{"id":29483,"date":"2025-07-01T15:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29483"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:28:40","slug":"suge-knight-reveals-bombshell-new-claims-about-tupacs-1996-death-including-diddys-alleged-connection-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=29483","title":{"rendered":"Suge Knight Reveals Bombshell New Claims About Tupac&#8217;s 1996 Death \u2014 Including Diddy&#8217;s Alleged Connection (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"loc article-header\">\n<div id=\"people-article-header_1-0\" class=\"comp people-article-header mntl-article-header\">\n<h1 class=\"article-heading text-headline-300\">Suge Knight Reveals Bombshell New Claims About Tupac&#8217;s 1996 Death \u2014 Including Alleged Connections of Rapper&#8217;s Mother and Diddy (Exclusive)<\/h1>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">In 2008 and 2009 police interviews, Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane &#8220;Keefe D&#8221; Davis made claims about Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs&#8217; involvement \u2014 which Combs has long denied<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"loc article-content\">\n<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/tp-DZToLbYqyxddKK588h0dxMHc=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Sean-Diddy-Combs-Suge-Knight-and-Tupac-072324-71258402bd0c45e88b762a9461782afb.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy, Suge Knight, Tupac\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\"><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean Combs (left) Suge Knight (center) and Tupac Shakur (right).<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :<\/span><\/span>Bryan Steffy\/WireImage; Paul Buck-Pool\/Getty; Ron Galella Collection\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Suge Knight interviewed with PEOPLE from prison to discuss the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, claiming his mother assisted him in his death and friends smoked his cremated ashes<\/li>\n<li>Duane \u201cKeefe D\u201d Davis has been charged with Shakur&#8217;s murder and pleaded not guilty<\/li>\n<li>Court filings include past police interviews in which Davis claimed Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs was involved in ordering the hit on Shakur and rap mogul Suge Knight. Combs has long denied any involvement in the shooting and Las Vegas police say he &#8220;has never been considered a suspect&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Nearly three decades ago, around 11 p.m. on September 7, 1996, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suge-knight-says-diddy-belongs-in-prison-exclusive-11753106\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Marion \u201cSuge\u201d Knight<\/a> \u2014 then the 31-year-old CEO of Death Row Records and one of the most feared kingpins in the music business \u2014 drove a black BMW 750 sedan east through Las Vegas, a block off the strip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Cu_E91oVlRpKVrSwGIkBSLtXbv4=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)\/tupac-and-suge-knight-072324-389523b3b9a2497a9b70fe8e7010fa22.jpg\" alt=\"Tupac Shakur and Marion Suge Knight \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/Cu_E91oVlRpKVrSwGIkBSLtXbv4=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)\/tupac-and-suge-knight-072324-389523b3b9a2497a9b70fe8e7010fa22.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur and Marion Suge Knight.<\/span>Jeff Kravitz\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the passenger seat sat rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tupac-shakur\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Tupac Shakur <\/a>aka 2Pac, just 25, whose cultural footprint had already eclipsed his multi-platinum catalog. Dressed in a Versace shirt and gleaming gold chain, Shakur was still out on bond, still basking in the glow of stardom, brushing off a violent altercation with a Crip gang member inside a Sin City casino that had transpired just hours earlier after a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Mike Tyson<\/a> boxing match.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Trailing behind Knight and Shakur was the Death Row convoy of about ten cars that snaked through traffic like shadows. Then, at the corner of Flamingo and Koval, beneath the buzz of the Strip&#8217;s neon haze, a white, late-model Cadillac pulled up alongside.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to Las Vegas prosecutors&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">July 2024 filings<\/a>, South Side Compton Crips member <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Orlando \u201cBaby Lane\u201d Anderson<\/a> didn\u2019t have the correct angle to shoot. This came after a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">court filing in December<\/a> described him as the alleged shooter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Anderson allegedly handed the semiautomatic .40 Glock to fellow gang member <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Deandre \u201cBig Dre\u201d Smith,<\/a> who opened fire from the backseat of the vehicle \u2014 13 shots in total. Four bullets struck Shakur in the chest, arm and thigh. Knight was grazed in the head by shrapnel but survived. Shakur, who had worn a bulletproof vest regularly, was not wearing one that night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_2-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/aOrVYl9rqOFMsolsEGDLpmoBREo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(651x0:653x2)\/Suge-Knight-56a7d8ee3df78cf77299e2a1.jpg\" alt=\"Suge Knight\" width=\"1305\" height=\"1214\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/aOrVYl9rqOFMsolsEGDLpmoBREo=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(651x0:653x2)\/Suge-Knight-56a7d8ee3df78cf77299e2a1.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-square figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Suge Knight in court.