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Tupac Shakur's family investigates whether “Diddy” Combs was involved in his death

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By Julio Cortes

07 Oct 2024, 17:18 PM EDT

On September 13, 1996, the rapper and actor was murdered Tupac Shakur (also known as 2Pac). Now his family has hired the lawyer Alex Spiro to continue the investigations of the crime, focusing on an alleged link of Sean “Diddy” Combs with the death of Shakur.

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In September 2023, a man named Duane Davis for the attack on Tupac, accused of one count of murder with a deadly weapon. Davis (whose trial will begin in March 2025) stated that Diddy He offered him a million dollars to attack Shakur, but Combs has repeatedly said he is not involved in the rapper’s death.

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On March 9, 1997, less than a year after Tupac’s death, he was murdered The Notorious B.I.G.another rap star, whose real name was Christopher Wallace. He was the best friend of Diddy Combs, and his career began to take off from then on. Due to the similarity of the attacks (with shootings at the vehicles where the artists were traveling) Several media outlets speculated that Wallace’s death was related to Shakur’s, but there has not been enough evidence. to confirm the hypotheses.

Meanwhile, Sean “Diddy” Combs He remains in prison, after being accused of alleged sexual assault and other crimes in multiple lawsuits against him. Erica Wolffa lawyer who is part of her legal team, told BBC that the interpreter of hits like “Come With Me” and “I’ll Be Missing You” He is confident that his innocence will be proven in court.

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