Diddy Denial

Posted on March 17th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Diddy, News, Notorious Big, Tupac

Posted by Bossip Staff

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Sean John denies reports that he had anything to do with the Tupac assault in ’94 reported in the LA Times:

“This story is beyond ridiculous and completely false. Neither Biggie nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened. It is a complete lie to suggest that there was any involvement by Biggie or myself. I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story.”

Here is a portion of the article that was posted in the LA Times this morning:

Now, newly discovered information, including interviews with people who were at the studio that night, lends credence to Shakur’s insistence that associates of rap impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs were behind the assault. Their alleged motives: to punish Shakur for disrespecting them and rejecting their business overtures and, not incidentally, to curry favor with Combs.

The information focuses on two New York hip-hop figures — talent manager James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond and promoter James Sabatino, who is now in prison for unrelated crimes.

Rosemond has long denied any role in the Quad incident. He declined to be interviewed for this article, but his lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, dismissed the new information as “ancient double-hearsay allegations.”

Lichtman noted that Rosemond had never been charged or questioned in connection with the attack — a sign, Lichtman said, that federal authorities have “discounted” what the informant told them. Rosemond “was not involved in the assault and will not be prosecuted for it,” Lichtman said. Sabatino declined to comment. Combs, whose business empire includes Bad Boy Records and clothing and fragrance lines, also declined to comment.

The FBI documents do not name the informant. The Times learned his identity and verified that he was at the Quad on the night of the assault. When contacted, the man said the FBI records accurately convey what happened, and what he told investigators. He and the other sources interviewed for this article discussed the events of Nov. 30, 1994, on condition that their names not be published. Their accounts are consistent with Shakur’s own. In interviews and on recordings, the rapper blamed Rosemond, Combs and their associates for the attack and promised to get even.

Click Here to read the article published in the LA Times in its entirety and decide for yourself.

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  • I’m Just Me

    EFF THE AD

    I AM FIRST!!

  • I’m Just Me

    I have agreed with Tupac from the muscle that Puffy was involved. I don’t think Biggie was since Puff was running shyt….but I could believe, totally, that Puff was involved.

  • Kompton’s Kutie

    “This story is beyond ridiculous and completely false. Neither Biggie nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened.

    ——————-

    The hood says different……planned, pay-out, etc.

  • soulwoman

    When are they going to let this ish go already? Every two years the same claim is bought up. I wish people would let Biggie and Pac rest in peace.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112604302 FineAsWine*****Wizzo is FAN-TAS-TA-RAS-TIC SCRATCH MY AZZ PUH-LEASE U KNOW U KNOW ME!!

    I REALLY WISH THEY GET THE TRUTH OUTAA THIS CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS 14 YEARS AGO…..

    SOME PUBLICITY FOR ANOTHER CD IS PROBABLLY BOUT TO POP OFF…

    PITYFUL

  • Kompton’s Kutie

    ..If u only knew!

  • jusplayit04

    I believe it…

  • I’m Just Me

    KZZ: HEY MOMMA!!

    GIRL YOU PUFFY IS JUST AS GRIMY NOW. LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE AND GROUPS HE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THAT GO NOWHERE.

    WHY DID IT TAKE CHERIE DENNIS’ ALBUM LIKE TWO YEARS TO COME OUT.

    HOW COME ALL HIS ARTISTS: 112, FAITH, MASE, LOX ETC. HAVE ALL LEFT HIM OVER THE YEARS.

    THAT N*GGA IS AN ENTREPENEUR IN THE SINCE THAT HE WILL MAKE SURE HE EATS AND UH…NO ONE ELSE WILL.

  • AngelycAries

    I just find it amazing that two people can be shot with plenty of people around, yet neither of their killers have been brought to justice. I don’t know, maybe this will be one of the cases where fifty years from now they’ll know who did it. It’s just sad. Tupac was so talented.

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112604302 FineAsWine*****Wizzo is FAN-TAS-TA-RAS-TIC SCRATCH MY AZZ PUH-LEASE U KNOW U KNOW ME!!

    WHO ASS IS HE HUMPIN

  • Lyte Bright

    i believe puffy was jealous cuz tupac and biggie were close. puffy couldnt handle their friendship and puffy’s feelings were / still are borderline “how u doin”……he hasnt admitted it yet

  • Al-Anon

    Diddy sez,

    “I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story.”

    Diddy should be remember that the Los Angeles Times is in the business of selling papers and advertising. It is NOT in the business of selling the TRUTH!!

