Former Diddy bodyguard alleges hip-hop mogul could have been involved in Notorious B.I.G.s death in new doc

Twenty-eight years after his death at 24, the unsolved murder of the Notorious B.I.G.remains a notorious mystery.And the new documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy,” which premieres on Peacock Tuesday, addresses rumors that the disgraced hip-hop mogul might have been involved in the drive-by shooting of his prize rap protégé on March 9, 1997.“So did he directly have something to do with it? He could have,” says former Diddy bodyguard Gene Deal, who is one of the members of his inner circle interviewed in the doc that arrives as the jailed star — born Sean Combs — awaits his May trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.Deal, who worked for Diddy from 1991 to 2005, was with his then boss and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame rapper the night of his murder after Vibe magazine’s post-Soul Train Awards party in Los Angeles.In “Making of a Bad Boy,” he claims that Diddy was allegedly acting suspiciously in the days before the murder.“The week [in] which Biggie was murdered he was just acting real anxious and trying to get Big at this party,” says Deal.

“And [what] was crazy was, Big was telling people he had to be in London.But Puff was telling people, ‘He ain’t going to London’ that whole week.”Deal recalls being surprised to find out about the Vibe party on the same night.“I’m sitting up at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and I get a phone call.

It’s about 9 o’clock.And they say, ‘Gene, get ready, we going to the Vibe party,’” he shares.

“I was like, ‘We going to this party? We don’t have no security!’”Deal laid out his reasons for thinking that going to the party was a bad idea six months after the East Coast/West Coast rap rivalry had escalated with Tupac Shakur’s murder — in which both Diddy and Biggie were rumored to be allegedly involved.“I say, ‘Yo Puff, I got some intel bruh.’ He said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Yo man, if we go to this party tonight, one of us gon’ get killed.Somebody go...