PRISONER DIDDY IS DEAD MAN WALKING!

Has target on back for suspected ties to Tupac Shakur murder

TERRIFIED hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is desperate to avoid spending too much time in prison, fearing he’s marked for death by West Coast gangbangers eager to avenge the 1996 murder of rival rapper Tupac Shakur, say sources.

“If you are a persona non grata for a certain gang or group, there are people who will go out of their way to do something bad to you,” warns the Criminal Center’s Christopher Zoukis, author of The Federal Prison Handbook. “No one [behind bars] is ever truly safe or isolated.”

Combs, 54, is currently facing a slew of sexual assault and human trafficking charges that could land him in federal prison for the rest of his life. His Sept. 17 arrest follows a Homeland Security investigation into his alleged criminal enterprise that lawmen say included drug-fueled orgies called freak offs, featuring male prostitutes and female fans turned terrified victims.

Now, the hip-hop honcho — branded the new Jeffrey Epstein in a lawsuit by one victim — could be a dead man walking if he lands inside a federal prison controlled by gangs. “Gangs are very powerful, even in the most secure prisons,” Robert Stratton, a convicted drug smuggler turned author, tells The National ENQUIRER.

Stratton, who penned the novel Defending Alice, believes Diddy’s life would be endangered even if he was kept in high-security isolation.