A former LAPD cop claims that Grammy Award-winning artist Sean 'P Diddy' Combs was responsible for hiring a killer to shoot Tupac Shakur in a drive-by in 1996.
Both Diddy, from New York, and Tupac, in Los Angeles, had been caught up in a bitter rivalry between East and West Coast rappers, the Huffington Post reports.
Christopher Wallace, aka Biggie Smalls - a close friend of P Diddy - was shot dead six months later in a revenge killing, according to retired detective Greg Kading, who once led a special task force that investigated the shootings.
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An ex-cop claims that rapper P Diddy (center) was behind the murder of Tupac Shakur (left). Diddy's friend and fellow East-coaster Biggie Smalls (right) was then allegedly killed in revenge
Grammy Award-winning artist Sean ' P Diddy' Combs (left in 1990) was said to have hired a killer to shoot 25-year-old Tupac Shakur (right) in a drive-by in 1996
Kading claims in a new documentary that Diddy hired Crips gang member Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis to kill Shakur and his manager Marion Hugh 'Suge' Knight for $1million.
But on the night of the fatal shooting, on September 7, 1996, it was actually Keffe's nephew Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson who shot the 25-year-old rapper dead, according to the ex-cop. Suge escaped unharmed.
The documentary, Murder Rap, features a 2008 interview with Keffe where he claims to have heard Diddy declare in a room full of Crips members that he'd 'give anything for Pac and Suge Knight's heads'.
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He goes on to say in the police interview that the rapper had later approached him and offered him $1million to kill the pair.
Former LAPD detective Kading says he was able to 'trap' Keffe into giving him information about Shakur's murder to avoid a harsher sentence for another crime.
Kading says that in retaliation for Tupac's murder, Suge hired rival Blood gang member Wardell 'Poochie' Fouse to kill Diddy's long-time friend Biggie Smalls for just $13,000.
Kading says that in retaliation for Tupac's death, his manager Marion Hugh 'Suge' Knight hired rival Blood gang member Wardell 'Poochie' Fouse to kill Diddy's long-time friend Biggie Smalls for just $13,000. Above: Tupac and Suge are pictured together
Suge is currently in jail awaiting trial after running over two men outside a Compton, California, burger stand in late January 2015, killing one and seriously injuring the other.
He later turned himself in to police, and his attorneys have contended that he was fleeing armed attackers when he ran over the men.
Court records show a judge has now cut his access to phone calls and non-attorney visitors at the request of a sheriff's detective investigating the case.
Kading claims that the rap mogul was behind the murder of Biggie - also known as The Notorious B.I.G. - who was one of the biggest rappers in the U.S. when he was shot dead on March 9, 1997. He was 24.
The artist was killed while leaving an awards ceremony at Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
He got into the back of a GMC Suburban car in a three-vehicle convoy, but before the cars moved, a black Chevy SS Impala pulled up alongside his window and sprayed gunfire.
Kading was assigned to reopen the rappers' murders in 2006 after Biggie's mother Voletta Wallace sued the LAPD over claims they had covered up the real killer in her son's murder - allegedly a rogue cop.
Conspiracy theories abounded after the rappers' deaths.
Many believed the murders were part of a 'war' between top East and West Coast rappers - Diddy and Biggie were part of the East Coast, New York-based, rap scene while Shakur belonged to the West Coast, LA-based scene.
But another popular theory was that Biggie's death may have been the work of David Mack, a corrupt former LA police officer who served 14 years in jail for a $722,000 armed bank robbery in LA in 1997.
