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The Los Angeles Times has retracted a recent controversial article that claimed that associates of hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs were behind an attack on Tupac Shakur in New York in 1994, in which the late rapper was ambushed and shot outside of a recording studio.

The story, entitled ‘An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War’, was written by Chuck Philips, and used "new" information about the attack.

However, the newspaper has "since concluded that the FBI reports were fabricated and that some of the other sources relied on… do not support major elements of the story".

"An article and related materials published on the Los Angeles Times website on March 17 have been removed from the site because they relied heavily on information that The Times no longer believes to be credible," the paper wrote in a published statement.

At the time of the story’s publication, Combs issued a statement claiming his innocence saying, "This story is beyond ridiculous and is completely false… I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseles and completely untrue story."

According to the retraction, the story "could be interpreted as creating the impression that Combs was involved in arranging the attack, The Times wishes to correct that misimpression, which was neither stated in the article nor intended."

Doubts as to the article’s accuracy were raised by website TheSmokingGun.com, who reported their belief that the FBI documents were fabricated. 

To read the entire retraction, click here. 

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