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Who is Tupac murder suspect Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, and what is his link to Diddy? The former gang leader claims the music mogul paid him US$1 million to carry out the rapper’s 1996 death …

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Duane Davis, aka Keefe D, has attempted to implicate Sean “Diddy” Combs in Tupac Shakur’s murder. Photos: Getty Images, AFP
Duane Davis, aka Keefe D, has attempted to implicate Sean “Diddy” Combs in Tupac Shakur’s murder. Photos: Getty Images, AFP
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Tupac Shakur’s family has hired a lawyer to look into potential links between the man charged with the rapper’s murder, Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Tupac Shakur’s family has hired a lawyer to look into a potential link between his 1996 murder and Sean “Diddy” Combs, according to Newsweek.
Recent months have seen the swift downfall of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo: Invision/AP
Recent months have seen the swift downfall of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo: Invision/AP
In 1996, Tupac Shakur was riding in the passenger seat of a car driven by Death Row Records CEO Marion “Suge” Knight. As they waited at a traffic light, shots were fired from a car carrying Crips gang members Orlando Anderson and Deandre Smith, according to a court filing in July. But a year ago someone was finally charged with the rapper’s murder – Duane “Keefe D” Davis – who prosecutors allege masterminded the shooting. He is set to stand trial this November, according to Sky News.
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Now reports are resurfacing about Diddy’s connection with Davis, according to the Daily Mail’s podcast The Trial of Diddy.

One of the lead investigators assigned to Shakur’s murder, Greg Kading, discussed the music mogul’s alleged links to the case, saying that Diddy had hired members of the notorious Crips gang in 1995, when Davis was one of them.

The police mugshot of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon for his alleged role in leading a group of men to kill hip-hop star, Tupac Shakur. Photo: Handout
The police mugshot of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was charged with one count of murder with a deadly weapon for his alleged role in leading a group of men to kill hip-hop star, Tupac Shakur. Photo: Handout

“Keefe D was dealing both PCP and cocaine from Los Angeles to another drug dealer, a figure out in New York, guy named Eric Martin,” he said on the podcast. “They called him Zip. And Zip was a very well-known drug dealer, hustler, shot caller out in New York who happened to be affiliated with Puffy Combs’ dad.”

He continued, “Keefe knew a drug dealer, that drug dealer was affiliated with Puffy and Biggie and that was how the introduction happened when Puffy said that he needed some security on the West Coast because of all the problems that he was having with Suge Knight and Death Row Records.”

Tupac Shakur was murdered in September 1996. Photo: Getty Images
Tupac Shakur was murdered in September 1996. Photo: Getty Images

Here’s what we know about Keefe D and what he’s said about Diddy:

Duane “Keefe D” Davis is a former gang leader