Lena Nozizwe Reporting: Tupac's Murder Was His Case

08/09/2025

I remember exactly where I was 29 years ago when I found out that Tupac Shakur had been shot.

The location was a diner in Palm Beach, Florida. Breakfast was on the way and as I waited I read the newspapers, all
but ignoring my dining companion.

Then he heard me gasp.

"Tupac has been shot!"

I was alarmed but I also remember that Pac survived another shooting. So after that momentary
alarm I continued to read until breakfast arrived.

When I return to work as an on-air correspondent on a prime time crime show based in Washington DC I pitch the story to my bosses.

Tupac's cultural significance was clear to me--although at the time that was not the case to others.

Through some persuasion I was able to get a greenlight and soon packed my bags for Las Vegas and met up with a San Diego-based video photographer and sound person.

Yesterday, while paper purging I came across the card given to me when I first met the original LVMPD homicide detectives on the murder case. My chat with them is the first and only time the original investigators conducted a joint interview. I also interviewed Sgt. Kevin Manning.

I was the first to get the now infamous footage of the beatdown at the MGM Grand.

The first to get the Compton PD search warrant affidavit that pointed to a suspect.

Another exclusive includes a jailhouse interview with Suge Knight, who was at the wheel the night
of Tupac's murder.

Twenty-nine years later, much of what I discerned then about the people I met and the information I uncovered remains true.

Much also remains a mystery.

06/09/2025

I suspected this was the case yesterday. But a source confirmed this morning.

Keffe D aka Duane Keith Davis has been transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections following his sentence of 16-40 months
(slightly below the prosecution's recommendation) for a beatdown inside the walls of the Clark County Jail.

Still on the docket is Keffe's pending case for the murder of Tupac Shakur. That's scheduled for February of next year (at least for now).

And in case you were wondering---I certainly was, if the other prisoner in the beatdown will face consequences. Yep. His case will go to trial in October. From what I could see, Rochlon Hamilton started it.

Apparently, don't start none, there won't be none is not codified by Las Vegas law.

Rochlon Hamilton is facing a murder case of his own later this month, along with charges of killing/maiming/disfiguring/poisoning "the animal of another."

Sigh.

02/07/2025

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian says no go to Sean "Diddy" Combs.

I was just saying privately that Sean's own defense said he was a violent guy. So that weighed on the judge's mind.

So he is staying put until sentencing.

My observation is related to the bevy of civil cases that are on tap.

Even so, I thought he would get bail. Although for someone who is reportedly a billionaire 1M seemed a bit low.

20/05/2025

Testimony adding more (alleged) details to the mention of this incident in Cassie's lawsuit.

And it's taking me back to my encounters with Damion Butler (aka D-Roc) and Mel's Diner.

Not to go too hard on the food, but hafta say that the ones with Damion were more positive.

11/12/2024

My assignment was in South Central LA. And bullets were flying through the inky night. Literally. The story was about a white vigelante who while cruising the streets killed a black small-time drug dealer. No Tony Montana. The man who was killed traversed LA on a bike or a bus.

LAPD wanted to get the story out in order to catch the killer and prevent him from doing it all over again.

One of the victim's friends was willing to talk with me. He brought along his boombox. It was playing a catchy song.

I Get Around.

"Who is that?" I asked.

"Tupac Shakur," he replied.

When he was murdered just a few years later I pushed to do a story about it. Why? Because I saw just what an impact he had on culture.

Still does.

2Pac’s single "How Do U Want It" is a hit all over again in America, as it earns the late rapper his first smash on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart.

22/11/2024

A titan of industry gets busted for s*x trafficking in New York.

No not talking about Sean Combs. Talkin' 'bout the former CEO of
Abercrombie and Fitch, Michael Jeffries.

How come he's out on bail and Combs is not? I wondered when I first heard about that last month. BTW, conviction on these charges or not Jeffries is loathsome.
(See: Soft p**n, white supremacy, and Epstein: Abercrombie & Fitch’s sordid past | Dazed)

Today Judge Arun Subramanian is asking the prosecution to justify why Combs has not been able to bail out.

