Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking scandal continues to dominate the headlines, with more and more stories emerging about the embattled rapper, with the most recent being that he still holds so much ‘power’ even behind bars.
And amid increasing heat on the rap star, the beef he’s had with various celebrities over the years have come to light, most notably his fall-out with former pal Kanye West.
The pair have been feuding since October 2022 after Diddy took umbrage at Kanye bringing out his infamous White Lives Matter T-shirts.
Before their beef started, Combs was one of Ye’s only famous friends to defend his increasingly bizarre behavior and social media posts, calling him a ‘free thinker’ and insisting that the Golddigger rapper’s message had been ‘misconstrued.’
However, Diddy drew the line at the controversial tops as he got in touch with Kanye directly and proceeded to share his misgivings about the shirts, prompting an argument over text.
Diddy sat down for an interview on The Breakfast Club in 2022 and called Kanye’s very controversial White Lives Matter T-shirts ‘tone deaf.’
Kanye wasn’t a fan of Diddy’s opinion in that matter and the two got into a much-publicized fight over text message – with their fight coming just months after he paid tribute to the I Need A Girl hitmaker Diddy as he presented him with a lifetime achievement award at the BETs.
‘I’m selling these tees. Nobody gets in between me and my money. This is my grandfather texting you now. Never call me with no bulls*** like that again unless you ready to green light me. Cause anybody who got on that tee is me,’ he reportedly texted.
And then things got a little more strange with Ye texting: ‘Out of respect for everything you’ve meant to me I’ll be quiet as Virgil. But now I know how I’ve hurt people I love with threats.’
He then posted a screen-grab of these texts to his Instagram page and wrote in the caption: ‘God is Love My brother misspoke to me but I still love him.’
Eventually Diddy responded: ‘As soon as I land we’ll meet face to face!!! Send me a address.’
Diddy attempted reasoning with Kanye who also insisted his friend was ‘sent by Jews’ and a ‘FED.’
‘N***a send me a address,’ Diddy insisted over text. ‘Let’s stop playing these internet games. And don’t feel threatened. You’ll be fine. Just love.’
‘This ain’t a game,’ Kanye retorted. ‘Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business.’
When he posted the screen-grab to Instagram he wrote in the caption: ‘Jesus is Jew.’
‘I’m just trying to talk to you as a black man,’ Diddy pleaded. ‘And I’m talking to you because this is hurting our people. Stop.’
Kanye, undeterred, replied: ‘Anything you text I will post. I love you. And you guys are breaking my heart. I accept your apology in advance.’
By ‘you guys,’ he appeared to be referring to both Diddy and Boosie Badazz, who has also criticized the White Lives Matter shirts.
Posting these texts to Instagram, he wrote: ‘GOD IS LOVE.’
In March this year, fans speculated as to whether the feud could be over after Diddy attended Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s controversial set at Rolling Loud in Los Angeles.
Though it was later said that the Bound 2 hitmaker ‘refused’ to meet up with Diddy, who attended with his children, to say hello after the show.
TMZ reported at the time that Diddy had attended the event to watch Kanye’s performance and informed the rapper’s entourage he had wanted to say hello to West personally.
But, when Kanye, 46, was notified of Diddy’s request, he was reportedly not interested in speaking with him. At a minimum, he reportedly wasn’t enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing the Making The Band veteran.
Ultimately, Diddy never ended up linking up with West, insiders told the outlet.
A month later, Kanye then appeared to reference Diddy’s scandal on his remix of Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Like That, which he debuted during his appearance on Justin LaBoy’s The Download in April.