    However, there is my grandmother’s old adage,

    “the wheels of time grind fine and we all get ours in due time.”

    Many, many people think that they can escape the long arm of justice in life, but you can’t. The scales must always be balanced and all things must be paid for.

  • Sarafina

    Come ya’ll for real? Puff is a lot of things – and can be labled as a lot of things but adding “murderer” to the list? I dont believe it. I think people can take Pacs death better if it’s associated with a hip hop rival conspiracy. Pac’s own people did it to him. That’s what I belive. No east coast west coast crap – just plain hatred.

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  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112604302 FineAsWine*****Wizzo is FAN-TAS-TA-RAS-TIC SCRATCH MY AZZ PUH-LEASE U KNOW U KNOW ME!!

    OHHH TAHTS COLD DOLLA BILL

  • http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=112604302 FineAsWine*****Wizzo is FAN-TAS-TA-RAS-TIC SCRATCH MY AZZ PUH-LEASE U KNOW U KNOW ME!!

    THATS….DAMN TYPO

  • Southern Belle 225

    Everyone already knows that Diddy was involved the Tupac attack. He is fooling know one. Too bad its proving difficult to prove his involvement. However, if they ever do, that’s gonna be your ass Diddy!

  • Just Sit and Be Pretty

    Puffy did it! We all know this. Damn I’m broke.

  • Vinandi

    ha ha ha ha!! Hope its true and diddy’s gay ass goes to jail!

  • what??????????

    Sorry for the typos it (I still think him Suge Knight)

  • That Girl

    I hope they get his azz……He may just like dropping the soap…I heard hes used to bending over.

  • FOXYCLEOPATRA

    SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUSTICE, HOW BOUT U GUYS DEMAND THAT THE PERPETRATORS IN THE DUNBAR VILLAGE GAND RAPE BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE AND CONDEMN THE BUFFONS LYK AL SHAPTON WHO COME TO THEIR DEFENSE?

  • PIMP DADDY

    jimmy the henchmond is a snake in the grass.he got yayo moms house sprayed.

  • Itdontmatter

    Someone needs to get their history right. 2pac admitted that he was not any good at selling drugs, and when he tried he was living in Oakland. His mother was still in B’more. So she didn’t receive any benefit in that. He further stated that the dope boys simply started giving him paper to get by.

  • I’m Just Me

    A lot of these rappers really didn’t live the life they are talking about.

  • bree

    old news..what really bothers me is the fact that the lapd were involved in both of the shootings and for that reason i can never look @ a mack-cali bldg w/o thinkin of their murders

  • FOXYCLEOPATRA

    Itdontmatter

    Someone needs to get their history right. 2pac admitted that he was not any good at selling drugs, and when he tried he was living in Oakland. His mother was still in B’more. So she didn’t receive any benefit in that. He further stated that the dope boys simply started giving him paper to get by.

    ————————————

    YES AND 50 CENT ALSO CLAIMED THAT FOR ALL THE YEARS HE SPENT HUSSLING DRUGS HE NEVER ONCE TOUCHED THEM. HE SAID THAT ALL THE TIMES HE GOT HIGH WAS BCOS WHEN HE DELIVERED THE DRUGS, THE PPLE WOULD START SNIFFING THEM AND THE DRUG PARTICLES IN THE AIR WOULD DIFFUSE AND ENTER UP HIS NOSE THEREBY MAKING HIM HIGH. YES 50 SAID THIS BUT DO U BELIEV IT AS WELL?

  • well

    Just call him Diddy Farakhan

  • FOXYCLEOPATRA

    I’m Just Me

    A lot of these rappers really didn’t live the life they are talking about

    ———————————

    THEN WHEN ASKED WHY DO THEY ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE EXCUSE THAT THEY DON’T GLORIFY THE THINGS THEY RAP ABOUT BUT ARE JUST TALKIN ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPENED IN THEIR LIVES, THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE OR LIFE AS THEY SEE IT? THEY ARE EITHER GLORIFYING THAT LIFE OR ARE LIVING THE LIFE BUT THEY CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.

  • M. DOT

    AND WE’RE STILL TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE…? THE FACT IS 2 OF RAPS BEST WERE KILLED SENSELESSLY. I THINK THIS IS JUST AN ATTEMPT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO START SH*T UP AGAIN IN THE RAP INDUSTRY. EVEN IF PUFF WAS INVOLVED (WHICH I HIGHLY DOUBT) BIG WAS KILLED “IN RETALIATION” SO THAT’S THAT. WHY ARE WE STILL FEEDING INTO THIS GARBAGE?

