Gene Deal Alleges Jay-Z Hid From 2Pac in Las Vegas Hotel Room Before Concert
Gene Deal, a former bodyguard for Sean “Diddy” Combs, recalled an alleged tense situation between 2Pac and Jay-Z.
In a new interview published on Thursday, Deal spoke to Cam Capone News about the time where the late West Coast rapper found out Hov was performing in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I don’t know how Pac found out that Jay-Z had a show, but Jay-Z was not coming out that room,” Deal claimed in the video linked above, saying it took a series of calls between Chaz Williams, Big D, Eric B, and eventually Suge Knight to resolve the situation.
“Suge said, ‘Yo, man, that ain’t me. That’s Pac with his wild ass.’ Suge Knight told Pac to give Jay-Z a pass so he could go do his concert, because Jay wasn’t coming out of that room, you know, to do nothing,” he added.
Deal shared the story about the alleged hotel incident in 2022 during an interview with The Art of Dialogue. However, his account of the events doesn’t seem to be corroborated by other first-hand accounts and therefore should be taken with a grain of salt.
Although Deal said he’s not sure why 2Pac was allegedly angry with Jay, he speculated that his frustration might have stemmed from Jay-Z’s collaboration with the Notorious B.I.G. on the song, “Brooklyn’s Finest” in June 1996 from the album Reasonable Doubt.
In the lyrics, per Genius, Biggie raps, “If Faith have twins, she’d probably have two pacs / Get it?/ 2 Pac’s?”
While speaking to Fat Joe during his Instagram Live show in 2020, Suge Knight claims he told Hov not to record the song.
“I was dead set against it. I was telling Jay, ‘Don’t do it, don’t do it’ and he was like, ‘Why?’ I was like, ‘Big, he’s too strong. Before we take over the world, we gotta take over the West Coast,” Gotti told Joe at the time.
“Before we take over the West Coast, we gotta take over the East Coast. Before we take over the East Coast, we gotta take over New York. Before we take over New York, you gotta take over Brooklyn and he owns all that.’ And I was like, ‘This n***a’s not a wack n***a.’ I was in fear like, ‘Yo, you may came off like his little man, you understand?'”
In 2015, DJ Clark Kent, who was heavily involved in Hov’s early career, claimed that Jay had recorded a 2pac diss track that was never released because of his death. However, he apparently performed the song during a show at the Apollo Theatre.
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