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Tupac Was Right to Suspect Diddy

Posted Mar 17, 08 2:43 PM CDT in US,  Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Tupac Shakur was right: Associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs and the Notorious BIG were behind the beating and shooting of Shakur in New York in 1994. New info uncovered and interviews conducted by the LA Times show Combs' buddies set up the ambush, which kicked off the countrywide feud that eventually led to Shakur's death.

FBI records from an informant show that talent manager James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond and promoter James Sabatino set up Tupac, who was shot outside a Times Square recording studio. Rosemond and Sabatino were associates of Combs, who said Tupac "had to be dealt with" for his disrespect and rejection of business offers.

Source Los Angeles Times

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Notorious B.I.G., whose real name is Christopher Wallace, left, gestures as he and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs leave a party March 8, 1997.(AP Photo/Venus Bernardo-Prudhomme)   (AP Photo)
Rapper Tupac Shakur is shown in this Dec. 16, 1993, file photo. He was correct when he said Sean "Diddy" Combs was behind an attack on him the following year, the LA Times reports.   (AP Photo/Kevin Larkin)
Sean Combs appears onstage during BET's "Rip The Runway", Feb. 21, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Sean "Diddy" Combs speaks at a news conference in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. New information implicates Combs in a 1994 attack on Tupac Shakur.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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