The 7 Most Shocking Claims From Rolling Stone’s Exposé On Sean “Diddy” Combs
Two years ago, Sean “Diddy” Combs was honored with a standing ovation as he accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 BET Awards. Just last year, he accepted the Global Icon Award at the 2023 MTV VMA’s, where his children stood beside their music mogul dad on stage.
Describing their father as “a little bit of strict, a little bit of fun,” ultimately D’Lila Star, Jessie James and Chance dubbed Diddy as “the best dad ever.” Christian Combs added that he’s watched his dad since he was young, and described himself as the businessman’s “biggest fan.”
Although the 54-year-old may have been a super hero to his children — for others, he’s been the immortal villain in their story for years.
Thanking God that night and a list of people who have contributed to his powerful and successful career — including Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, whom he was just seen assaulting on video earlier this month — Diddy asserted: “Anything I do is through love. That’s what I evolved to be, and that’s what I’m doing right now.”
Even if his evolvement is real, that very moment at the BET Awards has become a taunting smirk at the very skeletons he’s kept buried for years at the cost of others’ pain. Now, those bones and more have been unearthed and put on display for the world to see. Cheyenne Roundtree and Nancy Dillon of Rolling Stone have now opened a few more windows in an exposé that includes alleged experiences of Diddy’s abusive, menacing behavior by former friends, employees, artists and more.
Of the very detailed piece, VIBE has pulled seven shocking claims that may or may not have been heard of before, and have definitely been amplified now.
Check them out below.
Diddy’s Abuse Allegedly Dates Back To College
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Allegedly, Diddy‘s violent and abusive behavior started long before he became who he is known to be today. Several women who attended Howard University with the super-producer shared with the outlet that they saw “signs of a controlling and abusive personality” decades ago.
Per allegations, there were incidents involving unwanted touching and “fits of rage” on campus by Diddy and women he was interested in. One woman claimed that she “kept as far away as possible” from him after he “caressed her back without warning.” Another former student claimed that Combs “flew off the handle” after she called him out for cutting the cafeteria line.
Additionally, another former student alleged that Diddy would repeatedly harass a young lady by tapping on the window of her English class to get her to skip class. “She would tense up [when Combs appeared],” a former student, who sat next to the woman in class, told RS. “He just had a weird control thing. I felt like she was fearful.”
In another incident at HU, an anonymous woman told the outlet that she witnessed Combs outside of their dormitories screaming belligerently for his girlfriend to come outside. The source added that shortly after, Diddy who went by “Puff” at the time, was heard and seen attacking his then-girlfriend outside, literally “whooping” her with his belt.
“Puff is out here acting crazy. He’s beating her,” the fellow students recalled. “He screamed and hollered and acted a stone fool until she came downstairs,” said another HU student who witnessed the alleged attack. She claimed he appeared “super angry” and was “screaming at the top of his lungs.” And that he “whupped her butt — like really whupped her butt.”
Speaking to the terror written all over the victim’s face, the woman added, “She was trying to defend herself a little bit. She was crying. And we were telling him, ‘Get off of her.’ We were screaming for her.”
Sister Souljah Allegedly Warned Joi Dickerson-Neal About Diddy
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In the exposé, it was revealed that Sister Souljah, author of the beloved novel The Coldest Winter Ever, warned alleged victim Joi Dickerson-Neal to stay away from Diddy. It’s noted that the New York Times bestseller declined to comment.
Dickerson-Neal told the outlet that she recalled getting a “warning” from Sister Souljah to keep her distance from Diddy, “given his infamous reputation.” The former video vixen sued Combs for sexual assault in 2023 for “revenge porn” and per Rolling Stone, her decision to come forward “isn’t about money,” but to “make sure the world sees that this man who rose to the level of an ‘icon’ is actually sick and has left so many victims in [the wake of his] unpunished disgusting behavior for years.”
She detailed that her relationship with him began when she “reluctantly” agreed to go to dinner with the budding music mogul in 1991. She alleged that Diddy spiked her drink while they were out and later pressured her into smoking weed. She recalled feeling her legs become “rubbery” and being raped by Diddy, who she says also recorded the incident and paraded the video around.
Combs denied the allegations at the time, stating through his lawyers that “[This] 32-year-old story is made up and not credible. Mr. Combs never assaulted her.”
Diddy Allegedly Attacked A Woman In His Own Bad Boy Office
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Kirk Burrowes, Bad Boy’s co-founding partner and president, shared that he once saw Diddy attacking a woman inside his Bad Boy’s office in 1994. Allegedly, an ex-employee told Rolling Stone that she and Burrowes had to “tear Combs off a woman” after hearing screams and the sound of shattering glass. The alleged victim declined to comment to the outlet.
The first manager of Bad Boy’s recording studio, Felicia Newsome, added that she once had to restrain Diddy from “beating this girl’s a**” after a fight broke out between two women. “I’m holding him by his waist, saying, ‘You need to calm down. This is not your fight,’” she recalled.