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">(Kevork Djansezian\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Inside the BMW, Tupac\u2019s unreleased 1997 track \u201cNever Had a Friend Like Me\u201d was playing, Knight recalls. Speaking from <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suge-knight-says-diddy-belongs-in-prison-exclusive-11753106\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">California\u2019s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility,<\/a> where he is <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suge-knight-speaks-out-after-name-mentioned-during-diddy-trial-11746394\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">serving 28 years for a fatal hit-and-run<\/a>, Knight, now, 60, reflected on the moment that altered everything as the only living witness to the deadly shooting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cTupac is my favorite person in the world. It was a part of me that changed my life forever,\u201d he says, voice quivering. \u201cHe didn\u2019t have to die. A part of me died when he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">For nearly 30 years, no one was held accountable for Shakur\u2019s murder. The shooting occurred on one of the most surveilled intersections in America, amid surging tensions between rival gang-affiliated record labels. Many have pointed to a deeper reason the case went cold: an unwillingness to cross lines of influence, power and fear that ran far beyond music.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_3-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/wX8get0U8dBpBUVeo_YvtU2h4tQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Keefe-D-09292335-e678c70bddd94ceca2c32a2e8f58f367.jpg\" alt=\"A booking photo of Duane &quot;Keefe D&quot; Davis\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/wX8get0U8dBpBUVeo_YvtU2h4tQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Keefe-D-09292335-e678c70bddd94ceca2c32a2e8f58f367.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">A booking photo of Duane &#8220;Keefe D&#8221; Davis.<\/span>Ethan Miller\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">But in September 2023, the tides finally turned. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Duane \u201cKeefe D\u201d Davis<\/a> \u2014 a former Crips leader and the last known living suspect from the infamous white Cadillac that night \u2014 was arrested and charged with orchestrating the hit. Prosecutors allege Davis played point man in the murder that\u2019s haunted hip-hop for decades.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\"> Inside the Murder Allegations \u2014 and Diddy&#8217;s Alleged Role <\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Months later, in a bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">court filing dated July 18, 2024<\/a>, the Clark County District Attorney\u2019s office revealed a long-buried<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\"> 2009 police interview <\/a>in which Davis, speaking as a former confidential informant for two years, not only allegedly detailed his own role in the killing \u2014 but repeatedly pointed the finger at music mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sean-diddy-combs\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a>, then known as Puffy, as the man who allegedly ordered Tupac Shakur\u2019s assassination.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Davis accused Combs of being enraged by Tupac\u2019s relentless taunts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The DEA and U.S. Department of Justice also released a report about a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">2008 interview <\/a>in which Davis claimed Combs said he &#8220;needed to get rid of Knight and Shakur&#8221; and offered Davis $1 million to &#8220;handle the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_4-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/SZKEvczg6ni-iN_JXNR40xudHHI=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/sean-diddy-combs-tupac-072524-11375f4b0a01417db1fd1970cb528760.jpg\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs, Rapper Tupac Shakur \" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/SZKEvczg6ni-iN_JXNR40xudHHI=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/sean-diddy-combs-tupac-072524-11375f4b0a01417db1fd1970cb528760.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs (left), Rapper Tupac Shakur (right).<\/span>Rebecca Sapp\/WireImage; Raymond Boyd\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight, still grappling with it all, doesn\u2019t mince words: \u201cI end up with a bullet an inch into my skull, but at the same time, everybody knows where a million dollars came from,\u201d he says, pausing momentarily. &#8220;Like what would Pac want? What he really want is truth. I believe that if something smells like sh&#8211;, look like sh&#8211;, it&#8217;s sh&#8211;.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_5-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/i2v8i0On8Og4EO10Q0-njm6PesQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x209:751x211)\/sean-diddy-combs-071224-1-be0837e501244a9b92923742c4a7cbef.jpg\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs attends Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs Fulfills $1 Million Pledge To Howard University At Howard Homecoming \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u0080\u00c2\u0093 Yardfest at Howard University on October 20, 2023\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/i2v8i0On8Og4EO10Q0-njm6PesQ=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x209:751x211)\/sean-diddy-combs-071224-1-be0837e501244a9b92923742c4a7cbef.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs attends Howard University on October 20, 2023.<\/span>Shareif Ziyadat\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Combs has long vehemently denied any role in the shooting, and a public information officer for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">told PEOPLE on July 24, 2024<\/a>. &#8220;Sean Combs has never been considered a suspect in the Tupac Shakur homicide investigation.