I am not wagering on this one. But this argument is Combs' best chance so far.

16/11/2024

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is 'bout to be ousted by the incoming administration.
C'est normal.

Williams also announced the indictment of Eric Adams, the mayor of the NYC.

17/09/2024

Two things I fully expected happened in federal court today.

1. Sean "Diddy" Combs pled not guilty.

2. The judge did not grant him bail.

The plan to put up 50M to stay out of jail did not pass muster.

If you read the detention memo I posted earlier today you know that the prosecution has spoken with some 50 witnesses. And they are expecting more will come forward.

But the following is even more stunning to me.

Prosecutors say they have a treasure trove of electronic evidence.

"Setting aside devices seized in connection with the defendant’s arrest, the Government has obtained over 90 cellphones, laptops, and cloud storage accounts, as well as over 30 other electronic and storage devices, such as hard drives, thumb drives, cameras, and a surveillance system. This electronic data comes from the defendant himself, as well as coconspirators, victims, and witnesses, and chronicles much of the defendant’s criminal activity as it occurs."

In court prosecutors told the judge they worry that if he were on the outside he would intimidate witnesses.

In fact they say he already has.

Another concern is that he is a flight risk.

The judge agrees.

Combs was arrested last evening at the Park Hyatt New York where Expedia will hook you up with a room there for about 1K a night.

It's not the Hamptons. It's Not Holby Hills. It's not Miami Beach. But tonight Combs will be resting his head on a cot in the NYC supplied by the government.

And it might be a good time to repeat, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

17/09/2024

Two things I fully expected in federal court today.

1. Sean "Diddy" Combs pled not guilty.

2. The judge did not grant him bail.

The plan to put up 50M to stay out of jail did not pass muster.

If you read the detention memo I posted earlier today you know that the prosecution has spoken with some 50 witnesses. And they are expecting more will come forward.

But the following is even more stunning to me.

Prosecutors say they have a treasure trove of electronic evidence.

"Setting aside devices seized in connection with the defendant’s arrest, the Government has obtained over 90 cellphones, laptops, and cloud storage accounts, as well as over 30 other electronic and storage devices, such as hard drives, thumb drives, cameras, and a surveillance system. This electronic data comes from the defendant himself, as well as coconspirators, victims, and witnesses, and chronicles much of the defendant’s criminal activity as it occurs."

In court prosecutors told the judge they worry that if he were on the outside he would intimidate witnesses.

In fact they say he already has.

Another concern is that he is a flight risk.

The judge agrees.

Combs was arrested last evening at the Park Hyatt New York where Expedia will hook you up with a room there for about 1K a night.

It's not the Hamptons. It's Not Holby Hills. It's not Miami Beach. But tonight Combs will be resting his head on a cot in the NYC supplied by the government.

And it might be a good time to repeat, he is innocent until proven otherwise.

17/09/2024

Read the detention memo for ya self.

The memo is the US Attorney's pitch to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs behind bars.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sean-combs-detention-memo.pdf

17/09/2024

Link to Sean "Diddy" Combs' unsealed indictment.

Read it for ya self.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25147296-combs-indictment-24-cr-542


3m

17/09/2024

Sean Combs News Conference Today

https://www.youtube.com/live/7JeLzssqxQ8?feature=shared

You'll get some answers regarding the arrest of Sean Combs today at 11:30 EST this morning.

Must say, and I have receipts, I have been expecting this outcome for months.

The public release of Cassie Ventura's lawsuit last year was the beginning of the end. Some saw the lawsuit as a money grab. I said the day it was released and I say today I
thought Cassie was credible. That was before the grotesque video of Combs beating her came from darkness to light.

And in spite of some naysayers, I also believe that Lil Rod's illustrated lawsuit also played a big role in the investigation of
Combs.

Not to mention numerous other lawsuits. But from what I can see those two were the most influential.

After the search warrants came down that sealed it for me that there would be an arrest.

By the time the case went to the grand jury I thought there could be no other outcome but an arrest.

And note I said arrest.

An arrest is not a conviction.

Combs is innocent until proven guilty.

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