Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z (actual title Shawn Carter) are rappers, file moguls and outdated friends whose friendship dates all the best way again to the ’90s.
The lads collaborated on a number of tasks, supported each other’s careers and praised one another publicly earlier than Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old woman with Diddy in a just lately amended lawsuit, by which the unnamed feminine — often called Jane Doe — claimed the rappers took turns assaulting her at an afterparty following the 2000 Video Music Awards.
Jay-Z denied the “heinous” allegations, calling the lawsuit a “blackmail attempt.”
Right here’s a glance again at Diddy and Jay-Z’s decades-long friendship.
1997 — Diddy and Jay-Z collaborate for the primary time
The pair collaborated on one another’s 1997 albums following the loss of life of their mutual good friend Infamous B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, actual title Christopher George Latore Wallace). Diddy featured Jay-Z on the observe “Do You Like It, Do You Want It” from his “No Way Out” album, whereas Combs appeared on “In My Lifetime, Vol 1,” Carter’s second album.
When he died, Biggie was signed to Diddy’s file label and had beforehand collaborated on Jay-Z’s first album, “Affordable Doubt.
1999 — Diddy and Jay-Z get into hassle for separate occasions
The rappers discovered their names splashed throughout the information following two separate occasions in 1999. Jay-Z acquired three years of probation for his function within the stabbing of Lance “Un” Rivera on the Equipment Kat Membership in New York. 20 years later, Rivera confirmed that “Jay-Z was not the guy who actually stabbed me that night.”
Diddy additionally acquired three years of probation for fleeing the scene of a nightclub taking pictures close to Occasions Sq. with his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez.
It’s believed Diddy and Jay-Z bonded over their experiences.
2003 — Diddy groups up with Jay-Z’s then-girlfriend, Beyoncé
Jay-Z and Beyoncé had been linked in 2001 when he was 33 and he or she was 19. Throughout that point, the pair often mingled with Diddy at Hollywood occasions. Lower than a decade after collaborating with Jay-Z, Diddy joined forces with Beyoncé on her 2003 hit “Summertime.”
September 2005 — Diddy and Jay-Z donate $1 million
The rappers collectively donated $1 million to the Hurricane Katrina aid fund. Diddy and Jay-Z introduced their giant test throughout a dwell telethon.
August 2007 — Diddy spanks Jay-Z twice throughout hip-hop competition
Throughout their summer season 2007 Screamfest competition efficiency, Diddy was filmed slapping Jay-Z on the butt two instances, based on Us Weekly.
June 2009 — Diddy calls Jay-Z his ‘Black brother’ and Kim Porter jokes a few ‘secret society’
Diddy addressed his shut friendship with Jay-Z after a number of social gathering photos of the pair and different music trade A-listers had been featured at The Rock N Roll Of Hip Hop exhibition in Beverly Hills. Diddy spoke with Younger Hollywood on the time about one picture displaying the 2 males chatting at one in every of his notorious birthday events.
“I was telling him how much I appreciate him coming…” Diddy stated. “And how much I value our friendship. People see us as competitors and different icons in the hip hop game but that was just a moment of two black brothers telling each other how much they appreciate each other.”
Kim Porter, who was by Diddy’s aspect on the occasion, chimed in with a smile. “We call that picture a secret society, all we ask is trust!” she quipped. Porter died from pneumonia in 2018 at 47.
2012 — Diddy and Jay-Z land on Forbes’ wealthiest checklist
The lads’s careers appeared to reflect one another, with Diddy and Jay-Z dominating Forbes’ checklist of wealthiest hip-hop artists in 2012. Diddy landed the highest spot with an estimated private fortune of $550 million because of his Sean John clothes line, stakes in a vodka firm and file label. Jay-Z got here in second at $460 million.
August 2016 — MTV Video Music Awards afterparty
Diddy and Jay-Z celebrated alongside their women (Cassie Ventura and Beyoncé) at an afterparty in New York following the MTV Video Music Awards and several other different A-listers, together with Kim Kardashian and her then-husband, Kanye West.
January 2020 — Black Billionaire Brunch
Diddy and Jay-Z kicked off 2020 on the Black Billionaire brunch hosted by Roc Nation. Diddy made a toast on the occasion as Jay-Z smiled and nodded alongside.
“It’s 2020, y’all, and it is different than when it was 2016,” Diddy stated. “The game has been elevated. As you know, there has no expense been spared. We had a Black billionaire lunch year, understand, right? And, we’re here together in keeping staying together. We’re getting tighter, and united we stand.”
April 2022 — Hollywood Stroll of Fame
Diddy and Jay-Z chummed it up when DJ Khaled was honored with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame. The pair — wearing all-black — joked round as they sat subsequent to one another within the entrance row and even posed for pictures collectively.
June 2022 — Diddy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
When Diddy acquired the Lifetime Achievement Award on the 2022 BET Awards, Jay-Z was among the many stars who sang his praises in a video montage honoring his profession.
“Here’s this guy from a neighborhood similar to where I grown up that made it to these unreachable heights,” Jay-Z gushed about Diddy. “Puff was the first one that came through and made us feel like it was us.”
March 2024 — Jay-Z stays quiet as accusations mount in opposition to Diddy
50 Cent poked enjoyable at Jay-Z, claiming he have to be “missing” or “in hiding” as a result of he hadn’t spoken out concerning the allegations in opposition to Diddy. The “Bad Boy for Life” rapper was arrested in Sept. on costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution after a number of accusers — each women and men — stepped ahead with lawsuits, sparking a grand jury indictment. Diddy has denied the allegations in opposition to him.
December 2024 — Diddy and Jay-Z named in rape lawsuit
In a just lately amended civil lawsuit, a “Jane Doe” accused Diddy and Jay-Z of raping her in 2000 when she was simply 13 years outdated at an afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.
Jane Doe claimed the rappers allegedly took turns raping her at a residence whereas an unnamed feminine celeb watched after she was drugged.
Jay-Z denied the “heinous” allegations, calling the lawsuit a “blackmail attempt,” and stepped out along with his household within the wake of the authorized battle. Diddy is at present behind bars awaiting his intercourse trafficking trial, scheduled for Could 5, 2025.
