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He Got Away With Tupac's Murder for 27 Years. Then He Wrote a Book

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0:00 All right, so Tuesday, right here in the great Las Vegas, Keffi Keffi D, we're going to say Keffi D. >> Keffi D. >> Keffi D, that sounds funny actually. Got 40 years to life for Tupac's murder, 30 years after the shooting. And here's the thing, there was never a gun, there was never DNA, they convicted him on his own words. He went on TV, he did interviews, he wrote a book saying he was in the car. The book is what put him away. >> Do you guys believe it? >> He wrote a book? >> Well, why would he Why would you even say that? >> He wrote a book, dude? >> Cuz someone else can be like, "Hey, if you admit the guilt, I won't smoke your whole family for ████ 10 generations." You're like, "Okay." >> But 30 years later? >> generations? >> I don't think they follow through like that. >> They let them have kids and grow up? >> I don't know. I just don't know. I'm just playing I'm not saying I don't believe him, but I'm just saying, do you

0:51 guys believe him? Because it seems like this whole Tupac thing, you got Diddy involved, Biggie, whatever, it just seems like there's a lot of people in the higher-ups pulling strings, and when they pull strings like that, I never feel like it's ever that simple. Like, >> "Oh, yeah, it was me, man. Trust me, man." >> I always assumed he was just the last living associate who had anything to do with it. I thought the original people who actually did it died. >> Mhm. >> Here Here's what was actually quote-unquote fact. On the night [snorts] of September 7th, 1996, after the Tyson fight at the MGM Grand, in the lobby, Tupac and Suge Knight's people beat up Orlando Anderson, Keffi D's nephew. That was caught on the hotel's cameras. Two hours later, Suge is driving his black BMW with Tupac in the passenger seat, and then at a red light on Flamingo and Koval, a old a white Cadillac pulls up on the right

1:42 and shoots from the back seat. Tupac's hit four times, dies six days later. Keffi D says he's the one who got the gun, passed it to the back seat, and that his nephew was the one who fired. Prosecutor said that he pulled the trigger, and never said he Keffi D pulled the trigger, but Nevada law lets you be convicted of murder for planning it. >> Oh, okay. So, you're like one of the um co-conspirators or whatever. >> You're a gunman. >> For for 27 years though, his nephew denied it. >> But the shooter went to jail already and came for another reason, came back out, and then he died or something. >> Are you talking about the nephew Anderson? >> Yeah. >> Cuz he he denied it and he was never charged. >> For another reason. >> He was killed in Compton uh during a shootout in '98. So, in 2008, Keffe D told investigators everything under a deal that kept his words from being used against him. Then he said it all in public, ending with a 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend.

2:32 >> So, he basically got like drunk on the clout. >> [laughter] >> I mean, I guess. >> Which we see all the time. Right? There's all the halfway gangsters, want-to-be gangsters, and they'll like create this legacy, and then it almost fulfills it even more if they can put the crime on them. And for them, even though for a regular person like, "But dude, you're going to be going to jail." But for them, they'd rather go to jail proud. >> So, you're saying that he made it up cuz his life is insignificant and then >> Oh. >> Cuz there are copycat like serial killers or whatever. They come out and be like, "I was the one. I was Jack the Ripper." And they're like, "No, you weren't." >> Oh, you think he's making it up? >> I I think it's more basic than that. I think he just made money off of the book. >> Oh. >> That's what I mean. >> Yeah, so like >> There's just to There's stuff to gain by admitting it. >> Yeah, but I I think that's the basic That's it. I don't know if there's any like intellectual thought beyond that. I

3:23 think it's like, "Hey, man, I never went to jail and I >> I think so, either, cuz no one's really looking. Like, to be honest, it's not like JFK. You know what I mean? It's like it's Tupac. He's special and all, but I don't know. >> It is one of the most notorious unsolved ones of all time. >> It is, but there's already been hella people that Like, there was one on Vlad TV that one dude, he already told this story. Like, he was And then there's a lot of people that kind of broke this out, but now he's being convicted and it's like legit. It's not just rumors. >> You know what's the really interesting thing to me is how connected a lot of black artists are to not just the streets, but to the underground network of the streets. So, like for example, if like like let's say if Chris Brown comes into LA, he has to talk to some people

4:13 and either his stay in LA is going to be very good or his friends may die. And it's like this for Drake, for all these people, and it's crazy how like there's some sort of this crazy celebrity like they need bodyguards, but the gang gangster bodyguard bodyguard >> But didn't he Chris become a Piru though? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, but even then when they come when they when they >> Like that's what happened to Brian McKnight, you know what I mean? Like so he probably did have more protection. >> But it'll be like they land in your town and like let's say someone like The Game will be like, "Oh yeah, that guy's cool with me." And then their whole stay is good for like a month. >> It's just really interesting how tied That's like, you know, Eminem, he had some ████ with the Crips and then the Bo Yac Tribe was became his backup.

