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00:00Happy birthday to you, everybody, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to me.
00:30Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.
00:38I always looked at him as just being like this rich Harlem cat who just want to dance and make money.
00:44All the ladies look so right, all the papers, all the real players in the motherfucking house, throw your hands in the air.
00:51No violence in them, but every time I turn around, there's violence.
00:57There's violence with his name on it.
01:05At the time, there's this tension that is going on between Pac and Puff.
01:10Puff wanted to work with Pac on a lot of levels business-wise, and Pac wasn't having it.
01:18He was more interested in Biggie and his crew.
01:22Puff was very threatened by Pac.
01:26He was very threatened, especially if you're an executive who wants a guy to make you money, and the guy is saying, no, fuck you.
01:33Around that time, Tupac was going to do a song with Lil Sean at Quiet Studio.
01:43Out of the blue, they wanted me to do the song, so I said, all right.
01:47Stopped off to get some weed, smoked the weed.
01:50Then I was getting a page, where you at, where you at, where you at, why you ain't coming?
01:54I was like, I'm coming, I'm on my way, hold on.
01:56I wasn't thinking, why they want me here so bad?
01:59We're walking up to the building.
02:01Somebody screamed from the upper top of the studio, and it's Lil' Caesar.
02:05He's like, Biggie's side man, right?
02:07We was in the recording with Big and Puff, and I'm yelling, like, yo, Pac.
02:10And he looked up, yo, what's up, little nigga?
02:13I go back in the room, I tell Big, I'm like, yo, Big, Pac downstairs.
02:16He was like, oh, all right, go get him.
02:18Getting to the elevator, and when I was about to walk out, two dudes came from both sides.
02:23Get the fuck back in the elevator.
02:24Ooh.
02:27Recording artist Tupac Shakur was shot five times last night
02:30in a robbery attempt.
02:31After surgery, his condition was upgraded to satisfactory, and he checked out of the hospital
02:36against his doctor's advice.
02:37I think they're trying to rub me out, really.
02:40Robbers don't leave behind $80,000 Rolexes.
02:43You know what I mean?
02:44They don't do that, in case nobody knows.
02:47Let's look at the facts.
02:49Puff is there.
02:52Pac has been shot in New York under your watch.
02:56Question would be, who knew that he was pulling up?
02:59Biggie, knowing myself, had nothing to do whatsoever of Tupac being robbed.
03:08We, we, that's just a fact.
03:10After everything that has unfolded, I have to think twice about how that situation went down.
03:16Do you think Puffy was alive, shooter?
03:18I believe so.
03:19I do believe so.
03:20I have proof.
03:21But you can see now why someone like a Puff would want someone like a Pop out the picture.
03:27You know, Pop was vilified while he was alive, and Puff was exalted.
03:36That's the bigger picture.
03:37That's the bigger picture.
03:38And that's the story that hasn't been told.
03:43No, I mean, no, he's not going down.
03:44That's the beautiful picture, you know, I mean, but I have to understand.
03:47I'm like, I can see it.
03:48You know, I'm going to come over here.
03:49I'm going to see it.
03:50And then this is my best friend.
03:52You know, we've got to go over here.
03:53I've walked her off the shit out, and the guy just opened around.
03:54And I'm going to come over here.
03:55And I let you know what I mean.
03:56You know what I mean?
03:57I mean, it's a big, I think.
03:58I mean, it's like a mid-little.
03:59And I remember when he's like, I was able to go over here.
04:00He'd probably help my job.
04:01If, you know, I'm going to go over here.
04:02It was a whole lot of crazy shit going on.
04:09You know what I'm saying?
04:12Like, that shit was crazy to me that that shit wasn't there,
04:15which is a sign to me like, nigga,
04:17time to go to the future.
04:19Time to go to the future.
04:20I was a little builder.
04:21Compared to the building,
04:22now I got ready for you, son.
04:24You know what I'm saying?
04:25It was a sign to me like that,
04:26but I'm saying that shit was there like two months ago, right?
04:29I'm not tripping, tripping.
04:30Everyone is there, yeah.
04:40Puff is in this position
04:42where he has all this turmoil,
04:45but he's not at the point where he's saying,
04:47where I went wrong.
04:49He's saying to himself,
04:51how do I get out of this?
04:53Maybe I can convince some witnesses
04:56that I'm not the guy who I am,
04:59eventually he's going to get to the point
05:02where he's going to ask himself,
05:03how did I get myself into this situation?
05:06I got a bad boy, yeah.
05:08Here we go.
05:09Here we go.
05:10Here we go,
05:11we go.
05:13Bad boy.
05:15Our guys,
05:16what the fuck is this man?
