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  • 2014-09-17 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Sean Combs Wasn't Arrested for the Murder of Tupac Shakur (en)
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  • In September 2014 (and again in July 2016), what appeared to be an odd update in the case of the murder of Tupac Shakur surfaced. According to several shaky sources, Sean Combs (known also to fans as Puff Daddy or P. Diddy) had been arrested and possibly charged in connection with Shakur's death. It's been decades since Tupac was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip, and the deaths of Shakur and former friend Christopher Wallace (the Notorious B.I.G.) have always been assumed to have been the result of a rivalry between Tupac's Death Row records and Puffy's Bad Boy label. Rumors of murder for hire by warring hip hop factions have long shrouded the deaths of the two stars, and a 2011 article published in LA Weekly profiled a book examining the Puffy/Tupac link: Kading's self-published book, Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations, alleged that Sean Combs ordered the killing of Tupac. At the time of its release, Combs responded to the claims, saying this story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous. Suge Knight, also implicated in Kading's book, did not respond to the allegations. The belief that Sean Combs was involved in Tupac's murder isn't new, so when the following vague claim began to circulate it was enough to pique rap fans' interest, many of whom have waited nearly two decades for answers about the killing of Tupac Shakur: However, neither the New York Police Department nor the Clark County District Attorney's office announced the arrest (or imminent arrest) of Sean Combs or any other party in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur on 10 September 2014, and any such announcements would certainly have generated much wider publicity in the American news media has it occurred. Sean Combs remains a free man at large, having just purchased a newly built mansion in Los Angeles' Westside for $39 million. Furthermore, the mug shot shown here was taken when Combs was arrested after an altercation at the Club New York in 1999. and is not of recent vintage. (en)
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