&#8221; He has never been charged in connection to the murder. Combs is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sean-diddy-combs-is-not-testifying-exclusive-11756720\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">facing serious unrelated federal charges<\/a>, including sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. His fate will be decided by twelve jurors in the coming weeks in the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Davis, who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, remains in custody awaiting trial, which is now delayed until February 9, 2026. His defense claims new witness testimony could place him outside of Vegas and 300 miles away in Los Angeles during the time of the incident. But prosecutors continue to cite his own confessions, most notably his 2019 memoir <em>Compton Street Legend<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_45-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_46-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\"> Knight&#8217;s Final Hours with Tupac <\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_47-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Back in \u201896 in Vegas, after shots were fired, Knight \u2014 bleeding from his scalp \u2014 made a frantic U-turn and headed west at a high speed toward Las Vegas Boulevard. Meanwhile, two patrol officers on an unrelated call nearby had heard the gunfire and called for backup. They chased down the BMW, which had two blown tires. Once stopped, officers called for medical assistance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_49-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI got out and tried to tell the officers what happened while I was bleeding everywhere,\u201d says Knight. \u201cAlso, I then was getting Tupac out the car, even when the door was open. I had to go over there bleeding everywhere, take the seat belt off him. When we get into the ambulance, Pac is funny as f&#8212;. He cracking jokes. I&#8217;m cracking jokes. Pac\u2019s like, \u2018Sh&#8211;, when we heal up, you know what we doing.\u2019 That type of sh&#8211;.\u201d The ambulance transported them to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_51-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">At the hospital, Knight was treated for minor injuries and released while Shakur was listed in critical condition. \u201cWhen I came to see him, Pac was sitting up talking. He [allegedly] said, \u2018Well, look. One, bring me a blunt. Matter of fact, bring me two blunts.\u2019 And I said, \u2018You going to smoke in the hospital?\u2019 He [allegedly] said, \u2018Yeah, I am.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_52-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_53-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight chuckles softly recalling that moment \u2014 Tupac joking, allegedly requesting Hennessy too. Knight says Shakur grabbed him closer, as Knight kissed him on his forehead, and the two said, &#8220;I love you&#8221; to each other. But that joy cracked under the weight of what came next.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_54-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_55-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Before the second of two emergency surgeries, including one to remove Shakur&#8217;s right lung to stop internal bleeding, he made a chilling request. As he lay in his hospital bed, fading in and out of consciousness, Knight claims Shakur allegedly turned to him, desperately begging to be killed. He spoke with eerie clarity, suggesting they could even capture it on camera, that he\u2019d record a will or even lay down a song explaining everything. It wouldn\u2019t matter, Shakur said. The world would still make Knight pay the ultimate price for it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_56-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_57-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight recalls them both laughing, but beneath the nervous laughter was a hard truth: Shakur believed he was going to be sent back to prison once the chaos subsided, a payback for the brutal casino beatdown caught on security footage hours before the brutal shooting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_58-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_59-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Prison, to Tupac, wasn\u2019t just a fear \u2014 it was a fate he believed was worse than death. &#8220;I\u2019ll die before I go back,&#8221; he allegedly told those around him. Still, suicide was off the table. According to Knight, he believed taking his own life would bar him from heaven, a line he wouldn&#8217;t cross. So instead, he turned to his crew \u2014\u00a0and then to Knight. &#8220;Kill me. Shoot me,&#8221; he urged. Knight says he refused. \u201cNo, Pac. We can\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_60-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_6-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3t4XufK7RFVpErvzsfXP3-H-oUY=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/tupac-shakur-Afeni-Shakur-hey-mama-042123-0ac81f88444b4d0c9020c5ac5ec842dd.jpg\" alt=\"tupac shakur, Afeni Shakur\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3t4XufK7RFVpErvzsfXP3-H-oUY=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/tupac-shakur-Afeni-Shakur-hey-mama-042123-0ac81f88444b4d0c9020c5ac5ec842dd.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_61-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni Shakur.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images; Frank Mullen\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_62-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the haze of hospital lights, beeping monitors and heartbreak, Knight claims Shakur made a final, desperate request to his mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/tupac-shakurs-mother-afeni-shakur-davis-dies-at-69-police\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Afeni:<\/a> let him go.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_63-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_64-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to Knight, who was by the rapper\u2019s side as he lay wracked with pain and failing fast, Shakur pleaded with his mother to help him end his life. Knight claims she allegedly gave him pills in an attempt to honor his wishes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_65-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_66-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cThe doctors came in and brought him back,\u201d Knight recalls. \u201cAnd his mom [allegedly] said, \u2018Don\u2019t ever do that again. If he\u2019s having complications, don\u2019t touch him. Don\u2019t bring him back. Let him go.