Usher claims he witnessed “very strange things happening” at his New York mansion when Diddy, who was just 14 years old, came to live with him for a year.
The singer told Howard Stern that he was sent to a “puff flavor camp” in the ’90s to “see the lifestyle.” 2016 interview resurfaces, So he asked the shock jock, “Do you know what that feels like?”
Stern replied that he expected “the place would be full of chicks and nonstop orgies, right?”
Usher, now 45, initially responded, “No,” but added: “I don’t think so.”
“It was pretty wild. It was crazy. There were some very strange things going on and I didn’t necessarily understand it,” he says with a laugh, adding that his time with the Bad Boy Records boss was like a younger brother. He added that he felt like.
Asked if he would send his children to Puffy Flavor Camp, Usher exclaimed, “No way!”
The interview raised eyebrows on Monday after federal authorities investigating a sex trafficking operation raided Diddy’s Los Angeles and Miami properties.
The raid comes amid at least four recent lawsuits filed against Diddy, including allegations of assault and human trafficking, all of which he denies.
In February he Former male employee Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones sued.accused the hitmaker of sexual assault during the production of her 2023 album, The Love Album: Off the Grid.
According to TMZ, Jones claimed that the alleged abuse occurred repeatedly from September 2022 to November 2023.
Combs’ attorney, Sean Hawley, previously said that “Lil Rod is nothing but a liar” and is “shamelessly” seeking money in a $30 million lawsuit.
In November, “Come With Me” rapper Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura (aka Cassie) first The father of seven children is accused of rape and abuse. The case was settled out of court the next day.
Combs is Subsequently, additional lawsuits arose. From women who claim he sexually assaulted them.
His spokesperson said the allegations were “a fabrication” and were “nothing more than a money grab”.
In a 2016 interview, Usher, who recently appeared on the Super Bowl halftime show, talked about some of hip-hop’s biggest names, such as Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim, Faith Evans, and Mary J, who were always present in Diddy’s mansion. I wooed the names. Blige and Craig Mack.
Asked if there were any bad feelings after Diddy’s death, as a member of his second album, “My Way,” which went platinum in the late 1990s, “He was always a great supporter of family members who came from far away.” “I never felt disconnected because I was a part of it.” .
“I’m always going to look at him like a brother,” he said.
