Though the mystery has never been solved, many have attached Sean "Diddy" Combs and Christopher Wallace (Biggie Smalls/The Notorious B.I.G.) to the 1994 attack and 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur -- sparking an East Coast/West Coast rap war, leading to Biggie's 1997 murder and escalating the "no snitching" policy into law. The accusation even came from Tupac himself after the attack in 1994. Enter LA Times writer Chuck Phillips, who has been on the beat......

Anyone looking for closure in the Diddy SoHo slapfest case, look no further. Reports are that prosecutors aren't pursuing criminal charges against Mr. Combs anymore because "Stephen Acevedo appeared to stop cooperating with police - after accusing the rap star of sucker-punching him inside the exclusive SoHo club on Oct. 13 after the two quarreled over women." Of course, Acevedo's lawyer says he is taking the "high road" and declining to talk further about the......

The latest news in the fatal shooting during a rap video shoot in Brooklyn is that Busta Rhymes may have witnessed his bodyguard's death. Police Commissioner Kelly announced as much yesterday, and other police sources are saying that Rhymes (born Trevor Smith) may have been playing "peacemaker" between some other rappers. Rhymes had been shooting a video for his song, "Touch It {Remix)," and there were a number of music stars on hand to do......

Gothamist had always wondered what it would be like to be hobnob with P. Diddy. You know, watch as his manservant puts his napkin on his lap, waiting to see what Sean John ensemble he'll wear next. (Perhaps we watched too much Making the Band 3 - we have been singing extremely off-key lately.) But now it seems like it's safer that we don't have a Bad Boy lifestyle - last night, at a party......

In a still-in-time-for-the-holidays gift for all reporters on the Guy Velella beat, prison officials have reportedly placed the disgraced ex-State-Senator with rapper Shyne in a cell at Rikers Island. Yes, that Shyne, who is serving a sentence for that 1999 club shooting that P. Diddy, then known at Puff Daddy, was also tried for (being Daddy, the Diddy got off). Now, Gothamist has been following the Guy Velella case peripherally - we never posted before......

The chauffeur of P. Diddy (then Puff Daddy) revealed that after he, P. Diddy, and another Diddy/Daddy associate were arrested after the 1999 club shooting, he and the bodyguard (not Diddy) all smoked pot and drank cognac. Chauffer Wendel Fenderson is trying to sue Diddy for $3 million, claiming post-traumatic stress after Diddy demanded he speed away from cops. Fenderson is also alleging that he was scared of Diddy and his posse, though Fenderson's admission......

Madonna signed copies of her book, The English Roses, at Barnes & Noble at Rockefeller Center yesterday for 250 people who won a special lottery. Many devoted fans who weren't able to enter the store stood outside, as Madonna told reporters how the book's message was about "how destructive feelings of envy and jealousy are. And everybody feels it." And at this point in Western Civilization, the only captive audience member for Madonna is......

Sean John, the clothing line rap impressario P. Diddy/Puff Daddy/Sean Combs/that guy everywhere samplin' everything, may be getting its own stores. The Post notes that the Diddy may have secured financing for 10 retail stores, including a flagship in Manhattan, while PD's music career is not what it used to be. Maybe it's because PD is so ubiquitous - Gothamist can't remember an episode of Entertainment Tonight or MTV video where he's not present. The......