\u2019\u201d It was a mother\u2019s raw act of mercy, Knight says \u2014 a final promise to her son to respect his suffering.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_67-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_68-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Doctors, trying to relieve pressure on his battered body, reportedly placed Shakur in a medically-induced coma and hooked him to a respirator, according to Knight. But the damage was irreversible. On September 13, at 4:03 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-death-what-to-know-7564631\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Shakur was pronounced dead<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_7-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/EjeYIxLP1FgMBbXRvfmMwXvS2qw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(972x322:974x324)\/All-About-Tupac-Shakurs-Siblings-and-Parents-03-dc8bc0b8c8f241a2b4f2a2b4d167cc51.jpg\" alt=\"Political &amp; social activist and Black Panther member Afeni Shakur (right) holds a camera as she attends a session of the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 4 and 7, 1970. The convention was organized by the Black Panther Party to draft a new Constitution of the United States and unify factions of the radical left. (Photo by David Fenton\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/EjeYIxLP1FgMBbXRvfmMwXvS2qw=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(972x322:974x324)\/All-About-Tupac-Shakurs-Siblings-and-Parents-03-dc8bc0b8c8f241a2b4f2a2b4d167cc51.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_70-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Afeni Shakur in Philadelphia in September 1970.<\/span>Photo by David Fenton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_71-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">What followed, Knight claims, was as surreal and raw as Tupac himself. Immediately after his death, Knight says Afeni, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/tupac-shakurs-mother-afeni-shakur-davis-dies-at-69-police\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">who died at age 60 in May 2016,<\/a> turned to him and insisted her son be cremated, right then and there. \u201cShe came up to me and said, \u2018Get it done. Now,\u2019\u201d Knight remembers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_72-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_73-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI told her, \u2018Look, I don\u2019t know if I can do that.\u2019\u201d He said he hesitated not out of defiance, but because Shakur, just weeks earlier, had allegedly laid out a different vision for his send-off. They had talked about it in the studio. \u201cHe told me, \u2018When I go, I want every rapper at my funeral to grab the mic. I want them to kiss me head to toe. Just like in \u2018Life Goes On.\u2019\u201d Knight pauses. \u201cHe didn\u2019t want to be cremated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_74-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_76-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_77-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">But Afeni wouldn\u2019t hear it. \u201cShe gave me one of those mama looks, like, \u2018Shut your a&#8211; up and do what I said.\u2019 Then she started cussing me out. \u2018Get this sh&#8211; done!\u2019\u201d Knight says. He did what she asked. \u201cI paid someone a million dollars cash to take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_78-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_79-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Later that night, a circle of Shakur\u2019s closest friends gathered to honor him the way they believed he would\u2019ve wanted. The bag containing Tupac\u2019s cremated ashes was passed around. Some, allegedly, were rolled into a blunt and smoked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_80-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_81-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI was so happy to say I was on probation \u2014 I couldn\u2019t smoke,\u201d Knight says. \u201cI told his mother, \u2018Moms, I\u2019d love to, but if I hit that, I\u2019ll get in trouble.\u2019\u201d He laughs. \u201cI was probably the only one who didn\u2019t hit him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_82-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_83-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\"> Tupac: Convicted Felon, Street Prophet <\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_84-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Shakur came into the world already bearing the weight of revolution. His lyrics dripped with pain, purpose and paranoia \u2014 songs about &#8220;thug life,&#8221; desperation and street justice that read like dispatches from the front lines of America\u2019s forgotten neighborhoods. But for all his fire and charisma, Shakur was, at his core, a troubled and sensitive soul. He spent his early years ricocheting through one inner-city zip code after another, chasing stability that never came.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_85-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_86-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">By the time the spotlight found him, Tupac had already become a walking contradiction: platinum-selling poet, convicted felon, street prophet, media pariah. Shakur\u2019s fourth album,\u00a0<em>All Eyez on Me,<\/em>\u00a0was climbing the charts again and had sold nearly 3 million copies, while his previous release, 1995\u2019s\u00a0<em>Me Against the World,<\/em>\u00a0sold 2 million copies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_87-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_88-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">He appeared in three movies:\u00a0<em>Juice<\/em>\u00a0(1992),\u00a0<em>Poetic Justice<\/em>\u00a0(1993) and\u00a0<em>Above the Rim<\/em>\u00a0(1994) and just wrapped two 1997 films\u2014<em>Gridlock\u2019d<\/em> and <em>Gang Related, <\/em>in which he played a detective. Since \u201991, he&#8217;d been arrested eight times. He served eight months in prison for a sexual abuse conviction in 1994 and was named in two wrongful-death lawsuits \u2014 one involving a 6-year-old boy caught in the crossfire between Shakur\u2019s crew and rivals in Northern California in Marin City in 1992. It was settled for an undisclosed amount in November 1995.