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LA Times apologizes; Diddy didn’t done did Pac!

That’s a Big Pac!

We’re a little late on this (sorry, tech reasons), but after the Los Angeles Times reported recently that the death of rapper Tupac Shakur was the result of an ordered hit by Bad Boy exec Sean Combs Puff Daddy P. Diddy Walter Lee Younger Diddy (but still P. Diddy in the U.K. and New Zealand) … where was I? Oh yes, the LA Times debacle. So after the story was published, the Smoking Gun did some snooping of their own, and lo and behold, it turns out the LA Times reporter Chuck Philips pulled a Dan Rather.

It turns out Philips was given fake FBI documents implementing Combs err…Diddy. Philips’ source? An un savory character by the name of James Sabatino, who coincidentally, kind of resembles Bobby Hill of The King of the Hill fame.

The paper has caught a lot of heat in the past few hours, and Philips and deputy managing editor Marc Duvoisin has since issued an apology.

In tribute to the two musical giants…uh, uh, yeah, uh…actually, why don’t I do this instead: Continue reading

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