Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996 remains one of the most infamous unsolved cases in the music industry, and fresh suspicions have surfaced. Tupac's stepbrother, Mopreme Shakur, is reigniting the conversation, suggesting that Sean "Diddy" Combs may not have been entirely truthful when denying involvement in Tupac's death. Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Mopreme indicated that he had doubts about Diddy's claims of innocence, adding fuel to decades-old speculation that the hip-hop mogul might have played a role in the Las Vegas shooting that ended Tupac's life.
Mopreme, 57, recalled a 2008 phone call from Combs in which the Bad Boy Records founder professed that he had nothing to do with Tupac's murder. "He basically said he had nothing to do with my brother's murder," Mopreme explained during the interview. But Mopreme isn't entirely convinced. "I told him, 'The truth is still yet to come out, so we're going to see.' Here we are 27, 28 years later, and it looks like there's some doubt in that statement," he said.
Mopreme's doubts are rooted in long-held theories that Combs, who was embroiled in a fierce rap rivalry with Tupac and his label, Death Row Records, might have had knowledge of the attack. While Diddy has never been arrested or charged in connection with Tupac's death, the speculation has persisted for decades. Mopreme emphasized that he doesn't definitively accuse Diddy of orchestrating the murder but believes the theory is worth investigating. "The theory involving him [Diddy] is quite high on the list," he said.
The conversation surrounding Diddy's potential involvement comes as Combs faces other legal battles. Recently arrested on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, Diddy is currently held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, awaiting trial. The charges against him, unrelated to Tupac's murder, have only intensified public scrutiny of his past, with many now revisiting old suspicions about his role in Tupac's death.
In 1996, Tupac was shot in a drive-by after attending a boxing match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His murder, which occurred at the height of a fierce rivalry between East Coast and West Coast rappers, has long been speculated to involve various players in the rap industry. Diddy, who was closely associated with The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac's rival, has faced indirect accusations for years. While the two camps traded public barbs in songs and interviews, no direct evidence has emerged tying Diddy to the crime.
In the years following Tupac's death, numerous conspiracy theories have emerged. A now-retracted Los Angeles Times story once suggested that associates of Diddy were involved in a 1994 shooting that injured Tupac in New York. While that incident didn't claim Tupac's life, it was seen as a precursor to the fatal 1996 attack. However, the credibility of that report was later called into question, and the article was pulled.
Despite these controversies, Diddy has maintained his innocence in both the 1994 and 1996 incidents. "He [Diddy] basically said he had nothing to do with my brother's murder," Mopreme recounted, but he also pointed out that the truth behind Tupac's death still remains elusive. "Quite possibly, it's kind of looking that way," Mopreme added when asked if he believed Diddy had lied to him.
Mopreme's public comments have reignited the conversation around Tupac's murder. Recent developments in the case against Duane "Keefe D" Davis, the man currently charged in connection with the killing, have also brought new attention to the case. Prosecutors have used statements allegedly made by Davis to argue that Diddy once implied he would pay someone to kill Tupac. While these claims remain unproven, they continue to swirl in the ongoing saga.
Members of Tupac's family, including Mopreme, have reportedly retained high-profile attorneys Alex Spiro and Christopher Clore to investigate the lingering allegations. Sources suggest that these efforts may lead to a wrongful death lawsuit against Diddy, though no such suit has yet been filed.
Meanwhile, the scandal surrounding Diddy's recent arrest for sex trafficking has led to jokes and mockery, even within celebrity circles. At Landon Barker's 21st birthday party in West Hollywood, servers carried bottles of baby oil as a not-so-subtle reference to reports that authorities found thousands of bottles at Combs' residence during his arrest. This gesture reportedly mortified Kourtney Kardashian, who was in attendance, and she expressed concern about being associated with such an inappropriate joke.