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_89-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_90-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Still, nothing could match the chaos that followed his death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_91-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_92-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Rumors ignited within hours: who pulled the trigger, who ordered the hit, who knew more than they were saying. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">179-page court filing submitted in 2024<\/a>, prosecutors finally unpacked years of whispers and street talk in granular detail, laying out an explosive account of what allegedly happened before, during and after that fateful night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_93-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_8-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/tLnAMrnbRGr8uaiGZCcWuP5jgyk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(737x161:739x163)\/Mike-Tyson-boxing-082924-1-cef17240308545b4bceea8561a5ed83b.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Tyson exits the ring after receiving a split draw against Roy Jones Jr. during Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. presented by Triller at Staples Center on November 28, 2020\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/tLnAMrnbRGr8uaiGZCcWuP5jgyk=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(737x161:739x163)\/Mike-Tyson-boxing-082924-1-cef17240308545b4bceea8561a5ed83b.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_94-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Mike Tyson exits the ring after receiving a split draw against Roy Jones Jr. at Staples Center on November 28, 2020.<\/span>Joe Scarnici\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_95-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The evening had started with spectacle: <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/mike-tyson\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Mike Tyson<\/a> knocked out Bruce Seldon at a boxing title match at the MGM Grand, where Knight and his Mob Piru Blood affiliates were in attendance. After the fight, the entourage ran into <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Orlando Anderson<\/a>, an alleged South Side Crip connected to Bad Boy Records, then headed by Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs. It wasn\u2019t a random encounter. The crew recognized Anderson from a previous scuffle where he allegedly tried to steal a Death Row necklace off <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Trevon &#8220;Tre&#8221; Lane.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_96-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_97-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to a<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"> 2009 police interview with Davis<\/a>, the response was immediate and violent. Shakur, Knight, and Lane swarmed Anderson, throwing fists and kicks, dislocating his shoulder in the process. Security broke it up. By 8:55 p.m., the Death Row crew had left the building. But police haven&#8217;t determined if Anderson or Smith allegedly pulled the trigger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_98-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_99-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The orders, prosecutors allege, came from Davis himself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_100-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_101-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">grand jury testimony cited in the filing<\/a>, Davis allegedly said he \u201ccommanded\u201d his soldiers (Anderson, Smith and driver Terry Brown) to \u201cconfront Knight and Shakur and hunt them down.\u201d Davis, who was riding in the passenger seat at the time of the shooting allegedly said he gave his gang members the \u201cultimate green light to do something to their a&#8212;-.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_102-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_103-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Davis added, according to the filing: \u201cTupac chose the wrong game to play and the wrong n&#8212;-s to play with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_104-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_105-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">2009 police interview<\/a>, Davis said he obtained the firearm from drug trafficking associate Eric \u201cZip\u201d Martin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_106-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_107-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Homicide detective Dan Long asked Davis, \u201cUm, Puffy Combs. Does he play a role in this thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_108-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_109-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cYeah, I think he did,\u201d Davis responded. \u201cThat\u2019s what we think. That\u2019s word on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_110-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_111-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">He claimed that Diddy was terrified of Knight, and once, in front of a crowd of about 45 men, Combs allegedly said, &#8220;Man, ah, I would give anything for that dude[&#8216;s] head,&#8221; referring to Knight. According to Davis, \u201cHe was real scared of the guy,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe said that s\u2014 in front of everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_112-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_113-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWas [Combs] implying that he would pay to have it done?\u201d Davis&#8217; attorney asked.