05:18I get-
05:27Bad boy was rising up my little lab right here you know where I cut my deals and all that got
05:40my little headset living out a dream you know what I'm saying one time Sean was in his office
05:44and I'm in a little cubby hole around the corner he buzzes me so I get up and I go in with my
05:52papers and go a girl is giving him a blowjob at the desk he wanted me to see that he wanted me to
05:58see her face and then he was able to get her to do that right then and there in the office
06:03she leaves I'm what did you want me for ah I didn't want you for anything
06:09that was the beginning for me to see this is what's going on here
06:15so the seeds for all of this was early on and that came from people in the industry
06:30co-signing his activity because it brought money in
06:36that whole bad boy thing was so big face ever to be first lady on her daddy's name total
06:53biggie
06:56it was a consistent back to back to back to back
07:06so let me just give you a day in the life of puff daddy gets up from wherever he stayed that night
07:15heads to the office two hours late you might have somebody pulling him over saying hey ain't you in
07:22that video ain't that you oh yo here go a demo
07:24had the big baseball bat cell phones and the phone might ring such and such is on the phone calling
07:34from jail yo I'm coming home you might have a group standing in front of the office already with the
07:40microphone ready to sing you love me I love just to get their shot at Puffy everybody wants to see
07:48him he is now the new gateway into music you're gonna take all of this power and money you're
07:55getting now and play by the rules no I'm the rule now I am the exception to the rule
08:02one day it seemed like out of the blue my door opens up Sean walks in he had a baseball bat
08:20had a big attache case suitcase with the snaps on it the stocks were there we in a fucking hustle
08:28we in a grind do your job whatever your he wanted me to sign my 25% over and did he's over me like
08:35this he wants to stop that he wants it now I'm not gonna stay fucking lying down I'm not I can't do
08:43that man he said there's a business deal I need to take care of I need to do this and I need to get
08:48this all on one side but I'll give it back to you I'm gonna give it back to you
08:52and he threatened until I did
08:59people always say to me why would you do that but why did you do that like that was you know
09:10I didn't want to give it back I wanted to stay in good graces I still want to be at the company
09:20it wasn't like he was firing me but I was definitely confused by it
09:26it might sound strange but if you've ever built something and you want it to last
09:34you think about how to make it last
09:37I thought he was kind of cool at first and then we started seeing some things
09:58Craig started becoming disenchanted I want to congratulate Craig Mack on his Grammy nomination
10:06question yes baby yeah that's cool and I'm sure yo you got nominated for a Grammy but we had no money
10:13if you look at bad boy bad boy didn't sell enough records for to explain his wealth but enough artists
10:23were on the label that sold enough records to explain his wealth
10:28Sean's trick was I'm gonna make you a star your sign follow the money that's what you're gonna try to do
10:35as hard as you can you're gonna try your best and we know you're gonna try your best so you sign your
10:40deal we gave you your advance at uptown that's the only money the artists have ever seen that first
10:45advance Andre had to wait it he never saw anything else did he pick that up he made it even tighter
10:52it's a shell game you hide everything that is an earning you confuse the earnings and now I own
11:04everything you'll go out into the world and the shell game you'll be looking for your money for the
11:08next 20 years Sean did that to every artist you're in the studio now you have to recoup for being in the
11:17studio puff owns the studio and I have four sessions which you owe me $400,000 if puff records a song with
11:27his artists he pays itself if he's in your video he pays itself he insert himself into their videos a
11:37video come on you like hate that guy as a artist you can go number one song is being played all over
11:44the nation but you don't have the money to go to it because you're not making the proper money off of
11:50your royalties Craig and I hit a point where we were fucked up no money nothing hell I was getting
12:00money from my father to take care of the house we were all that like somebody's album release party
12:09and Craig's gonna tell puff to give him a few dollars and he'll hit him back once he went and did this
12:14show he literally went in his pocket and pulled out a knot of money this big and gave him $100 bill
12:24I think Sean had an envy for his own artists he was jealous of their talent and wondering like
12:38this talent is wasted on people who don't even really know what to do and if I had that talent
12:45in my know-how wow that's interesting because a lot of people Puffy's age want to grab this mic and
12:51rap but Puffy you wanted to do other things and you're doing a lot of them can you talk about
12:56his skills as a rapper sucks he has zero talent musically nothing he don't know how to discuss
13:01he don't know nothing about R&B he don't know none of that stuff he used to ask me to always be there
13:05in the sessions because I would tell the truth I'd be like that's not it people would be there like
13:11yeah that was tight that was tight I'd be like looking yo for real you got a lot of people who just
13:15tell you anything that sucked it doesn't sound good and it makes no sense
13:20but he always wanted to be an artist we about to just drop our R&B stuff the Puff Daddy album
13:28yeah what about the Puff Daddy solo project yeah we don't like to talk about that
13:32Sean used other methods and ways to get the way he had to go big on strategy big on swag
13:43all of those things became important when the ball down to the music even if I didn't touch it I showed
13:50you what to do so that's what he was that whole bad boy was built on him you cannot take that from him
14:05but I think that puppy wanted the light like he always wanted from dancing the whole now you see
14:13anybody that's boasters and loud like that they want to be in the spotlight it wasn't like no secret
14:18that's what he wanted
14:19six foot three three hundred thirty five pound Shug Knight has managed to become the head of a hundred
14:28million dollar record company it's the record label at ground zero of the whole gangster rap phenomenon
14:33death row records
14:34Shug was about that money but he didn't want to be in that limelight like Puff he had his own lane
14:43you're a big guy and there are people who are afraid of you
14:46there's probably people who are afraid of you
14:48back in 1988 the person who did the greatest job or protected me was the head of my security at the time
14:54Shug Knight right now I'm on the heartbreak tour with Bobby Brown a new edition and we've been out
14:59we're about to get on the tour bus and these dudes came over and they was like talking crazy
15:04y'all niggas this y'all niggas that this this this
15:07and I seen Shug
15:10kind of just turn this way
15:12and gave him one of these
15:15BAM like that
15:16and knocked dude down the hill
15:19and it looked like a cartoon dude was rolling down the hill
15:22boom boom
15:22it's Tim's K-ball
15:23he's a street dude he's a real street dude
15:27but Shug knew talent and he knew business
15:31they took me on tour and I learned how every person who's writing songs is getting beat out their money
15:37like they publish
15:38he was able to dovetail that into starting death row records
15:43one two bring it to the folk
15:46Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the dope
15:48Death Row can be bigger than Motown or Sony or Warner Brothers
15:53Death Row's gonna be the biggest record company there is
15:56Chronic Album's the foundation
15:58before Bad Boy
16:00Death Row was the most successful label in the business
16:03from the depths of the sea
16:04back to the block
16:05Snoop Doggy Dogg
16:06Sean had admired Death Row and wanted us to emulate them
16:11and that was my job
16:14how do I make Bad Boy equal to success of Death Row
16:19and of course my eyes was like this
16:21Death Row
16:22they had a head start
16:24they had artists
16:25they picked superstars up from other indie labels
16:27we're starting off
16:28me and him were friends
16:31wow
16:31yeah yeah
16:32he would pick me up from the airport
16:34you know I was just networking with the brother
16:36and uh
16:36show me a lot of love
16:38you know I really had thought we were cool
16:40me and Puffy we used to run around with each other
16:43he was getting in the business
16:44I was in the business
16:45living life without fear
16:48only a few years later
16:50Bad Boy
16:51Death Row
16:52Death Row is the label that pays man
16:54the two hottest labels
16:57but I would look over at Death Row and say
17:00they're taking care of their artists better than we are
17:02they're putting your head
17:05fuck the artists
17:06and my thing was opposite
17:08it's about me and my people
17:10fuck you
17:11Craig wasn't happy there
17:14Death Row was courting him
17:16because Shewitt was opening up a Death Row East
17:19and it was found out
17:21shot by the faggot
17:23yes
17:24it's the Source Hip Hop Music Awards
17:33the Source Awards was happening in New York City
17:37come on New York
17:43and behind the scenes
17:45people were running back and forth
17:47to the next dressing room
17:48to the next dressing room
17:49which were in trailers
17:50parked outside of Madison Square Garden
17:53how important is it to have the Source Awards
17:56let me just wait in front
17:57you got that?