Another former intern, April Lampros, made claims this month that Combs got violent with her in the past and even “forced her to her knees to perform oral sex.” She claims that he sexually assaulted her on four different occasions. According to TMZ, Lampros claimed that in 1996, Diddy “ordered” her to his apartment, where she was introduced to Kim Porter. She alleged Diddy drugged her and Porter, then forced them to have sex as he masturbated.
She is suing him for battery, sexual assault, infliction of emotional distress and gender-motivated violence.
Diddy Slighted Biggie Smalls On A Posthumous ‘Rolling Stone’ Cover
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Diddy has always been vocal about his love for The Notorious B.I.G, but according to sources, the “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” rapper slighted the late rapper from getting a posthumous Rolling Stone cover.
Burrowes claims that the magazine approached Bad Boy with the opportunity for Biggie’s legacy, but instead Diddy wanted the spot. “I was telling Sean, ‘Let’s make it Biggie. You still have a chance [for a cover in the future],’” Burrowes recalled, to which he says Diddy responded, “‘No, he’s dead. I’m putting out [Combs’ debut album, No Way Out] in July. I need to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.’”
Combs ended up on the 1997 cover of the pub titled, Puff Daddy: The New King of Hip-Hop.
The exposé also touched on how many felt that Diddy capitalized off of Biggie’s death. In 1999, Diddy sort of backed those rumors as he told RS, “I think his passing added to the fame. At least 2 million [of the nearly 5 million copies of No Way Out] sold were due to [his death], straight up. And that doesn’t necessarily feel good, but that’s the reality.”
Diddy Allegedly Broke A Chair Over Late Music Exec’s Head For Dating His Late Ex, Kim Porter
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Another shocking allegation has come out that in 2000, Diddy attacked late music executive Shakir Stewart with a chair. Per sources, the late model and mother of his twins, Kim Porter, began dating Stewart, who Diddy had disdain for. During L.A. Reid’s wedding in Italy, the Bad Boy founder allegedly broke a chair over Stewart’s head.
“He left him bleeding on a hotel floor in Italy,” Stewart’s mother, Portia, stated. “He had to have stitches and then [Combs] threatened him … ‘I’m going to kill you’ … That’s when I said you need to get out of this business. This man is crazy.”
That wouldn’t be the first time Diddy sought vengeance over someone else dating a former girlfriend of his. When Cassie began dating Kid Cudi in 2011, Diddy allegedly told her that he would blow up the rapper’s car, which Cudi confirmed. In a statement to The New York Times last year, the rapper said, “This is all true,” when asked of the incident.
Diddy’s Former Private Chef Alleges He Requested A “Postcoital” Meal And Greeted Her Naked
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Combs was sued for sexual harassment by his former personal chef, Cindy Rueda, according to the exposé that shared more details.
In 2015, Rueda worked for Combs and claimed that he “regularly” asked her to serve him meals while he engaged in “sexual activity.” She also said that the former Revolt CEO once requested a “postcoital meal” while greeting her naked and asking her if “she liked his naked body.”
According to the former staffer of his, she once was taken back to see Diddy engaging in sexual activity with model, Gina Huynh. She claims that upon the discovery, she “dropped” the food on a table and ran. Reportedly, Rueda’s lawsuit was arbitrated and settled privately.
Huynh, however, made claims in 2019 that Diddy physically abused her and offered her $50,000 to terminate a pregnancy. She alleged that the disgraced Hip-Hop icon once “shoved her to the ground and dragged her by her hair in 2018,” as well as “stomped” on her stomach.
Diddy Was Allegedly “Jealous” Of 2Pac And Biggie’s Friendship
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Burrowes shared that Diddy had a certain “jealousy” for Biggie’s friendship with 2Pac ahead of their rivalry. He alleged that Combs wanted a friendship with Pac, but the Death Row rapper wasn’t interested.
“Pac didn’t have any kind of respect for Puff,” added 90’s photographer Monqiue Bunn, who had personal relationships with Biggie and other Bad Boy artists. She also claimed that Pac felt that Diddy was a “corny executive” and that he was “on the sidelines, jealous.”
Burrowes also shared that Diddy encouraged Biggie “to write certain songs,” that felt “beefy.” Reportedly, Diddy had released Biggie’s single “Who Shot Ya?” in 1995, as it was clear that it would be viewed as a shot at Pac. Biggie was adamant that it wasn’t. 2Pac responded with “Hit ’Em Up,” pushing the narrative even further that there was beef between the East Coast and West Coast rappers.
Unfortunately, the “California Love” wordsmith was murdered at the young age of 25 in 1996 in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, with Crip member Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis being charged for his murder decades later. Davis made claims that Diddy offered him $1,000,000 to kill Pac, which Diddy denied. Six months after Pac’s murder, Biggie was killed after attending a Soul Train Music Awards afterparty in Los Angeles.
