Keefe D told investigators that the Sean Diddy comb provided $1 million to kill Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight, a newly surfaced Drug Enforcement Bureau report related to his upcoming murder said.
The allegations, originally filed in confidential police interviews in 2008 and 2009, resurfaced in 2025 DEA documents obtained by USA Today, and have now become part of a legal lawsuit against Keefe D, whose real name is Duane Keith Davis.
The report noted that Keefe d claimed Diddy said, “He would give anything to those guys’ heads,” referring to Tupac and Suge, and offered a $1 million bounty to achieve that.
The deadly shooting happened for hours after the fight of Mike Tyson in September 1996, a violent fight involving Tupac, Suge and rival gang members at Mgm Grand in Las Vegas.
Six days later, Tupac died from multiple gunshot wounds. Suge survived a head injury.
Diddy has never been charged or named by Las Vegas police and has been denied any role in Tupac’s death. His legal team dismissed the allegations without any basis.
Nevertheless, these claims rekindled the interests of long-term resolved cases. Tupac’s family has hired a New York lawyer to explore the potential connection between Diddy and the murder, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Diddy’s former bodyguard urges authorities to track $1 million checks related to Tupac Shakur’s murder
In April, Diddy’s former bodyguard, Gene Deal, urged federal agents to follow the currency trail. He believes a $1 million check could link Didi to the murder plot.
Deal said the funding could have escaped through famous Keefe D partner Eric “von Zip” Martin.
“If they follow the money and the lawsuit, they will find the truth,” Deal noted former Bad Boy Records President Kirk Burrowes noted.
Keefe D said in a former voice that surfaced in August 2008 through a murder rap documentary in August 2024 that he spent years trying to collect $1 million from Diddy.
He claimed he initially sent Von Zip to retrieve the money, but Martin allegedly followed. “He kept the money,” Keefe D said, explaining that the betrayal eventually made him speak out.
Keefe D is the only person involved in the murder of Tupac, and is scheduled to be tried in Las Vegas in February 2026.
He pleaded not guilty to the night of the shooting and insisted that he was not in the city. His defense believes that some of his past statements were made in immunity and should not be used against him.