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_114-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_115-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cYeah, yeah,\u201d Davis responded. \u201cHe said it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_116-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_9-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/GOlkZJ6RSxdM3B-WHk6CypsTAfc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/diddy-suge-knight-052025-170d1adb241b4404a0cd48aa9a3d03d8.jpg\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs; Suge Knight\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/GOlkZJ6RSxdM3B-WHk6CypsTAfc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/diddy-suge-knight-052025-170d1adb241b4404a0cd48aa9a3d03d8.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_117-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs; Suge Knight.<\/span>Rebecca Sapp\/WireImage; Lawrence Lucier\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_118-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">This wasn\u2019t the first time Combs and Knight had been at odds. At the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">1995 Source Awards in New York City<\/a>, Knight took a direct shot from the stage to diss Diddy without calling him out by name: <em>\u201c<\/em>Any artist out there that want to be an artist and stay a star, and don\u2019t have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all in the videos, all on the record, dancing\u2026 come to Death Row!\u201d he said. Knight mocked Diddy for inserting his ad-libs on Bad Boy artists\u2019 songs and shimmying throughout their videos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_119-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_120-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cIt was real embarrassing the way he did it,\u201d Davis said in his recorded statement to police.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201c[Diddy] was real scared of [Knight]. He didn\u2019t even want to come out here [to California]. Davis admitted Knight probably would have tried to kill Diddy if he&#8217;d had the chance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_121-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_122-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cDid Puffy have any problems with Tupac?\u201d Detective Long pressed <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Davis in 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_123-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_124-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201c[Tupac] told [Diddy] he\u2019s a f&#8212;&#8211; and all that s&#8212;.&#8221; Davis replied, claiming Combs had said, \u2018Yeah, f&#8212; that dude.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_125-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_126-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">By then, the war between Bad Boy and Death Row was boiling over. After Tupac was ambushed and shot five times in the lobby of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Quad Studios in Times Square 1994<\/a>, he blamed Combs and the Bad Boy crew for setting him up, which Combs has always denied. But a year later, Combs released Biggie&#8217;s single \u201cWho Shot Ya?\u201d which was widely viewed as taking aim at Shakur, who responded with the vicious \u201cHit \u2019Em Up,\u201d pushing their rivalry to the brink.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_127-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_128-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In the aftermath of Shakur&#8217;s murder, new claims emerged. According to a grand jury exhibit cited in the prosecutors&#8217; filing in 2024, Davis alleged that Combs asked Davis after Shakur\u2019s murder, \u201cIs that us?\u201d The filing states: \u201cSean Combs reached out to defendant [Davis] wondering if South Side Crips were responsible for Shakur\u2019s death. Defendant, beaming with pride, answers, \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_129-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_130-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">After the shooting, Davis claimed Combs owed him and his crew money.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_131-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_132-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI knew we was like, \u2018Damn, we can get paid now,\u2019\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Davis <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">said to police in 2009<\/a>. A few months later, Davis said he met &#8220;Zip&#8221; Martin at a hot wings restaurant in Los Angeles. Although Davis claimed he had plenty of money back then, he wanted his nephew Anderson and his crew to get paid. Davis claimed Martin told him that he would check with Combs and have the money sent to them, but Martin never followed through.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_133-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_134-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI wish I never met Puff Daddy, period, I swear to God,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tupac-shakur-murder-suspect-once-claimed-sean-diddy-combs-was-involved-in-ordering-hit-on-rapper-and-suge-knight-8682670\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Davis<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>told police in 2009<\/a>. \u201cHe messed up my life, man. I was rich, up under the radar, all that, man. It\u2019s all gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_135-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_137-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_138-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Years later, Knight finally got the confrontation he&#8217;d imagined. In June 2007, he says the moment he&#8217;d long anticipated finally arrived: an alleged face-to-face with Combs. But this wasn\u2019t some back-alley confrontation in Compton or backstage standoff, \u00a0it happened at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Prince<\/a> allegedly playing puppet master.