Diddy once gave Elliott Wilson permission to ask him if he was behind 2Pac‘s murder, the veteran Hip Hop journalist has revealed.
Wilson — who serves as Editorial Director of Hip Hop Journalism at UPROXX Studios, HipHopDX‘s parent company — recalled this conversation on the newest episode of The Bigger Picture.
Wilson explained that he has “never had a good rapport” with Puffy due to him publishing an outspoken interview with Shyne in XXL, where he famously served as editor-in-chief, following the contentious 1999 nightclub shooting for which the ex-Bad Boy rapper spent almost a decade in prison while Diddy walked free.
Around the time of his Money Making Mitch mixtape in 2015, however, the rap mogul gave Wilson the impression that he was ready to sit down for an interview and talk about “some real shit” — specifically, the long-running rumors of him being involved in 2Pac’s death.
“I was kicking it with him for a day or two on-and-off, just talking to him and stuff. He acted like he finally wanted to give me an interview,” Wilson explained. “I remember he said to me, he goes, ‘You gotta ask me some real shit. You gotta ask me if I killed 2Pac.’ And then he walked out of the room.”
Wilson added that, from his perspective, Diddy “didn’t say it in a way like, ‘I did it.’ He said it in a way of almost like, ‘I want this moment of redemption, of me explaining the situation.’ That’s how I took it, but maybe I’m wrong.”
The former XXL boss never got the opportunity to pose the question to Puffy, though, as “that was probably the last time I saw him,” he said.
Diddy once told Elliott Wilson to ask him if he killed Tupac 🤯 Elliott remembers Diddy wanting him to conduct an interview and encouraging him to ask the "real" questions, using that as an example. However, the interview never took place. Full episode of #TheBiggerPicture drops… pic.twitter.com/xqlDNuVWEV
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Diddy has long been plagued by rumors that he orchestrated the murder of 2Pac, who was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.
Duane “Keefe D” Davis, the former Compton Crip who is the only suspect charged in the case, told detectives in 2008 that the Harlem-bred hitmaker offered him $1 million to kill both ‘Pac and Suge Knight during the Bad Boy-Death Row beef in the mid 1990s.
According to a recent filing from prosecutors, Keefe was asked by cops during that conversation if Diddy “play[ed] a role in this thing?” to which he replied: “Yeah, I think he did.”
Keefe elaborated on the alleged encounter in a separate YouTube interview, claiming that Diddy phoned him after 2Pac had been shot and asked him: “‘Is that us?'”
The Bad Boy boss previously denied any role in the murder, telling the L.A. Weekly in 2011 that Keefe D’s story was “pure fiction and completely ridiculous.”
Nevertheless, the speculation has refused to go away, with the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent and former Diddy signee Ma$e all referencing the rumors in recent months.
It was even reported this past summer that 2Pac’s family hired a team of private investigators to look into Puffy’s alleged role in the late rapper’s death, although the mogul has yet to be charged in the case.
He is, however, facing multiple federal charges in New York stemming from allegations that he abused women for decades and coerced them into having sex with male prostitutes for his pleasure.
The full episode of The Bigger Picture airs on Saturday (September 21) on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Additional reporting by Elise Ricks.
I will always maintain the Crips got 2Pac and the Bloods got Biggie. According to Keefe D dude put a hit on 2Pac. Poochie smoked Biggie. Both shooters died years ago. Personally I believe that theory.
Do you believe in Santa Claus and The Easter Bunny too?
Suge hired Poochie to kill Big, stop it.
Amir Mohamed did it.
Shooters aside, Tupac’s assassination was sponsored by the Amerikkkan govt just like Bob Marley, Sam Cooke, Malcolm, MLK, Lennon etc.
Nah, it’s not government-related. It’s gang-related.
That’s exactly what they want you to think. You got pulled in by that gang narrative hook, line, and sinker. It’s a really obvious cover story. Gangsters may have pulled triggers but they were just pawns/patsies; the govt ultimately financed it and made it happen behind the scenes. Tupac was more than just a musician and an actor. He was an articulate intelligent born leader with Panthers roots. He was a marked man from the moment he stepped foot into the entertainment industry.
Maybe that’s what the Panthers want you to think. Don’t be like those folks who say that 2Pac and Biggie were bigger than music or larger than life; that it was more than East Coast vs West Coast beef. That’s what they want you to think.
how did diddy ”orchestrate” the shooting i mean how do you do that there was a fight they all went on their way but someone decided to pop off because he felt disrespected…… I mean it is pretty simple……. Keefe d is innocent
The Crips drove around Las Vegas looking for the perfect opportunity to pop off shhh. They were following 2Pac for some time. It’s well planned. Definitely not random.
if diddy killed 2pac, that would be the gayest hit in history 😂😂😂
You would know, you take hits to the face when your boyfriend finishes on it 😂😂😂🤭 This is how your face looks after he paints it 😭
Diddler is gay🏳️🌈
Aint no way the industry didnt hit back at Puffy if the behind the scenes people really knew he was connected to Pacs death. Pac had/has an army of loyal followers and friends. If people really knew he was connected, the industry didnt send a few guys to “talk” to puff about it? Aint no way. Puff might have some connections to protection, but so do the fuck everyone else, he couldnt be that untouchable .
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How does a guy who was ad libbing on Biggie’s songs and dancing in music videos the mastermind behind Tupac’s murder?
Because 2Pac hooked up with dude’s ex Kim Porter and the fraction of the East Coast vs West Coast beef, being dissed by 2Pac. Allegedly dude met with the Crips to body 2Pac
* friction