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Kanye West is on Team Diddy.
The rapper, 47, expressed his support for Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently imprisoned and awaiting trial on charges including sex trafficking, racketeering, conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
“FREE PUFF,” West shared via X late Thursday, February 6, which he followed up with a series of expletive-filled tweets alleging the charges against Diddy, 55, are part of a conspiracy.
“ALL THESE CELEBRITY N—-S AND BITCHES IS P—Y YALL A WATCH OUR BROTHER ROT AND NEVER SAY S–T,” he continued in another tweet.
Going on to describe Diddy as both an “idol” and “hero,” West continued, “JUST FOR CLARITY, THEY TYRING TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF PUFF … ME AND MY BROTHER HAD OUR ISSUES BUT THESE WHITE PEOPLE TRYING TO USE PUFF TO SCARE N—-S. IM NEITHER SCARED NOR BRAVE. THIS JUST ME.”
The “Vultures” rapper also launched a new collaboration between his Yeezy brand and Diddy’s Sean Jean clothing brand, which he said would support Diddy amid his incarceration. “I’m selling the Sean John collaboration that me and my brother spoke about before they locked him up … we splitting the profits 50/50,” he added.
West has so far released three T-shirts bearing the Sean John logo via his Yeezy.com online store in red, white and blue.
West doubled down on his support for Diddy via Instagram, sharing footage of a video call with Diddy’s son, Christian “King” Combs, 26. “A SON TO HIS DAD FOR EVERY SON WHO DAD IS LOCKED UP WRITE [sic] OR WRONG,” he captioned the post in part.
Diddy has been in jail since September 2024 after he was indicted on federal charges. A 14-page indictment claimed that Diddy “abused, threatened and coerced women and others around him” for decades.
The disgraced music mogul pleaded not guilty to the allegations against him before being remanded to Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of his trial date, which is slated to begin in May. He was also denied bail following four separate appeals.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo told Us Weekly in a statement at the time. “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children and working to uplift the Black community. He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal.”
The statement concluded, “To his credit, Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Diddyis also facing more than 30 civil lawsuits from alleged victims of sexual assault and misconduct. He continues to deny all allegations.