17:59come on man
18:00who bagging on the door like that?
18:02dog
18:03what is the deal man
18:04keep the door closed
18:06and it escalated with words
18:07from the podium
18:08at the awards show
18:09any artists out there
18:11any artists out there want to be an artist
18:12and want to stay a star
18:13and don't want to have to worry about the executive producer
18:16trying to be
18:17all in the videos
18:18all on the record
18:20dancing
18:22come to Death Row
18:23I'm the executive producer that our comment was made about a little bit earlier
18:36but check this out
18:37contrary to what other people may feel
18:40I would like to say
18:41that I'm very proud of Dr. Dre
18:43of Death Row
18:45and Shook Knight for their accomplishments
18:46you know what I'm saying?
18:47I'm a positive black man
18:49and I make music to bring us together
18:51not to separate us
18:53and all this east and west that need to stop
18:55so give it up for everybody from the east and the west that won tonight
18:58one love
19:00Sean wants to present strength
19:03he wants to show coolness
19:05and then there's a side of him that's all out dark
19:10he processes things differently
19:13he remembers every slight
19:17once again y'all
19:20please give it up for all the nominees
19:22before I signed with Bad Boy
19:38I was working at the door of the club
19:41in Platinum House
19:43every Friday we had a bad boy party
19:47so Puff was there
19:49Shook Knight came that night with his friend Jake
19:52and I was working the door
19:54Shook was looking for Puff
19:56Sean would try to go after people's side chicks
20:03like a girl in Atlanta
20:06that Shook was dealing with
20:08Sean wanted me to take $50,000
20:12out of the overhead account
20:15so he could buy her a diamond necklace
20:17wooing her
20:19because she was Shook's side piece in Atlanta
20:22when he came there
20:23real police officer
20:28in a real police uniform
20:29came and got on shape
20:31I said man you touch the homie
20:33we gonna tear this mother up
20:35he said well I gotta throw him out
20:37I said for what
20:38he said he was Puffy
20:39Shook and Jake is being escorted out the club
20:44by the off-duty officer
20:47we always had there moonlighting
20:49Jake comes out
20:52Shook come out
20:53Puff come out
20:53everybody's outside
20:55a man appeared with one hand behind his back
20:59and he was holding a pistol
21:02he touched Jake with the pistol
21:06and he looked at Shook like this
21:09and was shooting Shook's friend like this
21:11and he shot him five times
21:15Shook grabbed the hold to Puffy
21:21and the choke hold
21:22and put him in the front of him like this
21:25so he was moving Puff around like this
21:27in case you shoot him
21:29you're gonna shoot Puffy
21:29you're not gonna shoot me
21:30Puff was like
21:35it's gonna be alright man
21:37it's gonna be alright
21:38Shook said what you mean
21:40it's gonna be alright
21:41he said tell your mama it's gonna be alright
21:44tell your kids it's gonna be alright
21:47and then the shooter ran
21:50ambulance came and took Jake to the hospital
21:57a couple days later he died
22:00that's what started the East Coast West Coast war
22:05Tupac Shakur out of the hospital
22:13after surgery from bullet wounds
22:14is convicted on sex charges
22:16after Puck is shot in Quad's studio
22:20he had the rape case
22:21a New York jury convicted the rapper
22:24of first degree sexual abuse
22:25but acquitted him of more serious charges
22:28since your period of incarceration
22:33at Clinton Correctional Facility
22:35have you taken the time to reflect
22:37on your gangster thug image
22:39Puck and Big were friends at one time
22:43but then once Puck was in jail
22:46Bad Boy and all of his associations
22:50were nemesises
22:52once the conflict happens
23:07Puck needed someone strong
23:10that was gonna stand with him
23:13and it had just so happened
23:16that Shook had his own issue with Puffy
23:19so Shook went to jail and visited him
23:23the whole shit
23:25was like some mob shit
23:27into Tupac
23:30a young captain
23:31I'm gonna join the family dog
23:34get me out
23:36Shook Knight first signed Tupac
23:40to a recording contract
23:42when Tupac was in this New York State prison
23:44unable to come up with the million dollars
23:47needed for bail
23:47while his lawyers appealed a 1995 conviction
23:51for sexual assault
23:52I want everybody to give a big welcome
23:57from Tupac
23:59out on bail rapper Tupac Shakur
24:04has rushed to market double album
24:05All Eyes on Me
24:06debuts at number one
24:07on this week's Billboard chart
24:08with the addition of Tupac
24:10there's no way y'all can stop us now
24:11if you think bad boy
24:13I say fuck them all
24:16we coming to the east coast
24:17to prove there is no fear
24:18overthrow the government
24:20y'all got right now
24:21which is bad boy
24:21and all that bullshit
24:22and we will bring
24:23a new government here
24:24that will feed every person
24:25in New York
24:26all right cool man
24:27all right man fix
24:28thanks a lot
24:29Sean tried everything
24:31to get Biggie upset
24:33he had to go at him
24:35with business
24:35this guy came at us
24:37I was more in a mind frame
24:39keep your mouth shut big
24:43you know what I'm saying
24:44just don't feed into it
24:46if you feed into it
24:48it's gonna do nothing
24:49but escalate
24:50you know what I'm saying
24:50Biggie never wanted
24:52to be an enemy to Pac
24:54as things was coming
24:55from the west coast
24:56Biggie did not want
24:58to give any shots back
25:00when Pac was producing
25:02All Eyes on Me
25:03he called us and said
25:04I just fucked
25:06Big Peppers
25:06Big's wife
25:08we was like what
25:11first of all
25:12fuck your bitch
25:12in the clique you claim
25:13west side
25:14when we ride
25:15come equipped with game
25:16you claim to be a player