5:03 >> Yeah, because they're neutral. But they're but you would think >> We would We out try Crips or Piru. >> It's relegated to rappers, right? >> I think so. >> Like there's no way black cellists have to check in. >> I don't think Usher has to check in. >> Like Kamasi Washington has to check in. >> Hip hop hip hop and >> dude. >> Hip hop and R&B. >> But not like Mos Def kind of hip hop. >> Right. You think Ray J has to check in? >> Not common. >> I don't think Ray J maybe. >> Ray J has to? >> Yeah, he might be adjacent. >> Nah, no way, dude. >> Who's No, I think I think I think if you're on a podcast and they're like, "Yeah, but are you gay?" I feel like they like >> [laughter] >> I think they like let him go, you know what I mean? >> But are you gay? >> You're going to be like, "Hey, but are you gay?" >> I think they're both vying for him. >> Why don't you just answer the question? >> So, you think Ray J is that hot on the market? >> No, it's I think it's more it's almost like another form of exploitation. So,

5:53 so it's like if you come and you hook my boys up with all this, you're going to be real safe. And then I think both people are vying for him. >> Does that base Is that based on like where they go though? Like if they like let's say that um like a rapper comes down and he's just going to ████ Irvine. They don't got to check in with Compton to go to Irvine, right? >> Cuz what if they have to do shows in these territory areas? >> They're going to like cause like some ████ to happen. The same way that like when people try to film a movie, they have to get the gang to like >> their blessing or >> Yeah, to like tell everybody like hey, these guys are paid, they're cool. >> Yeah. But the big cities like Memphis, New York, LA, yeah, it's >> Still happening today? >> At least based off the podcast that I watch. But I'm like that's crazy that there's this crazy underground network. >> like if you just ascribe to that, then yeah, that's >> You just have to. What about Bruno Mars? You think Bruno Mars has to check [laughter] in?

6:43 >> Nah, you think they got to check in on Bruno Mars Boulevard? >> When he when he pulls up to SoFi, you think he has to check in in the middle of the night? >> sharks they got to pay those money too. >> All the casino owners. >> That's probably a different level of gangsters. >> That's actually very true. Cuz I was talking about it with somebody the other day and what was the number on how much debt he had? >> I mean these are all still like rumors and then and then technically technically >> He knows the truth though, he'll tell you. >> Nah, bro. It was like 29 million. >> Um but >> I heard it was something crazy like that. That's why I was like I was like is that true? >> Well, the rumor is that's why he has to perform here and like have that club and everything, right? >> jokes about it all the time. >> Really? So, that's like his jam. >> On his in his concert, he'll like joke about it in the in betweens. >> Like he had to do the show cuz he has to pay off his debt. >> Oh, ████ >> jokes about it all the time. >> Way funnier though. >> Because to that cuz on their on their side they said it's not true. So, they

7:33 just make jokes. >> Oh. >> Or if they make it lighthearted, then it's >> Yeah, who knows? >> That's the sickest way to address the truth though. >> Who knows though? >> It's it's completely saying it's not true even if it's true, saying it's not true, and then making jokes about it is like the sickest plan. >> It's really funny, yeah. I mean, why not? It's that's good to do that. >> Have you guys seen the Tupac 7 Series for sale? You could buy it. >> Like the one that he got shot in? >> It's $2 million. >> Fair. >> $2 million? >> From like Sotheby's or something? >> [laughter] >> No, it's police auction. >> the car shop that that owns it is off the 15. >> Oh, it's here? >> It's here. You guys want to go out and buy >> sell a bunch of vintage classic cars or whatever, and they have the Tupac car with the holes in it. >> With the holes? >> Yeah, it's but it's $2 million. It's a 7 Series. >> I saw the Bonnie and Clyde one. >> I did see the Bonnie and Clyde one, but they actually move that around because

8:23 that's like a clear relic, but I guess the Tupac one's that's 30 years ago. That's a relic. >> And you think you think cars could be haunted if you sit inside of it? There's some spirits in there? >> think you're going to get shot up. >> Nah, but you know, you might hear a door open by itself or something. >> You just hear you just hear rap music. >> Someone keeps moving my rearview mirror. You're like, "What the >> Hide her from me. >> [laughter] >> Gets a little cold in there. >> Tupac still in the backseat. >> He just looks in. >> Ambitionz Az a Ridah >> [laughter] >> The radio wasn't even on. >> [laughter] >> Change ████ >> I just always hear Nate Dogg in the background, dude. >> Poor Tupac. >> Also, Keffe D also claimed that Diddy offered him a million dollars to kill Tupac and Suge. I mean, he claims, but Diddy was never charged, obviously, and denies it. And then he also said parts of the books were fictionalized, but that that's so that's such a