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_139-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_10-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/fCc-3lVDuIc7T9sb-TXh1Bm0fKU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)\/prince-rogers-nelson-2000-1c3c46b6230e4e4bbd59d0bb1209cd88.jpg\" alt=\"52447732KW165_36th_NAACP_Im\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1233\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/fCc-3lVDuIc7T9sb-TXh1Bm0fKU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)\/prince-rogers-nelson-2000-1c3c46b6230e4e4bbd59d0bb1209cd88.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_140-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Prince on stage on March 19, 2005.<\/span> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Kevin Winter\/Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_141-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI\u2019m sitting there, eating,\u201d Knight recalls, leaning into the memory like a punchline. \u201cAnd everybody\u2019s always thinking the gangster\u2019s the guy in the room looking all hard and tough. But let me tell you, the gangster was Prince.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_142-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_143-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">According to Knight, the icon himself sent someone mid-show to summon him. \u201cThey come over and say, \u2018Man, Prince is performing right now, and he wants you to come watch the show.\u2019 Who gonna say no to Prince? Sh&#8211;\u201d Knight says, laughing. \u201cYou already know.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_144-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_145-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Escorted through the venue, Knight was led to a special table Prince had set aside, which was prime real estate in a packed house. \u201cPrince comes up playing the guitar, I never seen Prince smile so much in my life,\u201d Knight remembers. \u201cLaughing, happy. And I tell him, \u2018We both had two of the best rappers in hip-hop.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_146-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_147-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Then, Knight saw the seating arrangement. \u201cHe set me down at this table where Puffy was there. Nas was there, other people. Prince knew what he was doing. Must\u2019ve been pissed at Puffy. I think he [allegedly] planted me at that table on purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_148-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_149-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight claims the tension cracked soon after. \u201cI got under Puff\u2019s skin,\u201d he says, claiming he whispered some things in his ear, it probably hit a nerve. \u201cI told him, \u2018Let\u2019s go to the restroom together and get it out of the way.\u2019 You know, settle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_150-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_151-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">But Combs, Knight claims, wasn\u2019t interested in squaring up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_152-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_153-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cHe stood up, heated. That\u2019s when I realized he wasn\u2019t ready for it \u2014 &#8217;cause not only did they rush him out, they [allegedly] threw coats and shit over his head so you couldn\u2019t see his face and had jackets to hide him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_154-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_155-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">For Knight, the moment was peak Hollywood meets hip-hop war story, velvet rope diplomacy brokered by the most unlikely shot-caller in purple.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_156-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_11-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/IPJphw1SwoDp_HdNTrGLQ-h_I4A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(728x402:730x404)\/Sean-Combs-TOUT-032724-18509fb16e5440cbbeef701e7af5ce96.jpg\" alt=\"Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs attends TimesTalks Presents: An Evening with Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs at The New School on September 20, 2017 in New York City. \" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/IPJphw1SwoDp_HdNTrGLQ-h_I4A=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(728x402:730x404)\/Sean-Combs-TOUT-032724-18509fb16e5440cbbeef701e7af5ce96.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_157-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs attends The New School on September 20, 2017 in New York City.<\/span>Dia Dipasupil\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_158-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;This story is beyond ridiculous and completely false,&#8221; Combs told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/sean-diddy-combs-vehemently-denies-la-times-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">AllHipHop.com<\/a>\u00a0in 2008 about a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/cotown\/la-naw-quad17mar17-story.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">retracted\u00a0<em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>\u00a0story<\/a>\u00a0that claimed he had knowledge of Shakur&#8217;s death. &#8220;Neither Biggie [Smalls, the late rapper] nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened. It is a complete lie to suggest that there was any involvement by Biggie or myself.&#8221; Combs&#8217; legal team could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_159-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_12-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/x-sWMS-lnpVn5GC6Wwy92L3sk0Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(713x366:715x368)\/Cassie-Ventura-and-Sean-Diddy-Combs-052925-9eb26a388ece41798f121732e7da73c1.jpg\" alt=\"Cassie Ventura (L) and recording artist Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/x-sWMS-lnpVn5GC6Wwy92L3sk0Y=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(713x366:715x368)\/Cassie-Ventura-and-Sean-Diddy-Combs-052925-9eb26a388ece41798f121732e7da73c1.