25:17but I fucked your wife
25:18we bust up
25:19but that's not true at all
25:21Biggie stole my husband
25:22legally
25:22I am having his baby
25:24no I'm not
25:25Sean kept putting pressure
25:26on Biggie
25:27you gotta answer back
25:29Tupac would have me
25:31pissed off
25:31you know what I'm saying
25:32and the rumors
25:34that's spreading
25:35it's on some tip
25:37like we set them up
25:38you know what I'm saying
25:39and that's crazy
25:39the east coast
25:41west coast
25:41thing was invented
25:42period
25:43because no matter what
25:45we all went to the east
25:46they came here
25:47went to the west
25:47whatever
25:47they wasn't arguing
25:49with each other
25:50we was able to roam
25:51fuck Biggie
25:52fuck bad boy
25:53as a staff
25:54record label
25:54and as a motherfucking crew
25:56it was this bad boy
25:57in death row
25:57and that right there
26:01put people in danger
26:02because it made people
26:04be like
26:04F you
26:05F you
26:05and people started
26:06doing stuff
26:06for no reason
26:07because it was
26:08you know
26:08it's just people
26:09that want to ride
26:10for each other
26:10and then look what
26:12happened
26:12so
26:12doing the street thing
26:19my affiliation
26:20was with
26:21the Mansfield
26:22hustlers
26:23today
26:25we go by
26:28Mansfield
26:29Gangster Crips
26:30now
26:30police say
26:32that drugs
26:32and violence
26:33are being spread
26:33by two
26:34long-standing rivals
26:35in the Los Angeles
26:36youth gang scene
26:37groups who call
26:38themselves Crips
26:39and wear blue colors
26:40and Bloods
26:42who wear red
26:42did you guys
26:44provide
26:45protection
26:46Sean Combs
26:48was a friend
26:49Christopher Wallace
26:52was a friend
26:53and you know
26:55when we hanging out
26:56with our friends
26:57we gonna protect
27:00our friends
27:01so they knew
27:02and they were
27:04our associates
27:06you got beef
27:07with them
27:07you got beef
27:08with me
27:09period
27:10a number of reports
27:12have come out
27:12that Bad Boy Entertainment
27:13had actually hired
27:14Crips for security
27:15work out on the west coast
27:16is that true?
27:18we've never
27:19hired
27:20Crips
27:21any other gang
27:22faction
27:23to do security
27:24for us
27:25would be
27:25extremely
27:26unintelligent
27:27to hire
27:28a gang
27:29some gangs
27:30to do security
27:31for you
27:31a lot of the
27:32New York guys
27:33come out to LA
27:34Zip is a person
27:36that I know
27:37that was
27:39Puffy's man
27:40that was his guy
27:41Eric Von Zip
27:44is a drug lord
27:45from Harlem
27:46but Sean
27:47told me
27:48he was his uncle
27:49he might have known
27:50Janice on the fringe
27:51he might have known
27:52Sean's father
27:53from those days
27:54Zip
27:56had a relationship
27:57with the south side
27:58Crips
27:59and then he also
28:00had a relationship
28:01with us
28:02Sean said
28:04Zip can give us
28:05protection
28:05going back and forth
28:07to LA
28:08because he was
28:09in with the Crips
28:10and we had a beef
28:11with Suge Knight
28:13and the Bloods
28:14Knight dresses in all red
28:16the colors of the
28:17drug dealing
28:18Bloods street gang
28:19one of the death row
28:22people
28:22got jumped
28:23by
28:24someone
28:25at a mall
28:26and that someone
28:28was from
28:28Southside Crips
28:29one of the Crips
28:31tried to take
28:32a death row chain
28:33I think that was
28:35an order from
28:35Bad Boy
28:36that was an order
28:36from Puff
28:37because it was
28:39specific
28:40we want a death row chain
28:41introducing the
28:43one and only
28:44Iron
28:45Mike
28:47Tyson
28:48everybody got
28:53what they wanted
28:54that night
28:54people got to
28:56see Tyson
28:57knock a motherfucker
28:58out
28:59and Tyson
29:00with a left hook
29:01and Selvin is down
29:02it's over
29:03in the first round
29:05that's probably
29:08the reason
29:09this guy was all
29:09fucked up
29:10in a lot of shit
29:11for the fight night
29:11you seen a Tyson
29:13fight
29:14you want to fight
29:15at the fight
29:25the guy who was
29:27ripped off
29:27for the death row chain
29:29is with
29:30Suge and Pac
29:31he just
29:32whispers to Pac
29:33that's him
29:34hey hey hey
29:37it was Orlando
29:40Anderson
29:40from Southside
29:42Crips
29:42who was
29:44connected with
29:44Puff
29:45next thing I know
29:46I see Pac
29:47like
29:47phew
29:48took the niggas down
29:51that was the
30:00foundational moment
30:02when all this
30:03was getting out
30:04of control
30:04rapper Tupac Shakur
30:16was shot in the chest
30:17this morning
30:18shot multiple times
30:19in the chest
30:19in a drive by
30:20death row record label
30:22owner Marion
30:22Suge Knight
30:23was also in the car
30:24but his injuries
30:25were minor
30:25Craig called me up
30:28it was late
30:28he was out there
30:31at the fight
30:32because he was
30:33supposed to have
30:33performed
30:34at some club
30:35that Suge
30:37owned
30:38and I guess
30:39Tupac was supposed
30:40to come through
30:41he was like
30:42how come Tupac
30:44just got shot
30:45Craig was like
30:47scared
30:47who was he scared of
30:49probably Puff
30:51he ended up
30:53not going
30:54to death row
30:55after that
30:55hi I'm Tabitha Soren
31:00with MTV News
31:01controversial rapper
31:02and actor
31:02Tupac Shakur
31:03has died
31:04in a Las Vegas hospital
31:05of complications
31:06I was in jail
31:08I was in jail
31:09when he got shot
31:10there was a lot
31:12of niggas in jail
31:13that was celebrating
31:14Puck's death
31:15I'm glad that
31:18I didn't kill anybody
31:20or anybody killed me
31:21but I damn sure
31:23came close
31:24Police in Las Vegas
31:27say they have no motive
31:29for this latest shooting
31:30but the rapper's
31:31troubled past
31:32will certainly be part
31:33of the investigation
31:34Do you know
31:37who was responsible
31:38for the killing
31:39of Tupac Shakur?