  • Karen

    If you actually READ THE ARTICLE you will agree with me: Diddy nor Biggie had anything at all to do with that crap!

    Tupac’s boys set him up.

    The most the article suggests about Puff is that he was told about it before it took place. I doubt that seriously. Those lowdown, drug dealing crooks are not the epitome of credibility.

    With all the plotting and planning going on with those who knew Pac, I doubt seriously they even thought to run it by Puff.

  • Karen

    @Macho-in-Paris,

    I agree with you…Just an attempt to somehow try to drag the ubersuccessful Diddy into this mess. I don’t think he had a thing to do with it.

    And I also think this story should have been buried along with Pac and Biggie…Just some reporter trying to make a name for himself, at any cost (the way we pursue fame these days).

    If he cracked the case, why not hand the info over to the authorities and allow them to bring charges–THEN write your story. Anything else is irresponsible.

  • yanib

    Not any good at selling drugs? Drugs sell themselves. The only reason not to be good at it is you’re using the product. WTH? As for who knew what when, who cares. Everyone will have their day, reap what they sow and all that. Everyone involved, even the deceased, were somewhat grimy. There are no true innocents in this madness. Live by the gun, die by the gun.

  • Macho-in-paris-france

    @ALWAYSaLADY

    “Puffy aint the type of dude you can trust…he tried to say he isn’t making money off the music industry”

    He is right, music does not give much money. He makes money from clothing, adversing, fragrances.

    Example: Timbaland produced more hits last year, but he never topped the “list of the year”. Timabaland can produce hits as he want he will never top the “list” with music only. Rappers who top list today have extra musical activities (50, diddy, jay-z, nelly…)

  • Just Sit and Be Pretty

    Suck some Obama Cock! I’m on vacation ya’ll can I live?

  • intenzemocha

    You should read the entire article before forming an opinion-

  • jman75

    @built2 bully where you at school us on this one!!! calling for built!

  • Macho-in-paris-france

    Black people, you have an election coming soon. This article is only to get trouble, and show black people in bad manner. More, it is good for them to divise community. One assertion says “better divise, better take the command”

  • Mr. Dee

    Jay-Z had a hand in it too, he had the most to lose with Pac’s success…he was just better at covering his tracks as far as involvement…

  • Pretty Thang

    @ Dollar Bill….Wait a minute now, you are just out of control! You don’t wish stuff like that on people. Now , the very thing that you wish for someone else could very well come back on you or someone very dear to you so please think about the things that you say before you say it! You need to say a prayer RIGHT now!

  • Mr. Dee

    wow this brings back memories of watching ll cool j & e love get jacked at world on wheels for thier troop outfits and gold ropes back in the day lololol….

    then snoop crushed the buildings and then held the ego trippin release party in NYC…

    we gon always rob the east blind!!

  • Mr. Dee

    @macho french individual….

    u sayin dat to say whut?

    and you from where?

    and you about whut?

    i don’t have to insult you with name calling, etc…

  • Mr. Dee

    @dayg…

    naw afeni gets those checks now, she building community centers, etc wit that money….suge kinda living small, heck suge is almost broke actually….he made those 100′s of millions and steadly blew it all…and that deathrow catalog aint gon be his for too much longer…

  • FOXYCLEOPATRA

    THIS STORY DOESN’T INTEREST ME SO I’M OUT.

    PEACE

  • Mr. Dee

    @Da R…

    is that why yall been consistently getting robbed and shot on the west since ’82? LMAO!!

    again i don’t have to insult yall….your history and record sales speaks for itself…i got memories of dem fools in timbo boots gettin knocked out backstage at the fresh fest…possies gettin robbed at the beverly center by the high schoolers…kool moe dee scared to get out his limo @ the burger stand….then snoop crushed the buildings…lol

  • Just Sit and Be Bajan

    @ Mr. Dee

    Stop trying to play hard. You small limp dick ass wipe!

  • Mr. Dee

    i don’t care how much money yall make today…folk on the east still sampling, screaming, etc…and if u want to know the truth…

    J Dilla saved east coast rap…casue it was unlistenable until yall got down wit his beats…

  • Jack Tripper

    I dont think Big and Puff did it but I do believe they knew. I mean Big was raw too and Pac was large at that time and homies at time get jealous too. Pac was led to believe they had something to do with it because he saw them fools and they said or did nothing.