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_160-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Cassie Ventura (left) and Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs (right).<\/span>Kevin Mazur\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_161-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI just want to take a deep breath and heal,\u201d Knight says quietly, reflecting on the night that changed everything. Then, without hesitation, he adds: \u201c[I believe] Diddy does deserve jail for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_162-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_163-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight also <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suge-knight-says-diddy-belongs-in-prison-exclusive-11753106\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">told PEOPLE in June <\/a>he believes Combs deserves <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suge-knight-says-diddy-belongs-in-prison-exclusive-11753106\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">to be behind bars for assaulting Cassie Ventura<\/a> in a Los Angeles hotel on March 5, 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_164-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_166-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_13-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nx5d0TdL9fb_VeYUFQ3ribxCVJc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(666x0:668x2)\/suge-knight-072324-f0412795432444b3b0644aac72ab8714.jpg\" alt=\"Suge Knight\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/nx5d0TdL9fb_VeYUFQ3ribxCVJc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(666x0:668x2)\/suge-knight-072324-f0412795432444b3b0644aac72ab8714.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_167-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Suge Knight in a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles on January 21, 2016.<\/span>Frederick M. Brown\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_168-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-subheading mntl-sc-block-subheading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-subheading__text\"> The Night the Music Died for Suge Knight <\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_169-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">For Knight, everything \u2014 his empire, his purpose, his identity \u2014 shifted after Tupac\u2019s death. He says it altered his life. It wasn\u2019t just the end of a great friendship; it was the death of an era. \u201cThere is nothing better than Pac. There is no one greater than him, better than him,\u201d Knight says, his voice thick with finality. The loss ran so deep, it pushed him out of the very world he helped define.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_170-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_171-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cAfter Tupac\u2019s passing, I exited the music business. &#8216;Cause there was just&#8230; no way. I didn\u2019t wanna be in the studio with another artist. I didn\u2019t wanna go on tour with another artist. I didn\u2019t wanna. I lost trust in so many people. I lost trust in hip-hop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_172-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_174-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_175-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Even now, while incarcerated, he can\u2019t bring himself to play Tupac\u2019s music. The memories, once electric, are too heavy. \u201cEvery time I heard a Tupac song, I didn\u2019t play it. Because it brought back so much&#8230; great things. But it made me wanna do bad things.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_176-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_14-0\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/-muutMsi7ftNVmSRdDf1goxJ-yc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/tupac-walk-of-fame-star-060123-01-66c8ca19a916419db826e3fcda1e1e82.jpg\" alt=\"Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/-muutMsi7ftNVmSRdDf1goxJ-yc=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/tupac-walk-of-fame-star-060123-01-66c8ca19a916419db826e3fcda1e1e82.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_177-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Tupac Shakur performs at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Illinois in March 1994.<\/span>Raymond Boyd\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_178-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">What still haunts him most is the look in Tupac\u2019s eyes that night in Vegas: the trust, the bond, the unspoken vow between them. \u201cWhen those bullets was going in the car, I knew I saved his life \u2014 for a little while. He trusted me. I knew he really loved me, and I loved him,\u201d Knight says. \u201cI grabbed him, pulled him down. It was like slow motion. When something hits you in the head, your thoughts slow down. You just know, you\u2019re pretty much dead. And when Pac died, I saw the whole sky turn a reddish orange.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_179-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_180-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Knight didn\u2019t feel the pain. Not then. All he felt was responsibility. \u201cThat was my watch. I got him out of prison. It was on me to make sure he became the artist everybody knew he already was\u2026 the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_181-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_182-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">And even now, all these years later, Suge Knight is still trying to make peace with the weight of that promise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suge Knight Reveals Bombshell New Claims About Tupac&#8217;s 1996 Death \u2014 Including Alleged Connections of Rapper&#8217;s Mother and Diddy (Exclusive) In 2008 and 2009 police interviews, Tupac Shakur murder suspect &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29485,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29483\/revisions\/29485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}