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In support of Sean "Diddy" Combs is Kanye West. On June 13, the "Runaway" rapper showed up at the federal courthouse in Manhattan, where the owner of Bad Boy Records is undergoing a federal trial for sex trafficking and racketeering.
Kanye, who has children with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, including North, 11; Saint, 9; Chicago, 7; and Psalm, 5, was seen in an all-white outfit as he got out of his car and entered the building in video footage that TMZ was able to obtain. Before heading to security, the 48-year-old reportedly shook hands with a number of people outside the venue, according to the outlet.
Kanye’s arrival at Combs’ trial—which has seen testimonies from several women Combs has been involved with, including Cassie Ventura—comes after he was spotted with wife Bianca Censori, whom he married in 2022, in New York City on June 12 attending an event together, per TMZ.
Kanye has previously expressed support for Combs in the midst of his legal issues. The "Gold Digger" rapper defended the fellow musician in a series of social media posts in February.
Kanye wrote, "FREE PUFF," in a post on X that has since been removed on February 6. "PUFF, YOU ARE LOVED."
Federal officials, he later claimed, were "trying [sic] to make an example out of nothing."
A month later, Kanye made an attempt to release a new song that he claimed featured Combs, singer Jasmine Williams, and his daughter North. Kanye posted purported screenshots of text messages between himself and his ex-girlfriend Kim shortly after releasing teasers for the song "Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine." Kim claimed to have "sent paperwork over so she wouldn't be in the Diddy song to protect her.”
Kanye accused Kim of preventing the song's release due to their daughter's involvement in later, since-deleted posts. Kim also highlighted in other purported screenshots of the conversation that the ex-couple had chosen to jointly trademark North's name.
In the purported messages, which Kanye has since removed, she wrote, "I asked u at the time if I can trademark her name." "Yes, you said. It belongs to her when she turns 18. Thus, cease.
The song controversy was never discussed in public by the SKIMs mogul. When E! News contacted Kim's representatives for comment at the time, they did not respond.
