Monday, March 17, 2008

LATimes article says Bad Boy set up Tupac

LA Times has a web exclusive story on their website, detailing Sean "Puffy" comb's involement in the NYC robbery and assult of Tupac Shakur, late in 1994. In the article, which reveals new information in the cold case, will re-stir the flames of debate in Hip-Hop circles. Tupac always insisted that people linked with Bad Boy were involved in his assualt, while Combs and The Notorious B.I.G. consistantly denied having anything to do with the case.

LA Times excerpt:
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.

To read the full story, click below.
Blood Feud-An attack on Tupac Shakur launched a hip-hop war
By Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
6:00 AM PDT, March 17, 2008

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