TUPAC Shakur murder suspect Keefe D lied to police about Sean “Diddy” Combs offering $1 million for the hit and will not help federal authorities with the case, his lawyer has now claimed.

Keefe D will not speak with New York Southern District investigators, who are engaged in an enormous US-wide probe of potentially illegal activities of Combs.

Keefe D poses for his booking photo in Las Vegas. He was indicted on murder charges for his involvement in the 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ing of rapper Tupac ShakurCredit: Getty

Keefe D previously claimed in a police confession that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (pictured in 2023) offered $1 million for the hitCredit: AFP

Rapper Tupac Shakur’s murder was one of America’s most high-profile unsolved cases until the breakthrough with Keefe D’s arrestCredit: Getty

Incredibly, Keefe previously publicly boasted in a police interview and media chats that Combs offered him $1 million to exterminate Tupac and of his efforts to collect the bounty.

However, the self-confessed ”Godfather Of Compton” has now assured family and friends that he will not discuss any Combs matters with authorities.

NYC investigators have been collaborating with the Clark County District Attorney’s office in Nevada – where Keefe is in custody – over any evidence linking Combs to Tupac’s murder.

Keefe, directly and through his lawyer Carl Arnold, has now declared he will not assist in that aspect of the investigation.

Arnold confirmed to The U.S. Sun that Keefe is “not at all” speaking with authorities.

And Arnold added of his own client’s past allegations that Combs tabled the life-changing sum for the murder of his 1990s record label rival: “No one has ever been able to prove that he wanted Tupac 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed and was willing to pay for it.”

When asked about Keefe’s claim during a 2008 taped police interview that Combs, who partied with him, outlined the $1 million 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 offer, Arnold hit back: “Keefe lied.”

Hip-hop mogul Combs has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering, 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking by force, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Arnold asserted that Combs, too, had no involvement in Tupac’s 1996 murder or information about his own client.

Arnold reacted: “[He] is going to prison for life. If he has that information I am sure he would’ve given it up now to save his skin.”

A family friend of Keefe also outlined that he is not cooperating with any NYC probe on Combs.

They told The U.S Sun: “Keefe ain’t saying s*** to any of the agents about Diddy.

“They have nothing to offer him, and he still maintains he ain’t no snitch.”

Arnold maintains that his client will walk free after the March trial insisting that prosecutors still “have no proof” that Keefe was in Las Vegas on the night of Tupac’s death.

Arnold says that he hopes Keefe will be granted bail if “his family can get the funds together … as yet, they haven’t managed that.”

The U.S. Sun revealed first how Vegas law enforcement is liaising with investigators in the Combs case.

Combs, 54, is in protective custody, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to “fulfill his 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual desires.”

Publicly, Combs’ attorney insists his client is “innocent” of all wrongdoing in that probe, which is being kept under wraps.

Keefe outlined in TV shows, media interviews, and even his memoir how he was an ally of Combs during the height of the East/ West Coast Rap Wars in the 1990s.

He acted as security for Combs in shows and California visits with other Compton Crips.

During a meeting at the Hollywood eatery Greenblatt’s Deli, Keefe previously alleged that Combs told him he wanted Tupac and Suge Knight eliminated, saying: “Man, I want to get rid of those dudes – man.”

“We wanted a million,” stated Keefe, adding that “we will wipe their a** out quick, you know – it is nothing.”

Keefe D in a Vegas court hearing in August 2024Credit: News Enterprises Inc

Combs (pictured in 2018) is in custody in New YorkCredit: Getty

Tupac Shakur was gunned down in Vegas in 1996Credit: Getty

Keefe made his confession to LAPD in 2008 in a recorded interview, which has been admitted into evidence for the murder trial

On tape, when asked by an officer “who brought up the amount of one million dollars,” Keefe replied, “sh** he did. It wasn’t me.”

Keefe repeated on the tape that Combs had several conversations with him to “𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 both of them.”

It was unclear whether the Crips were planning to murder Tupac on September 7, 1996, but a caravan of them trekked to Vegas, knowing the artist had a high-profile gig.

Keefe alleges, in the police tape, that Combs was delighted with Tupac’s death

“He was happy,” Keefe recalled how he had tried to chase Combs for the alleged bounty without luck.

Keefe believed that this confessional tape would never be used as evidence against him because he had secured immunity by collaborating with the LAPD in December 2008.

Keefe is currently languishing in jail after failing to find the bail money to secure a home electrically monitored release.

Judge Carli Kierny set his bail at  $750,000, but Keefe has not raised the sum and remains in protective custody at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas.

Keefe complained in his memoir and media interviews that Combs never came through on his alleged hit fee.

Arnold insisted to The U.S. Sun that Keefe simply lied repeatedly about being involved in the Tupac murder and Combs for “fame and fortune.”

The black car in which rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in 1996Credit: Getty – Contributor