Kading (pictured) claims in a new documentary that Diddy hired Crips gang member Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis to kill Shakur and his manager Marion Hugh 'Suge' Knight for $1 million
Retired detective Greg Kading, who once led a special task force that investigated those two-decade-old shootings, has made the shocking claims about 2Pac's death in his documentary Murder Rap
The documentary, coming to Netflix, features footage of the rappers and testimonies from witness
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Kading led the task force whose job it was to disprove the claims in the $500million wrongful death lawsuit brought against the LAPD police by Biggie's mother Voletta Wallace. His team were able to find enough evidence to clear the LAPD and all its officers of any wrongdoing, and the investigation was all but dropped (pictured are boxes of evidence)
FBI files identify the type of bullets used in the fatal shooting as Gecko 9mm, a rare metal-piercing munition.
The same bullets were later discovered at Mack's home along with shrine to Tupac - known as 2Pac on stage - and a black Chevy SS Impala - the same type of car that was used in the drive-by.
Kading led the task force whose job it was to disprove the claims in the $500million wrongful death lawsuit.
His team was able to find enough evidence to clear the LAPD and all its officers of any wrongdoing, and the investigation was all but dropped.
Then in 2009, Kading was removed from the task force during an internal affairs investigation - of which he was eventually cleared.
But in his 2011 book, Murder Rap, the retired detective claims the department dropped the case because of P Diddy's fame.
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The ex-cop admits his allegations are unlikely to end anyone in court - unless he is sued.
But he hopes that by publishing his claims that it can 'hold up in the court of public opinion'.
The book has now been turned into the recently released documentary of the same name, now available on iTunes and video on demand.
P Diddy blasted claims in 2011 during an interview with LA Weekly as 'pure fiction and completely ridiculous.'
The death of Tupac, pictured with his high school friend Jada Pinkett, who went on to marry actor Will Smith, remains a mystery as no killer was ever charged
P Diddy (pictured in 1990) blasted claims in 2011 that he was somehow involved in Tupac's murder during an interview with LA Weekly as 'pure fiction and completely ridiculous'
Tupac's death also remains a mystery as no killer was ever charged.
The rapper was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He had been leaving after watching a Mike Tyson vs Bruce Sheldon boxing match on September 7, 1996, when he spotted gang member Orlando 'Baby Lane' Anderson and the pair got into a fight.
Shortly afterwards, Tupac had been on the way to a night club, standing with his head out of the car's sunroof, when another vehicle pulled up alongside him and and unknown occupants shot him, hitting him in the chest, pelvis, right hand, thigh and lung.
The shooting has passed into hip hop legend inspiring numerous theories to who was responsible for the rapper's death - including one theory that he is still alive after faking his death.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Suge's lawyer, Stephen Schwartz, and P Diddy's management for comment.
There's a good chance you've heard a 'Tupac is alive' joke more than once in your life (or heard it posed as a serious theory). The 20th anniversary of Tupac’s death was in September of last year, and March marks the 20th anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie or Biggie Smalls. The untimely, tragic shootings of the rap stars still weigh heavily on the music world.To this day, both murders remain unsolved. Over the past two decades, so many conspiracy theories have been spread surrounding their deaths. And the cases are eerily similar in many ways. Here’s everything you need to know about the deaths of Biggie and Tupac and the theories about their cases:
NEW York City's most revered hip-hop artist was shot dead in 1997 - but his memory lives on in his music.
His beef with Tupac and fiery rhetoric catapulted him into the annals of hip-hop - here's everything you need to know about the late American rapper.
Who was Notorious B.I.G?
Christopher Wallace was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 21, 1972.
Better known as his stage names The Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls, Christopher is still ranked as one of the most influential rappers of all time.
Notorious B.I.G. released his debut album, Ready to Die, in 1994 - and soon became a central figure on the East Coast hip hop scene.
At the time, West Coast hip hop was still dominant in the mainstream charts.
Notorious B.I.G. became heavily involved in a East Coast-West Coast hip hop feud. Tupac Shakur was also a key player, on the West Coast side.
Notorious B.I.G. married R&B singer Faith Evans in August 1994, just weeks after meeting at a Bad Boy photo shoot.
