MTV ran a lengthy story on Tuesday, here is part of it: Philips took to the Web on Tuesday (March 18) for a live chat on LATimes.com to defend his work, particularly a story he wrote in 2002 regarding who killed Tupac Shakur.

Philips � who has attracted attention recently with an article that alleged Diddy and the Notorious B.I.G. had prior knowledge of Shakur's 1994 attack at Quad Recording Studios � said the Bad Boy camp provided insufficient evidence that Biggie (real name: Christopher Wallace) was in New Jersey at the time of Shakur's 1996 Las Vegas murder.

Philips also claimed Jimmy Rosemond, the Game's manager, knew of the plot to attack Shakur - Read the full MTV story

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