31:40No I don't
31:41I think that
31:44Sean now
31:44in my mature mind
31:47had a lot to do
31:48with the death
31:49of Tupac
31:50In 2006
31:59I was recruited
32:00to work a task force
32:02that was going
32:03to look at
32:04a cold case investigation
32:05At the time
32:07Tupac's murder
32:08was an unsolved case
32:10Gang crimes
32:12often times
32:13are difficult to solve
32:14because you don't get
32:14cooperating witnesses
32:16They want to
32:17stick to a code
32:18that typically entails
32:20not cooperating
32:21with law enforcement
32:22and then taking matters
32:23into your own hands
32:24It ain't my job
32:26to snitch on nobody
32:28because I would never
32:28snitch on nobody
32:29We had built
32:31a narcotics case
32:32against Keefy Dee
32:33Keefy Dee was kind
32:35of the shock caller
32:36for the Southside Crips
32:37He was the most
32:38prominent drug dealer
32:39He was very influential
32:41in his gang
32:42His nephew
32:44Orlando Anderson
32:45was a very well-known
32:47violent gang member
32:48Tupac Shakur
32:50had assaulted
32:51Orlando Anderson
32:52just after
32:54the Mike Tyson fight
32:55So Keefy Dee
32:57was potentially
32:58looking at a life sentence
32:59for federal drug trafficking
33:01We wanted to question him
33:03about his potential role
33:05in the murder
33:05of Tupac Shakur
33:06We let him know
33:08that he could potentially
33:09mitigate some of the damages
33:11if he wanted to come in
33:12and talk to us
33:13And the U.S. attorney
33:15agreed that they'd
33:17allow Keefy Dee
33:18to do a proper session
33:19Keefy, today
33:21what we're going to do
33:21we're just going to go
33:22over with a fine-toothed comb
33:24through the Las Vegas incident
33:25We do have to
33:26emphasize to you
33:28it's determined
33:29that some of these details
33:30are incorrect
33:31and everything's
33:32off the table
33:33A proper session
33:34is when
33:35a person facing
33:36criminal charges
33:37can answer questions
33:39wherein self-incriminating
33:40information
33:41would not be used
33:42against him
33:43in a criminal prosecution
33:45doesn't mean
33:46they have any kind
33:47of immunity
33:47In the year prior
33:59to the murder
34:00of Tupac Shakur
34:01he has
34:03had several conversations
34:04with Sean Combs
34:06Sean Combs' affiliation
34:17with the Southside Crips
34:18came by way
34:19of a New York
34:21street figure
34:21known as Zip
34:22Zip set up
34:25the introduction
34:26between Combs
34:27and Keefy Dee
34:28and then they
34:29developed
34:30their own relationship
34:31in Zip
34:33and Zip
34:33and Duk
34:33he said
34:33this is my boy
34:34what are you
34:34in Zip
34:35this is my friend
34:36this is my nephew
34:36my boy
34:37my boy
34:37this is Pup
34:38and after that
34:40they used my car
34:41on the video
34:42which car was I have
34:43on the 64 Chevy I have
34:45every time I look
34:48catch you
34:49that's the way
34:50what color was it
34:51brown
34:51I was usher video
34:53when Pup was driving
34:54the car
34:54usher birds
34:55or whatever
34:56he was in a Laker
34:56uniform
34:57and he had the little
34:58kid dancing on my car
34:59when he got back
35:00it was fucked up
35:02and he had to
35:03he paid
35:03to get it repainted
35:04Pup
35:10he caused their phone
35:11and he wanted to
35:12speak to me
35:13they gave it a B.E.T. tour
35:14and then I
35:15he gave us some tickets
35:17and I brought the crew
35:18I want to hear
35:20a new flavor
35:20ain't you here
35:21I want to hear
35:22a new flavor
35:23yeah
35:24to all the ladies
35:26in the place
35:27Keefy D
35:28says that Sean Combs
35:29kind of makes
35:30this general announcement
35:33while they're all
35:34inside a hotel room
35:36after a musical event
35:37so it's
35:39Horel
35:40Pup, Zip
35:41you
35:42about 40
35:43some soft-siders
35:44yeah
35:45that was stupid
35:46as hell too
35:47you know
35:47he said he would
35:50kill us anything
35:51for no dudes
35:51anything
35:51you know
35:52Tupac and sugar
35:53you mean
35:53yeah
35:54he said it in front
35:56of all the people
35:56I can't believe
35:57you know what I'm saying
35:58all home full of clips
36:01so this is after Jake
36:03got killed
36:03so he was
36:04he was on point
36:05he was worried
36:05about something
36:06happening
36:06yeah
36:07he had miles off
36:08about a bunch
36:08of different stuff
36:09so he was scared
36:09he was still
36:10dead
36:11yeah
36:11okay
36:11okay
36:12then there's
36:13a more specific
36:14incident that takes
36:15place at a deli
36:16on Sunset Strip
36:17in Los Angeles
36:18a place called
36:19Greenblatt's Deli
36:20what made it a specific
36:22like hey I'm serious
36:23I want you guys
36:24to kill this
36:24these guys
36:25when he told me
36:27at the Greenblatt
36:28when we got there
36:30we were laughing at him
36:31cause he was just
36:32brought a suck dick
36:33to suck every dick
36:35in there
36:35he was hugged up
36:36kissing or whatever
36:37we was laughing
36:37like I was
36:38like man
36:38what you laughing at
36:39dog
36:40man don't just come
36:41out here and get
36:42in any bra
36:43dog
36:43I took him down
36:45and he was like
36:46man I gotta get rid
36:47of those dudes man
36:48it's gonna be a problem
36:50it was after he made
36:54the record
36:55hit him up
36:55came out
36:56yeah yeah
36:56that pissed him off
36:58yeah we were
37:02on the million
37:03he tells you
37:05seriously man
37:06I need to get rid
37:07of these guys
37:07I mean he's looking
37:08at you in the eyes
37:09and he's like scared
37:10yeah
37:11you tell him
37:12we'll do it for a million
37:13and he's like
37:14okay
37:14I'll do it for a million
