With his latest arrest garnering headlines Diddy and his feud with Tupac is shedding the spotlight again The East CoastWest Coast rap feud was sparked by the emergence of Sean Diddy Combs label Bad Boy Records and rival Suge Knights Death Row Records
Diddy has been long connected to the death of Tupac however he has not been investigated by authorities for the All Eyez on Me rappers death The record exectuive was accused of orchestrating the first shooting at Quad Studios before Tupac went to prison and denied involvement Diddy was arrested in New York on September 16 2024 for sex trafficking and racketeering charges He pleaded not guilty to all charges and was refused bail Earlier in the year Eminem made claims that Diddy was actually involved in Tupacs death
Heres a timeline of all the interactions between Diddy and Tupac
In 1994 Tupac was shot during a recording session at Quad Studios He reportedly gave the middle finger to the Notorious BIG while he was carried out in the stretcher In an interview with VIBE he said that other people including Biggie and Diddy in the room gave him looks and suspected that they knew about the shooting Nobody approached me I noticed that nobody would look at me
In a resurfaced video Tupac recounted that he saw Diddy in the studio looking nonchalant Puffy was standing back too I knew Puffy He knew how much stuff I had done for Biggie before he came out he said
In another interview with the hiphop magazine Diddy claims innocence and denies Bad Boy Records had anything to do with it He aint mad at the ns that shot him he knows where theyre at He knows who shot him If you ask him he knows and everybody in the street knows and hes not stepping to them because knows that hes not gonna get away with that shit To me thats some real sucker shit Be mad at everybody man dont be using ns as scapegoats We know that hes a nice guy from New York All shit aside Tupac is a nice goodhearted guy
Though he didnt name the mogul by name Suge Knight shaded Diddy and his label Bad Boy Records in a speech He said Any artist out there that want to be an artist and stay a star and dont have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all in the videos all on the record dancing come to Death Row
Tupac signed to Death Row Records after Suge Knight offered US14 million for his bail if the rapper agreed to sign with Death Row He subsequently released All On Eyez On Me which was Death Rows biggest record at the time
After he was convicted of sexual abuse Diddy visited Tupac at Rikers Island New York to assure him that no one on Bad Boy Records was responsible for the shooting
Regarded as one of the greatest diss tracks in history Tupac felt disrespected by the Notorious BIGs Who Shot Ya and released Hit Em Up which takes a direct jab at Bad Boy Entertainment Fuck Mobb Deep fuck Biggie Fuck Bad Boy as a staff record label and as a motherfuckin crew And if you want to be down with Bad Bo then fuck you too
The music video featured satiric impersonations of Biggie Diddy and Lil Kim
With his latest arrest garnering headlines Diddy and his feud with Tupac is shedding the spotlight again The East CoastWest Coast rap feud was sparked by the emergence of Sean Diddy Combs label Bad Boy Records and rival Suge Knights Death Row Records
Diddy has been long connected to the death of Tupac however he has not been investigated by authorities for the All Eyez on Me rappers death The record exectuive was accused of orchestrating the first shooting at Quad Studios before Tupac went to prison and denied involvement Diddy was arrested in New York on September 16 2024 for sex trafficking and racketeering charges He pleaded not guilty to all charges and was refused bail Earlier in the year Eminem made claims that Diddy was actually involved in Tupacs death
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Heres a timeline of all the interactions between Diddy and Tupac
Diddy founded the East Coast label Bad Boy Records and released the debuts of the Notorious BIG and Craig Mack
In 1994 Tupac was shot during a recording session at Quad Studios He reportedly gave the middle finger to the Notorious BIG while he was carried out in the stretcher In an interview with VIBE he said that other people including Biggie and Diddy in the room gave him looks and suspected that they knew about the shooting Nobody approached me I noticed that nobody would look at me
In a resurfaced video Tupac recounted that he saw Diddy in the studio looking nonchalant Puffy was standing back too I knew Puffy He knew how much stuff I had done for Biggie before he came out he said
In another interview with the hiphop magazine Diddy claims innocence and denies Bad Boy Records had anything to do with it He aint mad at the ns that shot him he knows where theyre at He knows who shot him If you ask him he knows and everybody in the street knows and hes not stepping to them because knows that hes not gonna get away with that shit To me thats some real sucker shit Be mad at everybody man dont be using ns as scapegoats We know that hes a nice guy from New York All shit aside Tupac is a nice goodhearted guy
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Though he didnt name the mogul by name Suge Knight shaded Diddy and his label Bad Boy Records in a speech He said Any artist out there that want to be an artist and stay a star and dont have to worry about the executive producer trying to be all in the videos all on the record dancing come to Death Row
In an interview with Revolt TVs Drink Champs Diddy recalled that he confronted Suge but deescalated the situation by not retaliating He said So I ran up and I asked him about Suges speech being about Diddy and he said Nah I was talking about Jermaine Dupri
Tupac signed to Death Row Records after Suge Knight offered US14 million for his bail if the rapper agreed to sign with Death Row He subsequently released All On Eyez On Me which was Death Rows biggest record at the time
After he was convicted of sexual abuse Diddy visited Tupac at Rikers Island New York to assure him that no one on Bad Boy Records was responsible for the shooting
Regarded as one of the greatest diss tracks in history Tupac felt disrespected by the Notorious BIGs Who Shot Ya and released Hit Em Up which takes a direct jab at Bad Boy Entertainment Fuck Mobb Deep fuck Biggie Fuck Bad Boy as a staff record label and as a motherfuckin crew And if you want to be down with Bad Bo then fuck you too
The music video featured satiric impersonations of Biggie Diddy and Lil Kim
Biggie released the song Long Kiss Goodnight which was thought to be written about Tupac But Diddy denied the rumors If Biggie was going to do a song about 2Pac he would have just come out with it and said his name
On Fuel Shady Version Eminem implies that Diddy had something to do with both Tupac and Biggies deaths Notorious BIGs death was the domino effects of Tupacs murder Like facial tissue whose card should I clean next Puffs he raps Til hes in police handcuffs guilty will he step up Like gee never turned himself in who knows all the murders therell have been Or me mixed up prepare for me to not choose none of my words carefully
He also takes shot at MGK who was signed to Bad Boy Records Kells the day you put out a hits the day Diddy admits That he put the hit out that got Pac killed rapped Em on the track