    If I got shot up and all of a sudden when they were wheeling me out on the stretcher i see my wack ass homeboys I would think the same too. I mean this is their hood their people they should know something and if not before then damn sure after.

    You guys are looking at Puff’s image now you have no idea about before the GQ mags and Forbes. He hung with some grimy people.

    Man I MUST NOT begin with OLD JIMMY HENCHMEN…SMH.

    No one is actually dwelling on this it is only a conversational piece so get your panties out of a bunch!!

  • Mr. Dee

    @just sit and be

    playin hard?

    ummmmm where u coming from wit that?

    was that the 1st profound thought that came to your mind? or was it a more substantial comment?

  • Mr. Dee

    @ Just Sit and Be Bajan

    “You small limp dick ass wipe!” wow…thas a deep thought…

  • dawn

    Yeah he did it and he took Biggy out too. To clear the way for himself. See how big he got. He was a side kick when Biggy and Pac was the man!!!!

  • TeeTee smh like over and over

    where is my baby Shyne? enough said, Puffy did it and I want him and his horse teeth prosecuted to the fullest!!!

  • Supa Cof

    This Board is Full Of A Bunch Of Idiots. Thanks For “Creating” The Internet Al Gore, You Gave A Whole New Generation Of Dumbies A Forum To Show Their Stupidity

  • Jahpson

    LMAO!! cant take that photo seriously! forgot what i was going to say

  • rico 9

    Pac said it in his songs about Puffy, henchman, etc;

    Everyone knows that Suge was involved in his murder- lsiten to Pac’s last album, in the opening sequence- a voice says- Suge shot him…

  • Bronx Brawler

    Trevor from BK did it……Puff knew it was going to happen but couldn’t stop it.

  • Bronx Brawler

    King Tut helped plan it too

  • yoyo

    @ MR. DEE

    MY DUDE YOU NEED TO UP YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF HIP HOP PERIOD. ALSO YOU NEED TO STOP RYDIN ON ANOTHER PPL, JUST CAUSE THEY ROB PPL YOU LIVE IN THEIR SHADOW DO SOME GRIME YASELF

  • bree

    well said Real Logic

  • I’m Just Me

    @ Real Logic.

    We are talking about the 1994 shooting before Pac even joined Death Row!

  • ThatBKChick

    Can somebody tell me wtf is that green ish round Dumb Diddy’s mouth? That ish is nasty. It’looks like his breathe and azz smell like hell…just like his lame azz excuse to this damned story…all the money in the world..and the nicca look like Mr. Rodgers with bad azz breath! I am going to lunch…on second though..I just threw up a little bit in my mouth..this nicca’s teeth is fowl, like him!

  • ThatBKChick

    I meant to say the green stuff around his damned teeth? What is up with Diddy’s grill? Ewww…he reeks of just plan ol’ ish!

  • Baller

    I’m feeling wat you saying Real Logic

  • Black to tha Bone AKA The Swirl King

    Look who cares? If P Diddy had been locked up then the black race would never have reached its highest point of progress. Yes I refer to his tasting an A-list English blonde actress in Sienna Miller!

    Our finest moment as a people, he taught all little black boys that the sky truly is the limit!

  • I’m Just Me

    @ Baller….n*ggas may not have been dying on Bad Boy but their careers surely were. :(

  • KJF

    This whole story sounds like it was written by that shady reporter on the Wire. Everything is hearsay, “confidential informant” story telling. This is sensationalism at its worst.

  • Baller

    I wrote the above to I’m just me

  • I’m Just Me

    @ Baller now i agree with you on this! I am not impressed with much on anything I am hearing out here now a days. And honestly it could be because my brain is lagging because the day is over but i cannot think of any rapper who went 3x platinum last year or this year.

    Did the American Gangsta album go platinum? If not then i don’t know because the trash that is out here now sucks.

  • Ms. Lady

    They know who did it if he had n.e thing to do with that he would have been locked up!! whatever. both lives got took and only the dead know why!!! what about Suge? and the rest of them thats sad.. Veags cops know…ask one of them….

  • Baller

    @I’m just me, Yeah, American Ganster went plantinum

  • Baller

    @ I’m just me. And the thing went that album it was really a sound track for the movie American Gangsta, not something Jay would normally put out.