9:13 >> So, it was just a just a stupid argument? It wasn't a planned hit? >> Well, Keffe D's part? >> Yeah, or like >> From based off what he literally says himself, he's the one who was like, "I'm going to >> It actually makes sense that it's it was just a stupid thing. Because if you look at the stats, majority of legends of rap have died over stupid ████ >> Think about the Migos guy. Remember the Migos dude? >> Migos. He got shot in a dice game, bro. Like just ████ around? >> X got shot just being jacked after a going to a a dealership. >> And then like even Nipsey, right? He's just chilling like what was his story? He was just chilling at a store? >> They always get killed by an unqualified dude way below them. >> Yeah. >> Just some random dude. It's like and then people want to make it some big thing like oh no to take down this titan they have to have all these pieces in place. It's like dude, no. Everybody in that community just gets murked random ass style. It sucks. That's worse to me.

10:03 >> Nipsey was a sad one. >> Wait, was uh was Suge Knight in the car with Tupac? >> He was driving. >> How did How many times did he get shot? Cuz he's a big dude. Did he ever get shot? No, Tupac blocked all of the bullets. >> I feel like that dude escapes death so much, bro. >> Yeah. >> I mean he's serving a 28-year sentence right now. >> Yeah, I know but like remember the video of him running over people in that car? [laughter] You're like dude, Suge Knight Bro, he's the kingpin, dude. Like he is the version of that. >> really is certifiably scary. >> Yeah, wasn't he like 6'7" or something? He's like huge. >> The big I think he was about to play football. >> Yeah, former NFL football player or something. >> Wouldn't it be crazy if they were both locked up in the same prison after all this time? Kev D and Suge. >> Suge can just leave prison whenever he wants. >> He just [laughter] steps over. >> He's just tired. >> He just has the keys. >> Here you go, dude. >> [laughter] >> I saw him >> He has a door? >> He wants some alone time. >> His cell I got a back door screen door.

10:55 >> [laughter] >> I saw Nate Dogg and he's massive. >> Oh, you did? >> Yep. >> That's why his voice is so deep. >> He didn't perform cuz we were at a Bone Thugs-N-Harmony concert. >> Oh, dude. >> all of their friends >> It It felt like a YouTube meet and greet like all of their friends came and they were just hanging out in the front and then you can say hi to them and it was just chill. It was like out in Pomona. >> Damn. >> But he's really big. Like I didn't I didn't pick When you listen to the music, you don't realize this guy is like a 7-ft giant ████ >> ft? >> Was pretty big. >> Nate Dogg 7 ft? >> just exaggerating. >> [laughter] >> He's ████ >> Are you sure it's not Shaq? >> He's He's 6'something. He's like 6'something but he's he's wide, too. Like he's big. >> Next time you see Nate Dogg, you should be like, "Hey, can you sing for me right now?" >> He died. >> Oh. >> He's in a He's in a 9-ft coffin. >> 9-ft? [laughter] Dude, he's in a 6-ft coffin. He's got

11:45 Come on, dude. Respect the dead. >> guys still listen to West Coast rap? >> Like the new [laughter] stuff? >> No, no. [snorts] Like like all the ████ we grew up on. >> Here and there. >> Dude, actually random. Okay, so >> What's that? Can I get >> I'm more of a E-40 guy. For the first few months, randomly Lana would always want to like she would she would just wail in the car. And then and then when we play like Lilo & Stitch, she's just like zones out and like it's her favorite song. So we were playing the same ████ song for like 6 months, right? I'm tired of this damn song, so I'm like I got I was just so frustrated one time. I'm like, "You're listening to Chronic 2001." I throw on Still D.R.E. >> [laughter] >> And yo, she's chilling. So now we just got me and Nita just keep playing [laughter] Chronic 2001. >> LIKE SCOTT STORCH, DUDE? >> [laughter] >> THAT'S WHAT NITA was saying. She's like, "It probably is the real instruments. It's the real instruments in the production." That's her favorite song on the album. Well, right now she's she's

12:35 cool with all of them. So all of them next episode explosive >> She wants West Coast rap. >> going to love >> [laughter] >> Just play the Scott Storch playlist, dude. All Scott Storch. >> But I'm down with it. Like it's either Lilo & Stitch or her first word >> Scott Storch. >> Get her some of those cool Scott Storch glasses. >> [laughter]

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