Federal Investigators Link Diddy to Tupac Murder in Sex Trafficking Probe

The new case against Sean “Diddy” Combs might lead to a lot more justice than one might expect. Federal investigators looking into the rapper’s alleged sex trafficking and racketeering crimes are reportedly collaborating quietly with prosecutors in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the first person ever charged in connection with the 1996 drive-by murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur.

Federal investigators are currently probing whether Sean “Diddy” Combs had any involvement in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder. A source revealed to The Sun that the Clark County District Attorney’s office in Las Vegas is sharing information about broader claims brought up in Davis’s trial testimony that connect Diddy to individuals with motives to kill Shakur.

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The Sun reports that Diddy’s name appeared 77 times in documents submitted by prosecutors opposing Davis’s third bail request, which was denied last month. Combs, 54, was arrested on Monday in Manhattan, six months after federal agents raided his homes in LA and Miami during a sex trafficking investigation.

According to an indictment unsealed Tuesday, Combs is accused of running an empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years while using blackmail and shocking acts of violence to control his victims. The music mogul pleaded not guilty to the charges in New York City federal court on Tuesday.

Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been in police custody since his arrest at his Las Vegas home in September 2023. In previous interviews with the LAPD and the media, Davis, an admitted gang leader, claimed he orchestrated Shakur’s murder at Combs’ request, but Combs did not fulfill the $1 million he initially promised for the hit. Prosecutors believe Davis made these statements under the mistaken belief that his immunity deal with the LAPD — in exchange for his cooperation in their 2008 investigation into the murders of Shakur and Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace — protected him from prosecution by another jurisdiction for Shakur’s murder.

Davis’s attorneys contend their client fabricated these claims to gain financially. Combs and Davis were familiar with each other because Combs’s record label, Bad Boy Records, had hired Davis for security in the 1990s. Combs denies ever making the offer to Davis and has never been charged in connection with Shakur’s murder.

In 2008, Combs told AllHipHop that the allegations were completely false, stating, “Neither Biggie nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during, or after it happened. It is a complete lie.”

Despite these denials, for three decades, there has been speculation on the streets that Combs was somehow involved in Shakur’s killing, particularly because Wallace’s drive-by murder in LA occurred only six months later and appeared retaliatory. Wallace was to Combs what Shakur was to rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight— a cherished friend and significant asset. Both slain rappers and their label bosses were prominent figures in the East Coast/West Coast hip-hop rivalry at the time.

An unnamed source close to the Las Vegas investigation told The Sun, “The feds know who [Las Vegas police] investigators have spoken to about the case and are aware of witnesses too. Just what this means for Diddy remains to be seen.”

Earlier this month, Davis’s murder trial was delayed until March 2025 because his attorney, Carl Arnold, requested more time to review the extensive discovery materials in the case.