<p id=”par-1_71″>Two years before his death, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/tupac-shakur/?swcfpc=1″>Tupac Shakur</a> survived a shooting in close proximity to the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/the-notorious-big/?swcfpc=1″>Notorious B.I.G.</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sean-diddy-combs/?swcfpc=1″>Sean “Diddy” Combs</a>. When he arrived at a New York City studio, three men attacked him, leaving him injured. In the aftermath, Tupac rushed inside, where he found Biggie, Diddy, and others. Their expressions and demeanors sent a chill through him. He hinted that it seemed they had prior knowledge of the attack.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-tupac-shakur-survived-a-shooting-outside-a-studio-where-sean-diddy-combs-was”>Tupac Shakur survived a shooting outside a studio where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was</h2>
<p id=”par-2_37″>In 1994, Tupac agreed to contribute a verse to one of rapper Little Shawn’s songs. He admitted he had some concerns about the situation, but immediately felt better when he saw someone he recognized outside the studio.</p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>“As we’re walking up to the building, somebody screamed from up the top of the studio,” he told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tupac-april-1995-cover-story-ready-to-live-686969/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vibe Magazine</a> in 1995. “It was Little Caesar, Biggie’s [the Notorious B.I.G.] sideman. That’s my homeboy. As soon as I saw him, all my concerns about the situation were relaxed.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tupac-Shakur.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Tupac Shakur wears a denim shirt with a white knit vest. He has a bandanna around his head.” class=”wp-image-3715781″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Tupac Shakur | Raymond Boyd/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_27″>When they walked into the building’s lobby, he saw men he assumed worked for Biggie. As he walked to the elevator, though, they pulled guns on him.</p>
<p id=”par-5_87″>“So first I’m, like, These dudes must be security for Biggie, because I could tell they were from Brooklyn from their army fatigues,” he said. “But then I said, Wait a minute. Even Biggie’s homeboys love me, why don’t they look up? I pressed the elevator button, turned around, and that’s when the dudes came out with the guns – two identical 9 mms. ‘Don’t nobody move. Everybody on the floor. You know what time it is. Run your s***.’ I was, like, What should I do?”</p>
<p id=”par-6_23″>Tupac “froze up,” and the men began shooting at him. His <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/tupac-shakur-obsessed-with-the-afterlife-predicted-death.html/”>injuries were severe</a>, but he didn’t initially understand how serious they were.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-tupac-intimated-that-sean-diddy-combs-had-prior-knowledge-of-the-shooting”>Tupac intimated that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had prior knowledge of the shooting</h2>
<p id=”par-7_12″>When the men left, Tupac and the people with him rushed upstairs.</p>
<p id=”par-8_37″>“So we jumped in the elevator and went upstairs,” he said. “I’m limping and everything, but I don’t feel nothing. It’s numb. When we got upstairs, I looked around, and it scared the s*** out of me.”</p>
<p id=”par-9_26″>He said the group inside, which included Diddy and Biggie, looked surprised to see him. Their reactions made him wonder if it <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-happy-hell-hear-tupac-died-claimed-rappers-accused-killer.html/”>had been a setup</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-10_74″>“Nobody approached me. I noticed that nobody would look at me,” he said. “Andre Harrell wouldn’t look at me. I had been going to dinner with him the last few days. He had invited me to the set of <em>New York Undercover</em>, telling me he was going to get me a job. Puffy was standing back too. I <em>knew </em>Puffy. He knew how much stuff I had done for Biggie before he came out.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-diddy-has-called-these-claims-baseless”>Diddy has called these claims baseless</h2>
<p id=”par-11_30″>In 2008, the LA Times published a now-retracted story about the shooting. Diddy made a statement wholeheartedly denying the claim that he knew anything about the attack before it happened.</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sean-P.-Diddy-Combs.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”A close-up of Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs wearing black sunglasses and a coat that covers his neck” class=”wp-image-3714884″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs | Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-12_56″>“The story is a lie, it is beyond ridiculous and completely false,” he said, per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.npr.org/2008/03/18/88461862/what-did-sean-puffy-combs-know” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>NPR</a>. “Neither the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during, or after it has happened. I’m shocked the LA Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_9″>He was not charged in connection to the attack.</p>