The turbulent marriage was cut short less than three years later, when Notorious B.I.G. was shot in a drive-by shooting.
A tribute single called I'll Be Missing You - released in 1997 by Puff Daddy, 112 and Faith - won a Grammy award.
When did Notorious B.I.G. die?
Notorious B.I.G. was shot dead in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997.
Spookily his next album, called Life After Death, was scheduled to be released on March 25.
He was only 24 years old when he was killed and the murder is still unsolved.
The driver of a dark Chevrolet Impala SS, dressed in a suit and bow tie, pulled up alongside Notorious B.I.G's SUV at a red traffic light at 12.45am and began shooting at the rapper's car.
Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times, and died in hospital at 1.15am.
Just six months earlier, Tupac had been killed in very similar circumstances.
The car in which Notorious B.I.G. was fatally shot was put up for auction, with seller of the BMW SUV supposedly seeking £1.25 million.
The vehicle was originally purchased at auction by an unknown woman in October 1997.
She was unaware of its dark history, and had been using it to drive her family of six around.
After Biggie's death, police replaced the bullet holes on the passenger side before selling the vehicle.
How is his death connected to P. Diddy?
New revelations and witness statements state P. Diddy was the original target of the shooter and Biggie may have been killed by mistake.
Leaked FBI documents reveal Sean 'Puffy' Combs aka P. Diddy had received multiple death threats and his security guard confronted a man who had approached Combs' car just moments before the shooting.
Both rappers had been waiting for cars to pick them up outside the Peterson Automotive Museum in LA after an after-party.
The pair both got into the front passenger's seats of their respective green SUVs.
Combs' security guard told his driver to run a red light rather than stopping at a junction, knowing they wouldn't have been safe to sit at the lights.
Biggie's driver however didn't follow suit and they sat at the lights for around a minute.
The fact that it took a minute for the shooter to make the hit indicates they were hesitant, perhaps due to identity confusion.
Those close to Biggie say if someone had wanted to take him out they could have done it much more easily at any other time as he often went out in public without security, to go for food, the cinema or even to the mall.
Was the murder orchestrated by the LAPD?
An ex-FBI agent says he has evidence that the Los Angeles Police Department orchestrated Biggie's murder.
Philip Carson claims to have evidence against two 'dirty' cops and the LAPD could now face a $500million lawsuit.
He says bosses shut down his investigation, but when he retired in 2016 he took almost 3,000 pages of case documents with him.
Carson gave his evidence to filmmakers and a film about the case called City of Lies starring Johnny Depp is being released shortly.
He said: “LAPD, all the way to the very very f***ing top, knew exactly what was going on.' Hindi melody songs 2017.
Carson believes that Marion 'Suge' Knight, the former CEO of Death Row Records who signed rappers including Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac, employed the LAPD cops and ordered them to arrange Wallace’s murder.
![]() How is his death connected to Tupac?
In June 1996, Tupac released a song called Hit 'Em Up - claiming he had had sex with Faith, who was pregnant with Notorious B.I.G's second child at the time.
Just three months later, Tupac was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, on September 7.
He died in hospital on September 13 - and it wasn't long before people started accusing Notorious B.I.G. of having something to do with it.
Both murders remain unsolved, and shrouded in conspiracy theories.
How did Notorious B.I.G's name live on after death?
Notorious B.I.G's double-disc album was released 16 days after his death - and rose straight to No1 in the US album charts.
It only reached 23 in the UK Album charts.
Life After Death was certified as Diamond in 2000, one of the only hip hop albums to receive this certification.
Two more albums have been released since his death, and Notorious B.I.G. has 17 million sales in the US.
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Duets - The Final Chapter reached No13 in the UK Album charts in 2005.
He even had a UK No1 single in 2006 - nine years after his death - with Nasty Girl.
Two months after he was shot dead he had a UK No10 single with Hypnotize, followed by Mo MOney Mo Problems, which reached No6 in August 1997.
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