2Pac's Shooting: Diddy Didn't Do It

Posted Mar 17th 2008 12:22PM by TMZ Staff

Sean "Diddy" Combs and James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond are furious over an L.A. Times article today that implicated them in the 1994 shooting of 2Pac.
Tupac, Diddy
The shooting -- which occurred at Quad Recording Studios in N.Y., two years before his "death" -- has never been solved and no charges have ever been filed. But an L.A. Times report out today claims the FBI has received new information that ties the shooting to two associates of Diddy: Rosemond and promoter James Sabatino.

In a statement, Diddy says, "This story is a lie. It is beyond ridiculous and is 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."

Sabatino is currently in prison for unrelated crimes, but Rosemond says he has never been questioned by police over the shooting. Rosemond attacks the writer of the article, Chuck Philips, by saying he "has reached a new low by employing fourth-hand information from desperate jailhouse informants along with ancient FBI reports to create this fabrication." Philips has been covering the 2Pac shooting and his eventual murder for years, but told AllHipHop.com this weekend, "I don't believe that Biggie and Puffy set Tupac up [to be shot]."

Rosemond added that he is "currently consulting with my attorneys about my legal rights regarding this libelous piece of garbage."

2Pac had long-claimed that Diddy and Notorious B.I.G. were involved in the shooting.

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1. It was 1996

Posted at 12:40PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Steve

2. He was shot in '94, too.

Posted at 12:41PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Brad

3. I SMELL ANOTHER RAP WAR BREWING...REVENGE FOR BIGGIE.....HEY Y'ALL LOVE NOT WAR

Posted at 12:44PM on Mar 17th 2008 by nuff_said

4. I have heard that the reason Tupac was murdered is he threatened to expose P diddy, Jay-z and many others that they were a part of the "down low club"

Posted at 12:46PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Michelle

5. Who gives a rat's ass?

Posted at 12:49PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Hol

6. Not only did he shoot Tupac, but he also stole his music.

P Diddy has learned well from the white man

Posted at 12:54PM on Mar 17th 2008 by pimp

7. Ummm...please excuse my ignorance, but what is the 'down low club'?

Posted at 1:08PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Amy

8. Hummm... Diddy is credible? Trustworthy? Quite hilarious that anyone would accept him on a serious note.

Posted at 1:13PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Tootz

9. The down low club refers to men who have recreational sex with other men but who don't necessarily consider themselves to be gay. Its like instead of playing poker or golf with their buddies, they have sex.

Posted at 1:23PM on Mar 17th 2008 by JACK FROST

10. "down low club" = gay sex

Posted at 1:27PM on Mar 17th 2008 by flatdawg

11. LA Times has it all backwards. Puff didn't kill Pac. Puff killed Biggie. Why? Who has gained the most off of Biggie's death? Where was Puff's career before Biggie died? Sidekick at best. As SOON as Biggie died, and Puff did that "I'll Be Missing You", song Puff got huge.
It's a slam dunk. Puff killed Biggie. No doubt.

Posted at 1:27PM on Mar 17th 2008 by B.

12. "Rosemond, to contact his attoney about this libelous piece of garbage"! I doubt very seriously that Rosemond even knows what "libelous" means much less how to pronounce it!

Posted at 1:30PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Dallas

13. TUPAC backwards = CAPUT

Posted at 1:39PM on Mar 17th 2008 by FlBiker

14. ARREST THEM!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:41PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Jessica

15. TMZ: I've said it before and I'll say it again: its d-u-e d-i-l-i-g-e-n-c-e
Get your facts straight and then try reposting this actually interesting story. Your misrepresentation of the facts (the year of the shooting primarily) makes your "reporting" laughable. And isn't your claim that you are "reporting" to the public the main reason why celebrities cant sue you for misrepresentation?
Take the time to report the facts instead of posting multiple stories 5 minutes later to make up for the lack of true facts in the original post.

Posted at 1:42PM on Mar 17th 2008 by Val

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