’s complete.”
50 Cent is reflecting on his decision to call out Sean “Diddy” Combs long before he faced legal trouble. “Look, it seems like I’m doing some extremely outrageous things, but I haven’t,” 50 Cent shared with People in an interview published Monday, October 21. “It’s really me just saying what I’ve been saying for 10 […]
Diddy and 50 Cent used to be music collaborators but have since drifted apart.
“I haven’t spoken to him since he [went] through his case. I had communications with his son,” 50 Cent told Us, referring to one of Diddy’s seven children. “There was a point when they were interested in being a part of the doc because they wanted to show their perspective. They were concerned about how [things] would be portrayed.”
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Sean Combs: The Reckoning is now streaming on Netflix.