37:17he agrees
37:17you shake on
37:18or something like that
37:19yeah
37:20what happened
37:21he uh
37:22like man I said
37:24we'll wipe the ass
37:25out quick
37:25you know
37:26it's nothing
37:27here we go
37:30round one
37:30scheduled for 12
37:32and Tyson comes
37:33right out
37:34right up
37:34he says that
37:35when Las Vegas happens
37:36and they're all out
37:37there
37:38and his nephew
37:39gets assaulted
37:39by Tupac
37:40they're like
37:40this is the
37:41perfect occasion
37:42we got this
38:00it's your perfect opportunity
38:02baby
38:02that was zip coming
38:03yeah
38:04because of what happened
38:05the vehicle that zip
38:23was driving that night
38:24reportedly had
38:25what we call
38:25a trap in it
38:26which is a
38:27concealed compartment
38:29or you can place a gun
38:31it's a difficult
38:33thing to find
38:34zip had driven
38:36that car
38:37to Las Vegas
38:38a few days before
38:41Tupac was murdered
38:42Sean requested
38:43that we rent cars
38:46and have multiple drivers
38:49drive clear across the country
38:52to this fight
38:54but I arranged
38:56through my budget
38:58to make that trip happen
39:00for those drivers
39:01and to this day
39:03it stands out
39:03in my mind
39:04why did we rent
39:06multiple cars
39:07why did we hire people
39:09from Harlem
39:10and other locations
39:11to drive
39:14you tell us if
39:17hey we're gonna go
39:18handle this shit
39:18or whatever
39:19yeah they ask
39:20if y'all want to talk
39:21I'm like
39:22we know where
39:23them motherfuckers at
39:24they were telling
39:24they gonna be
39:25at the 662 club
39:26two cars
39:27go to 662
39:28yeah
39:29the van
39:29to the cabin
39:30they didn't show up
39:32we waited
39:33about 15-20 minutes
39:34they didn't show up
39:35so
39:36they was like
39:37let's go get some liquor
39:38and we came up
39:40uh
39:40Harlem
39:41at the Las Vegas
39:43Willow Art
39:43and uh
39:44shit
39:45here they coming
39:46at BMW
39:47can't get car
39:48on their way
39:49to the club
39:50Suge is blaring
39:51his music too loud
39:52he gets pulled over
39:54by some police officers
39:56they essentially
39:57you know
39:58say
39:58hey just turn down
39:58your music
39:59no big deal
40:00and it's at this
40:01point in time
40:02that Suge
40:03and Tupac
40:04see these
40:05these girls
40:06like they're
40:06Suge
40:07Suge
40:07like the police
40:08were going through
40:09his car
40:09or something
40:10or another
40:10and then
40:11the traffic
40:12was stopped
40:13and then they
40:13got in the car
40:14did you see
40:15who was the check
40:16um
40:17I thought it was Tupac
40:18and then he was like
40:19come on
40:19come go with me
40:21come go with us
40:22we're going to
40:22662
40:23I'm browsing
40:24Tupac
40:25Tupac
40:26I was like
40:27there you go
40:28just wanted to turn
40:30and we just pulled up
40:31on the side
40:31to check their
40:32car
40:32to see where they was
40:33so what directed
40:34your attention to him
40:35was some girl
40:36shouting at Tupac
40:37if you knew
41:05who killed Tupac
41:06would you tell the police
41:06absolutely
41:08not
41:10I'm going to park
41:12the car
41:12and I put the gun
41:14on the tire
41:14and left
41:14where'd you guys go
41:16we smoke weed
41:17and rain
41:18yeah
41:18wait
41:19what
41:19it's a hotel
41:20a party in the room
41:21and they pulled up
41:23in the ambulance
41:23while we were
41:24standing right there
41:25take a bullshit
41:27who
41:27you guys on the street
41:28we on Las Vegas
41:30Boulevard
41:30at the crosswalk
41:31and they pull up
41:32the ambulance
41:33right next to us
41:34and we came on
41:35the car already
41:35with Tupac
41:37and she'll get in the car
41:38this is close
41:39did they see go
41:40they couldn't see
41:42we didn't give a fuck
41:43we didn't give a fuck
41:44I'm talking about
41:44the damn monster park
41:45right here
41:46right next to us
41:47that shit was funny
41:48as a boat
41:49and I have never told
41:53nobody this
41:53so you get back to LA
41:57the next day
41:58Zip calls you
41:59says meet me
42:00at the hot
42:00when the place
42:00we're at
42:01we're going to melt
42:02into my peace
42:03you guys go over there
42:04Zip shows up
42:05you guys
42:06what happens
42:06that
42:07people call
42:08was that us
42:08and he told them
42:09yeah it was us
42:10find Zip's phone
42:11or your phone
42:11it was Zip's phone
42:12and Zip gives you
42:14the phone
42:14yeah
42:15people say
42:17he was happy
42:18and then you ask him
42:20about his money
42:21when you're going to get paid
42:22or whatever
42:22no I don't know
42:23I don't know
42:23I have to say that
42:24on the phone
42:24Zip
42:25Zip go get our cash
42:27okay
42:27so he tells Zip
42:28we need to get paid
42:29what does Zip say
42:31I'm going to go back home
42:32and have a
42:32yeah I'll get back
42:33with John
42:33according to QVD
42:38he was never compensated
42:39for the murder
42:40but he said
42:43that a partial amount
42:45of the money
42:45was intended
42:46to be forwarded
42:47to him
42:48through Zip
42:49to the tune
42:50of about $500,000
42:51the million dollar
42:54solicitation amount
42:56only half of it
42:57was fulfilled
42:58because only Tupac
42:59and not Shug
43:01was killed
43:01Keefy D
43:03has a conversation
43:05with Darius Rogers
43:06with DMACC
43:07he don't like the D
43:08that you do
43:08with DMACC right there
43:10and DMACC says
43:13there had been a payment
43:15from Combs
43:16to Keefy D
43:18but it had gone
43:19through Zip
43:20and then that money
43:21was never forwarded
43:23we're just hoping
43:27and waiting
43:28to see what kind
