American rapper Sean John Combswho is also known as Diddy, Puff Daddy or P. Diddy, was arrested in mid-September in New York for sexual harassment, abuse and rape. He is accused of conspiracy to commit organized crime; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and trafficking of white women for prostitution.
Since the news of his arrest came to light, social networks have begun to rumor about the possibility that the rapper abused the Canadian singer. justin bieberwhom he had known since childhood. But where do these speculations come from?
After Puff Daddy’s arrest, Bieber has assured that wants to distance himself from him. However, as a young man he claimed that the rapper was one of his greatest inspirations. Both seem to have met through the model and singer. UsherJustin Bieber’s mentor. For his part, Puff Daddy was Usher’s mentor.
Below, we break down chronologically everything that is known about the relationship between Puff Daddy and Justin Bieber.
2009: Justin Bieber spends two days with Puff Daddy
The Canadian has published a video on his YouTube channel where he shares the 48 hours What happened to Puff Daddy when he was barely fifteen years. The rapper said they couldn’t reveal what they were doing, but that it was “every 15-year-old’s dream.” He also said they were “having the time of their lives.”
Puff Daddy joked that he was Justin Bieber’s father, who when he was so little told the rapper that I wanted to go “get some girls”. “A man I like,” the American replied.
2010: Puff Daddy wants to spend more time with Justin Bieber
A year later, the two recorded themselves again while in a recording studio. “You’re starting to act differently, huh? You haven’t been calling me or hanging out like we used to.“the rapper told the young singer.
At another point in the video, Bieber tells Puff Daddy: “This is how you win over girls“.
2014: Justin Bieber would have gone to a Puff Daddy party, according to Khloé Kardashian
The rapper organized every Labor Day in the US. well-known festivals called White Partieswhere a crowd of celebrities gathered dressed in white. Subsequently, these events would evolve into the Freak off Partieswhich are being a major part of the abuse investigations.
Apparently, Justin Bieber would have attended a Puff Daddy party in 2014, since businesswoman Khloé Kardashian claimed that she had been with the Canadian at one of those parties where “half the people there were naked“.
2015: Justin Bieber takes his first drink of alcohol by Puff Daddy
Another video shows that Puff Daddy got the Canadian to have his first drink of alcohol (specifically, tequila) on the same day of his 21st birthday.
2016: Puff Daddy attends Bieber’s birthday
Just a year later, the rapper would see Justin Bieber again on his 22nd birthday, when he gave him a jacket.
2020: Bieber says he wants to “protect” Billie Eilish
Four years after the last time both singers appeared together, Justin Bieber gave an interview where he stated that he suffered a lot in his beginnings in music when he was young, and that he did not want Billie Eilish to experience the same thing.
“It was difficult for me being so young and being in the industry and not knowing where to turnand having everyone tell me they loved me and then turn their backs on you in a second. […] I just want to protect her. I don’t want her to go through what I went through.. “I wouldn’t wish it on anyone,” he said in a statement that fans associated with Puff Daddy.
2021: a strange encounter
Justin Bieber and Puff Daddy would be seen publicly again in 2021, when they gave themselves a friendly hug on the street However, several social media users found it strange that the rapper started patting the Canadian on the chest, as if he were looking for something. The rumors said that I could be looking for a cable.
2023: musical collaboration
Justin Bieber and Puff Daddy They collaborated for a song by the rapper, momentsincluded in his album The Love Album: Off The Grid. “I met him when he was playing his guitar in the street. I feel honored to call him a dear friend and brother“said the American when he presented the song.
The Canadian, for his part, said on social networks: “I remember going to my brother Diddy’s office to introduce him a song I wrote for him when I was 14“Unfortunately the song was garbage.”
2024: Puff Daddy’s arrest and Justin Bieber’s estrangement
Just a year after collaborating together, the rapper was arrested over accusations of sexual harassment, while Justin Bieber regrets having worked with him. According to Daily Mailsources close to the Canadian say that “Bieber is very disturbed by the Diddy news.”
“Many people who helped make him who he is were very close to Diddy and that has completely unbalanced him.. Justin will not respond on this. […] She took a long break from Diddy and distanced herself from him. “It appeared on Diddy’s most recent album and if he had known about this, he wouldn’t have done anything,” the anonymous sources add.