Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t know his leaked jailhouse name with Kanye West had been recorded for most of the people to listen to, a supply near the matter solely instructed The Submit.
A video displaying Ye, 47, speaking on the telephone with Diddy, 55, was posted Monday on Instagram by The Shade Room. The video appeared to have been recorded by Ye; nonetheless, it’s not clear who leaked the video.
“Puff didn’t know it was being recorded [on video],” the supply claimed, including that Combs “thought he was having a friend call him to check on his kids.”
Whereas all jail calls are logged and recorded internally, these information will not be usually accessible to the general public.
Responding to social media hypothesis concerning the recording’s authenticity, the supply confirmed, “The call was real and not AI.”
Combs is at the moment being held with out bail on the Metropolitan Detention Middle (MDC) in Brooklyn whereas he awaits trial on costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The hip-hop mogul has pleaded not responsible on all counts.
On his name with Ye, Combs inspired the embattled star to “have some f–king fun” and to “get behind the mic.” He additionally thanked Ye for “taking care of my kids” following his lockup in September.
Diddy has seven kids: son Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, together with his late ex Kim Porter; Quincy, 33, his adopted son from Porter’s marriage to ex-husband singer Al B. Certain!; son Justin, 31, and daughters Probability, 18, and Love, 2, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, Sarah Chapman and Dana Tran, respectively.
“Diddy’s kids are in touch with Ye,” the supply confirmed to The Submit.
Ye excerpted Combs’ phrases of gratitude from the recorded name and used them within the opening for a brand new music, “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine,” a snippet of which he shared Saturday in a since-deleted put up on X.
“Ye is doing Ye,” the insider mentioned of the Yeezy founder allegedly recording the decision, which they mentioned occurred final week.
“Ye wasn’t doing anything nefarious,” the supply defined, including that the recording probably “happened organically.”
Ye’s new observe additionally options vocals from his and ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s 11-year-old daughter, North West. Kardashian, 44, reportedly tried to cease Ye from utilizing the vocals, setting off a maelstrom between the exes, which has performed out on social media.
Concerning the decision being leaked, the insider claimed, “Diddy is collateral damage in the debacle over Ye’s new song – the beef is really with Kim.”
The scenario is “a matter of older influential Black men knowing these guys are kind of flying blindly,” they added.
Representatives for Diddy didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
When requested concerning the video, a rep for Ye declined to touch upon whether or not the rapper recorded the clip.