43:29of progress
43:29Las Vegas would make
43:31with Keefy D's cooperation
43:33nothing really happens
43:37ultimately
43:39Zip dies from cancer
43:42thank you for coming
43:43out the Zips
43:44and I want everybody
43:45to know that
43:46when you come here
43:47we want to keep
43:48the peace
43:48and Orlando Anderson
43:50is shot and killed
43:51in 1998
43:52so
43:54it's really Keefy D
43:55and Puffy Combs
43:57are the last men standing
43:58that can be held accountable
44:00for Tupac Shakur's murder
44:01waiting patiently
44:14looking to see
44:15if that's you
44:15alright
44:19alright
44:19put the sign up
44:20alright
44:23alright
44:23let's move my group
44:46what goes up
44:55must come down
44:57what goes down
44:58must come up
45:00fuck
45:00I remember
45:0499
45:05we were working
45:06in the studio
45:07on a song called
45:08Muscle Gang
45:10this is our game
45:11we ain't playing
45:14with you these niggas
45:15come on man
45:17the song comes on
45:18and Puff was talking
45:19in the beginning
45:20it's 1999
45:21no more Mr. Night Scott
45:25I'm like
45:26what is he talking about
45:28fuck with me
45:30I drop a million dollars
45:31on your head
45:31erase you
45:32and your own family
45:33it's gonna start
45:34making y'all niggas
45:35disappear
45:35everything that's done
45:37in the dark
45:38must come to light
45:39everything that goes up
45:41must come down
45:42yeah
45:49I'm headed to
46:04113 for Lennox
46:05King
46:05I gotta catch my man
46:06I'll see you
46:07okay
46:08are y'all rolling
46:10yeah we rolling
46:11with the backdrop
46:23of east coast
46:25west coast beef
46:26Sean took Biggie
46:27to Los Angeles
46:28to record
46:30what would be
46:31the finishing touches
46:32on Biggie's
46:33life after death album
46:34which wasn't titled
46:35that yet
46:36yo
46:41yo big wake up
46:42wake up baby
46:43diddy what the fuck
46:44man what's up
46:45come on now
46:46it's a quarter to six
46:46we got the 730 flight
46:48on the LAX
46:49whoa
46:50Cali
46:51no doubt baby
46:52we have been warned
46:54to not come to LA
46:56there were warnings
46:57all along
46:58for the last few months
46:59that we are not
47:00to set foot
47:01on the west coast
47:02it was awards show
47:05season
47:06and Sean
47:07wanted him
47:08to start promoting
47:09the album
47:09come on
47:11song train
47:12get about your seats
47:13come on
47:13get about your seats
47:15Biggie did not
47:17want to go
47:18but Sean
47:19talked him into
47:21doing all of those
47:22things
47:22down low
47:23get about your seats
47:24come on
47:25high pop
47:26well freaks
47:26all the honey
47:27they were like
47:28catcalling
47:29and booing
47:30what's up
47:37Cali
47:38we were not
47:40welcome
47:40after the awards
47:43show
47:43Saturday morning
47:44Biggie and I
47:46were to go to
47:47London
47:47and we were
47:48going to have
47:48a two
47:48three day
47:49press jump
47:50get
47:50to have
47:51Biggie
47:51be one
47:52of the
47:52first
47:52artists
47:53from
47:53Bad Boy
47:54to meet
47:54the European
47:55press
47:55I had worked
47:57on that
47:58for months
47:58and weeks
47:58leading up
47:59we were supposed
48:01to go to
48:01the airport
48:02that morning
48:03I'm calling
48:04Biggie like
48:05crazy
48:05what's going
48:06on
48:06wake up
48:07he's like
48:07yo
48:08Puff is bugging
48:09he just called
48:10me and told
48:11me
48:11I want you
48:12to stay
48:12here in LA
48:13I don't want
48:14to stay
48:14I want
48:14to go
48:15but Sean
48:17was adamant
48:18cancel
48:20the flight
48:21Biggie's not
48:22going to the UK
48:23what do you mean
48:24he's not going
48:25click
48:25he hangs up
48:26this was his MO
48:28ego
48:29power
48:31tripping
48:32all of it
48:33because Sean
48:34wanted to do
48:35a party
48:36on enemy turf
48:38scared to death
48:43that's how real
48:47it is
48:47I think
48:48somebody's
48:48trying to
48:49kill me
48:49I'll be
48:49waking up
48:50paranoid
48:50I'll be
48:51really scared
48:52I'll just
48:53be peril
48:53that night
48:59Big
49:00and Puffy
49:02was with
49:03us
49:04they were
49:09having a
49:10party
49:10I spoke
49:16to Big
49:17and I was
49:17like
49:17yo
49:18what are
49:20you doing
49:20catching LA
49:22man
49:23they get
49:23down
49:24in these
49:24circumstances
49:25man
49:25and you
49:25just
49:26can't
49:26be
49:26walking
49:27around
49:28here
49:28freely
49:29everybody's
49:37mingling
49:38I look
49:42around
49:42I say
49:43where's
49:44Big
49:45I want
49:46to get
49:46out
49:47get out
49:48hold up
49:50hold up
49:50on the street
49:51zoom in
49:52zoom
49:52run
49:53in
49:54shoot
49:54that's
50:03big
50:03mill
50:03that is
50:03big
50:04mill
50:04that is
50:05big
50:05mill
50:06somebody
50:06got
50:07shot
50:07get
50:07down
50:08yeah
50:10we need an ambulance on Fairfax and Wilshire
50:14please in Los Angeles
50:16we have a man shot
50:17we have a shot
50:18okay hold on
50:20I'll get down
50:20right on the floor
50:20on the Wilshire and Fairfax
50:21let's go
50:24let's go
50:24I was following Big's lead on like you know we're going to do this peace tour
50:54and you know it didn't work out
51:00Sean said it on can't stop won't stop
51:03Biggie wanted to go
51:05he's lying about that
51:11Sean wanted that trip
51:14and was pushing it for weeks and weeks
51:17he lied about it
51:19and let me know
51:21that's a weak spot for him
51:23and he's nervous about that information
51:25he ushered Biggie to his death
51:34next question
51:43all it was is a Puffy and Suge Knight war
51:48you're messing with lives here
51:51and that's exactly what happened
51:53two lives were lost as a result of what?