  • Macho-in-paris-france

    For sure Suge killed Pac; he wanted to leave Suge’s Death Row. Suge is never happy with Dr DRE since he leaved Death Row. Snoop knows the link that Suge is just a murderer who killed everybody around him as his bodyguard or collaborator at oil station… So you will never see Snoop cheating with Suge. I think many West coast rappers know that Suge is dangerous for their lifes. Consequence: Look at Suge, he is alone without friends in music indutry. Diddy cheats with everyboby Snoop, Dre, The Game etc.

  • yes i said it

    why, the f*ck muthaf*ckaz still talking about this sh*t. everybody knows suge big azz killed tupac. its been like 14 years and yall still talkin’ about it.

  • DIAMONDCHEERS

    Come ya’ll for real? Puff is a lot of things – and can be labled as a lot of things but adding “murderer” to the list? I dont believe it. I think people can take Pacs death better if it’s associated with a hip hop rival conspiracy. Pac’s own people did it to him. That’s what I belive. No east coast west coast crap – just plain hatred.

    ————————————————

    CO SIGN 100%!!

  • Comeonyall

    I still think that Diddy know who murdered Biggie, and 2pac.

    I personally think that Diddy had something to do with it.

    I don’t care what nobody say….!

    Why is Shyne still in jail?

    Diddy don’t like to be held for his own actions.

  • Whatchaknoaboutdat?

    Well, I think that Suge killed Pac and off duty L.A.P.D officers got Biggie but I think that Diddy had something to do with Biggies case too because he planned that Big party that night. And he and Biggie should have heeded the warning… instead of trying to boast “Coming Back To Cali” –like they had a pass… NOT!!! Look what happened… and Diddy better watch out becuase just when you think folks aren’t paying any attention… you can get got!

  • JuicyFruit

    @SMDH

    I bet it sounds like a big as empty box!!

  • Shawtywannabeathug

    What I found interesting about the article is that Puffy and the rest (including Tupac) didn’t have a heightened sense of urgency after he was shot. What’s up with that?

  • Whatchaknoaboutdat?

    Well Diddy better not get to comfy in Cali cuz we don’t play that shiit… ride or die!!!!

  • anchored mad at the hbo and the wire wack ending

    smdh she was the shooter she ready for any black man to fall. black gentlemen, still we being human beings will show love cause we are of hue. indeed

  • The Time is Now

    It’s time for all people to rise up against this. Black and White do you know they’re taking polls asking people whether or not they will vote for Barack Obama based on statements made by his pastor. Not on anything he said himself granted but guilt by association. Have you seen any polls based on whether people will vote fo Hillary based on what her friend of 20 plus years Geraldine Ferraro said about Barack’s race or any of her other surrogates for that matter.

    What is going on here since when did Fox News have the right to set the tone for other major media organizations. Why all the sudden is this information coming out now right before such a crucial primary. It was never hidden -in fact the church sells video tapes of it’s sermons and this could have been discussed early -why now? It’s because the Republicans and status quo Democrats are afraid to compete with Obama on the issues. They don’t have the likeability or natural political savvy to go up against him in a fair fight so let’s find some one who’s not running for president to group him with and tarnish him.

    Evidentally this is just more proof that they can’t find anything real or substantial that he is done or said that could derail his path to the presidency. This is an opportunity to surpress voter turnout and excitement in a crucial election year for this country. When are we going to rise up and say enough is enough?

    It’s time to judge a man on what he does, what he says and not on the fact he’s black, white, his religion, or his associates. If we’re judging Barack on his relationships we need to start looking at all of them. His relationship with his white grandparents, Asian sister, African brothers and sisters, Polynesian friends, Indonesian childhood friends. He’s been exposed and built relationships with many different people which is the reason he wants people to come together to make America a better place, to make the American dream possible for all not just some.

    America it’s time for us to wake up. We are a country of many different people of various races, religions, and viewpoints not all of them favorable, but we are still AMERICANS and we have the right to express our opinions whether it be in home or in front of the television or from a pulpit. If you don’t like Wright fine don’t go to his church, don’t buy the sermons be my guest but don’t persecute Obama for another persons thoughts.

    If we’re going to investigate a man -investigate the whole man and not the sum of his parts and for God sakes don’t call it fair journalism!

  • Sxynetia

    I heard this news earlier from another place. It seems that people are all interested in him. No wonder so many people discussing it at

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  • OJ

    It’s a Cosby Sweater, A COSBY SWEATER!!!!

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