Keefe D, the man suspected of killing 2Pac, is said to have gone undercover to try and link Diddy to the rap icon’s demise.
Prosecutors assert in a court document acquired by The Sun before to Keefe’s trial later this year that the former Compton rapper traveled to New York in 2009 alongside LAPD officers in order to gather information against Harlem mobster and Bad Boy entrepreneur Eric “Von Zip” Martin.
At the height of Bad Boy’s feud with Death Row Records in the mid-1990s, Keefe stated in a police interview conducted months earlier that Diddy had offered him $1 million to kill both Suge Knight and 2Pac. After ‘Pac’s 1996 murder, Keefe gave Martin half of the sum.
Prosecutors claim that after Biggie was discovered to be trafficking a significant amount of cocaine, Keefe turned became a “active confidential informant” for the task team that was initially formed to look into his death.
According to the 179-page dossier, the former gang member and task force officers took a plane to New York City in an attempt to “corroborate the conspiracy” to murder 2Pac.
As he neared his place of employment, Keefe allegedly ran into Martin and his nephew on the street while “acting in an undercover capacity.” The two got into a car and Keefe then left to visit Martin’s sister.
The records stated that “[Keefe D] tried to enlist Mr. Martin in an effort to traffic in narcotics after returning.” “Mr. Martin told him to carry out his drug activities with the nephew, but he was out of the business.”
In the court document, Diddy is mentioned 77 times in all, including in a transcript of Keefe D’s previously reported interview, wherein he claimed that the mogul had placed a reward on the heads of 2Pac and Suge Knight.
During that call, police asked Keefe if Puffy “play[ed] a role in this thing?” In response, he said, “Yeah, I think he did.”
In a synopsis of a YouTube interview, Keefe stated that Diddy “reach[ed] out to [him] wondering if the South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur’s death by asking, ‘Is that us?'” with reference to Diddy.
The record goes on, “[Keefe], beaming with pride, answer[ed], ‘Yes,'”
The filing was made by the prosecution in an effort to have Keefe D.’s bail denied. Diddy is the subject of numerous unrelated sexual assault claims; it is unclear at this time whether he will be subpoenaed or charged in connection with the 2Pac death investigation.
In 2011, the 54-year-old told L.A. Weekly that Keefe D’s claim was “pure fiction and completely ridiculous,” denying any role in the homicide.
Previously, the judge dismissed Keefe’s bail plea because to concerns that Wack 100, a music manager and media personality, had received the $750,000 in exchange for an interview.
The only person ever charged with ‘Pac’s murder in Las Vegas more than 25 years ago is Keefe, who has been afflicted with cancer.
He has repeatedly acknowledged his involvement in the shooting, even though he has pleaded not guilty. This was especially evident in his 2019 book Compton Street Legend.
Keefe D, however, has since asserted that he was lying when he made claims regarding his involvement in the rap icon’s demise.
