Tupac Shakur's family is investigating Diddy's alleged connection to the late rapper's murder

Tupac Shakur's family is investigating Diddy's alleged connection to the late rapper's murder.

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Last September, Duane “Keffe D” Davis was charged with the late rapper's murder, 27 years after he was fatally injured in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. The former gang leader was charged with murder with a deadly weapon in connection with the attack.

Davis previously claimed that Diddy offered him $1 million to kill Shakur. Per PeopleA DEA and U.S. Department of Justice report on a 2008 interview with Davis said he claimed Combs said he needed to “get rid of himself.” [Suge] Knight and Shakur” and offered Davis the money to “solve the problem.”

As confirmed by billboardShakur's family has now hired New York attorney Alex Spiro to investigate an alleged connection between the rapper's death and Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs. Spiro is one of the entertainment world's leading lawyers and recently represented Alec Baldwin in the shootout “Rust.”

Combs was never charged in connection with the murder. Per GuardianIn 2008, Diddy denied any connection to the shooting after a L.A. Times A report claimed that his associates, James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond and Jimmy Sabatino, helped stage a robbery on Shakur after paying the late rapper $7,000 to record a track in the studio on the night in question had offered.

“The story is a lie,” he replied in a statement. “It is beyond ridiculous and completely wrong. Neither (the late rapper Notorious BIG) nor I had any knowledge of an attack before, during or after the attack. I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story.”

Its rumored connection to Shakur's death has become a recurring theme in pop culture – most recently in Eminem's JID collaboration on the track “Fuel” from The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

In the song he raps: “The infamous BIG's death was the domino effect of Tupac's murder. Like a facial tissue: whose watch should I clean next? Puffs? “Is he going to perform until he’s in police handcuffs and guilty?”

Last month, Diddy was arrested in New York and charged with sex trafficking, extortion and transportation for prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Diddy was subsequently denied bail despite offering a $50 million bail, and was reportedly placed on suicide watch while awaiting trial, according to his lawyer Marc Agnifilo TMZ that the order was issued as a routine measure for “new, high-profile inmates.”

According to other reports, he did not eat anything in prison for fear of being poisoned. The denial of bail meant the rapper was ordered to remain in jail while awaiting trial.

Earlier this week, Diddy's lawyer told Agnifilo that the bail denial was being appealed. The musician promised that he would not date any women except his family members and that he would participate in weekly drug tests if released from prison.

As revealed earlier this week, Diddy may now also face new lawsuits from around 120 people accusing him of sexual abuse and assault, including 25 minors.

Per Rolling StoneProminent Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee held a virtual press conference on Tuesday (October 1) in which he announced that of the 120 alleged victims, 60 were men and 60 were women. Of those 120 people, 25 were minors at the time of the alleged abuse, with the youngest alleged victim being nine years old.

According to Buzbee, the nine-year-old alleged victim had met Diddy at his Bad Boy office in Manhattan for an audition and was “trying to land a record deal” in a competition that also included “other boys” than he allegedly was in had been sexually abused by Diddy and “several other people in the studio.”

Buzbee reportedly acknowledged the statute of limitations but also said New York and California will likely recognize the “majority” of the 120 cases. He added that all 120 alleged victims “intend to file civil lawsuits in civil court” against Diddy and potential co-defendants, including alleged accomplices, silent bystanders and “corporations.”

In a statement about this Rolling StoneDiddy's lawyer Erica Wolff said the musician “strongly and categorically” denies the allegations. “As Mr. Combs’ legal team has emphasized, he cannot address every unfounded allegation in what has become a ruthless media circus,” she said.

“Nevertheless, Mr. Combs strongly and categorically denies as false and defamatory any allegation that he sexually abused anyone, including minors.

“He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court as lawsuits are filed and served, with the truth determined based on evidence rather than speculation.”