Keefe D said Sean “Diddy” Combs had no involvement in the September 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur during a jailhouse interview released August 4, 2026, just days before jury selection in Keefe D’s Las Vegas murder trial. The statement contradicts a recorded 2008 interview in which Keefe D claimed Combs offered $1 million to kill Shakur and Suge Knight. Speaking with 8 News Now reporter Vanessa Murphy, Keefe D rejected the idea that Combs played a role in Shakur’s death. A judge previously ruled that prosecutors can use the 2008 recording after denying Keefe D’s argument that investigators had promised him immunity. Why the $1 Million Claim Still Matters Keefe D previously said he sent Eric “Von Zip” Martin to collect the alleged payment, but Martin allegedly said the money never arrived. Keefe D recalled being told that “Zip got paid” and claimed the missing cash influenced his later decision to cooperate with investigators. “No, ma’am. I don’t think so at all,” Keefe D said when asked whether Sean Combs had anything to do with Tupac Shakur’s murder. Keefe D also pursued Combs publicly in a 2022 Art of Dialogue interview, asking the mogul—whom he called “Brother Love”—to help him financially. Combs has denied involvement in Shakur’s murder, has never been charged in the case, and was never publicly identified as a suspect by Las Vegas police. Keefe D separately denied killing Tupac Shakur or The Notorious B.I.G., saying he had “nothing to do with nobody’s murder.” Prosecutors accuse Keefe D of supplying the gun and directing retaliation after Shakur’s shooting, leaving jurors to weigh his current denial against his earlier recorded account.