Netflix’s new Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs documentary has caused many online to revisit the death of Tupac Shakur.
The 90s rap icon was shot to death in 1996 following a Mike Tyson fight, with the crime going unsolved for years.
The Netflix documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning however suggests that it was ordered by P Diddy, something the disgraced rap mogul has denied for years.
The doc contains a host of new interviews and footage around the death of Tupac, including footage of Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis alleging Diddy's involvement, who was arrested and is set to stand trial for the murder of Shakur next year.
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Netflix’s documentary, which was produced by 50 Cent, leaves out some major details about his death that many would consider vital to the story.
This includes its limited use of testimony from Suge Knight, the rap legend who was driving the car when Tupac was shot and was himself shot in the back of the head and survived.
Suge Knight alleged that P Diddy had played a part in Tupac’s death in a prison interview
Tupac’s death came the night of Mike Tyson’s boxing fight against Bruce Seldon after the rapper attacked Orlando Anderson, the nephew of Keefe D, a few short months after a gang dispute.
Suge Knight, Tupac, and others attacked Anderson, which prosecutors believe led to the shooting Tupac and Suge Knight’s car later that night.
In the documentary, footage of Knight was only included to say that ‘even if he knew’ who killed Tupac, he’d never tell the police. The rap executive has, however, given interviews from prison about the night and Diddy’s alleged involvement.
While Combs has never been considered a suspect by police in the shooting and has repeatedly denied it, multiple people close to the West coast-East coast gang war have claimed he offered $1,000,000 for the deaths of Tupac and Knight.
Speaking to PEOPLE magazine from prison, Knight said: “I end up with a bullet an inch into my skull, but at the same time, everybody knows where a million dollars came from.
"Like what would Pac want? What he really want is truth. I believe that if something smells like sh*t look like sh*t, it's sh*t.”
He went on to say that he believes ‘Diddy does deserve jail for it’.
Knight claims Tupac's mother helped him die in hospital rather than go back to prison
Speaking about the evening where Tupac was shot and killed, Knight said he drove off in their BMW with two blown tires, running into police who heard the gunshots.
He told PEOPLE: “I got out and tried to tell the officers what happened while I was bleeding everywhere.
“Also, 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.”
The rap mogul went on to claim that the rapper had asked to be killed so he wouldn’t have to go back to prison, suggesting that his mother gave him pills to help assist in his death.
He said: “The doctors came in and brought him back.”
Knight then claimed: “His mum said: ‘Don’t ever do that again. If he’s having complications, don’t touch him. Don’t bring him back. Let him go.’”
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is available to stream on Netflix now.
Topics: 50 Cent, Celebrity, Crime, Netflix, TV, TV and Film, Tupac Shakur
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