51:56stupidity?
51:58when I sat down with Valetta
52:00we briefly brought up Sean Combs
52:02it was clear to me that she had no real respect or appreciation for him
52:07Sean clearly didn't do all that he could have done to help out in the investigation
52:12in fact he was a hindrance in the investigation
52:15Puffy was kind of stonewalling people from talking
52:19because he knows if you make inroads on Biggie's murder
52:23you're going to make inroads on Tupac's murder
52:26and that potentially can lead right back to him
52:29how are Biggie's mom and Faith and the kids taking all this?
52:36Biggie's mom and Faith and the children are extremely strong
52:39they've been, matter of fact, they've been strong for me
52:42and helping to hold me up
52:43Sean assumed the position of his best friend
52:48in every article and publication
52:51and that wasn't necessarily true
52:54and I'm going to be there for them
52:56just like he would be there for them
52:57to make sure that they're alright
52:58Sean said
53:00we're going to do the biggest funeral for Biggie
53:02that New York has ever seen
53:04and we start to put that together
53:07he starts to see the price
53:08and he says
53:10we're going to do the biggest funeral
53:11but Biggie's going to have to pay for this funeral
53:14he was going to make the funeral
53:17be a recoupable charge to Biggie in death
53:21this is one of my closest friends
53:25and it's still one of my closest friends
53:27I just, I feel his loss
53:30I just miss him so much
53:32Sean doing a big show looks good on him
53:36but he's not going to tell the world
53:39that Biggie was going to pay for it
53:41in Bestar, Brooklyn
53:51the whole hood was outside
53:54if you could make it there
53:56you was there
53:56it was a big loss for the city
54:01I loved Biggie
54:03Biggie inspired me
54:05he gave me hope
54:06he made us feel like you was from the town
54:08you could make it
54:09we loved Biggie
54:10so it was like losing a family member
54:12he just wanted to be a rap superstar
54:16he didn't want to hurt nobody
54:19he was probably one of the only people
54:22I had really trusted
54:23like for a long time
54:24it's not a feeling that I really felt a lot
54:27like in my life
54:28I don't really have a lot of friends
54:30I think people think I have a lot of friends
54:32you know
54:32I don't think I really make a good friend
54:37before he was assassinated
54:40Biggie had an opportunity
54:42to be on the cover of Rolling Stone
54:45we were delivering the elements
54:48so that can happen
54:49and Sean called me and said
54:51pull that cover
54:52I need to be on the cover
54:53my solo album is coming in July
54:56no way out
54:57and I need to amp that up
54:59he took the cover from Biggie
55:04another thing at the time
55:10Biggie was negotiating his contract
55:13every day I wake up
55:14we acquiesced
55:17and gave him everything he wanted
55:19and then he died
55:20can't believe you ain't here
55:21Sean wanted me
55:25to change the agreement
55:27to more favorable terms for bad boy
55:30and his family and mother would not know
55:32and since he had signed the agreement
55:34he wanted those changes
55:37to come from out of the center of the agreement
55:40and have those pages replaced with the other terms
55:43and I said that's not right
55:44I'm not doing it
55:4590 days later I'm fired
55:48it's like I feel empty inside without you being here
55:52I remember Michael Jackson
56:01the Motown 25 special
56:03MTV Madonna Like a Virgin
56:06and I remember Puff
56:07with Sting
56:08check it out
56:10having a TV moment in music
56:18it's very rare
56:19it elevates you to such another level of superstar
56:23it made him rock star bitch
56:25it's kinda hard but you're not around
56:28know you in heaven smiling down
56:30watching us while we pray for you
56:32he became humongous
56:33but now it's him
56:35now I'm the man
56:37it was like a dream come true
56:39to see the lines
56:41like in front of the stores
56:42like people going there
56:44to get my record
56:45it's crazy
56:46it all happened pretty quickly for you
56:48from being an intern
56:49to being on the cover of the road in snow
56:53thanks for Biggie's mother
56:55who's sitting right there
56:56for having Notorious V.I.G.
56:59you've abused everyone
57:01and used most everyone
57:02there are horror stories like this
57:09all throughout
57:11cleared of gun possession
57:12and bribery charges
57:13Sean Puffy Combs
57:15walked out of free man
57:16some people speak up about it
57:17most do not
57:19the first member
57:20is
57:21Aubrey
57:23it's
57:24a pattern with him
57:25violence was a very
57:29normalized part of living
57:30in that world
57:31allegations of sexual misconduct
57:36Huffy called these encounters
57:37freak off
57:38witnessed Diddy
57:39abusing Cassie
57:40and that they
57:41encouraged Cassie
57:42to get away from him
57:43everything in life
57:46you're gonna have people
57:47that are bad
57:47and people that are good
57:48you know
57:49you have to choose your side
58:01I know
58:11what are the stories we do
58:11you have to choose your side
58:12because you haven't found them
58:13the proper
58:15you're gonna have people
58:18are ancient
58:19you're their teachers
58:19he has beautiful
58:20things he can do
58:20with demons
58:21so this is how
58:22true
58:23it's
58:24when you think
58:25theest
58:25He is
58:26cience
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