Does this finally prove P Diddy behind 2Pac murder?

             

Retired LAPD detective Greg Kading claims 2Pac was the victim of a contract killing ordered by Diddy – and East Coast rival Notorious BIG was gunned down in response.

Diddy – real name Sean Combs – has previously rubbished the claims as "completely ridiculous".

But a Making a Murderer-style documentary – which claims to reveal new evidence – is scheduled to air on Netflix this spring.

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ACCUSED: Hip Hop mogul P Diddy (right) is accused of ordering a hit on rapper Tupac Shakur

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PALS: 2Pac threatened to kill P Diddy and Notorious BIG shortly before he was shot

Mr Kading led an LAPD probe into the two murders – which sent shockwaves through the hip hop world and remain unsolved almost 20 years on.

Many saw the drive-by shootings as the culmination of the "East Coast-West Coast rivalry", which saw the two gangsta rappers trade insults in "diss" records.

Mr Kading claims that Diddy paid Duane Keith "Keffe D" Davis – allegedly a member of the infamous Crips gang – $1 million to murder Shakur and his manager, Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight.

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Six months after Shakur's murder – on March 9, 1997 – Biggie was shot dead in LA.

Mr Kading alleges Knight hired Bloods gang member Wardell "Poochie" Fouse to kill Biggie Smalls for $13,000.

He claims to have taped confessions from Davis and an ex-girlfriend of Knight's to back up his claims.

Shakur was once pals with Biggie – real name Christopher Wallace – but after 2Pac was shot five times outside a New York recording studio in 1994, he accused Diddy and Biggie of setting up the hit.

Many interpreted Notorious BIG's track "Who Shot Ya?" – written before the shooting and released afterwards – as taunting Shakur and evidence of his involvement in the hit.

Knight fuelled the fire by mocking Diddy and his Bad Boy record label and inviting rappers to join his rival stable Death Row.

The mogul – who is currently in jail awaiting charges of murder and attempted murder – also accused Combs of being involved in the slaying of one of his mates.

Shakur released a string of Death Row tracks attacking Biggie and Bad Boy – including claiming he had sex with Wallace's wife Faith Evans on "Hit 'Em Up" (below, WARNING EXPLICIT CONTENT).

Three months after the release of Hit 'Em Up – which included threats to kill Biggie and Diddy and featured impersonations of them in its video – Shakur was shot dead.

Conspiracy theories about 2Pac and the killing – including claims Shakur is alive and wll living in Cuba – have swirled around the unsolved crime.

Mr Kadings documentary "Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders" – which builds on claims he made in a 2011 book of the same name – was first released on iTunes last year.

But its wider availability – following the surprise popularity of real-life crime doc Making a Murderer – is set to cause a new stir.

The death of Tupac, pictured with his high school friend Jada Pinkett, who went on to marry actor Will Smith, remains a mystery as no killer was ever charged

Source: Times