Diddy accused of disgusting double-cross that ruined young rapper's life and sent him into hiding

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been accused of ruining a young rapper's beingness by allegedly forcing him to instrumentality the autumn for a 1999 nightclub shooting.

Moses Michael Levi Barrow, who utilized to execute nether the sanction Shyne, was the lone idiosyncratic convicted pursuing the infamous New York City shooting.

The upcoming rapper, calved Jamal Barrow, was sentenced to a decennary down bars earlier yet being deported to his autochthonal Belize.

His condemnation came pursuing a high-profile proceedings successful which helium claims his erstwhile mentor turned connected him. 

'When I was an 18-year-old kid, conscionable wanting to bash thing different than marque my parent arrogant and marque Belize arrogant and, bash what each of america privation to do, beryllium recognized for our endowment and instrumentality implicit the world,' Barrow told Belize's Channel 5. 

'I was defending him, and helium turned astir and called witnesses to attest against me.' 

'He beauteous overmuch sent maine to prison. That is the discourse by which you indispensable ever picture that relationship. Yes, I forgave. I moved on. But fto america not unreal arsenic if I was successful Miami for Thanksgiving and Christmas.' 

Barrow was among Combs' entourage during the fateful nighttime successful December 1999. Combs was connected his mode to stardom successful astatine the time, having conscionable released his self-titled debut album, which helium decided to observe with Barrow and Combs' then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez astatine Club New York.

But Combs accidentally bumped into Brooklynite Matthew 'Scar' Allen and spilled his drink, starring to a heated statement that ended with a wad of currency being thrown successful Combs' face.

A scuffle ensued and gunshots rang out, leaving 3 radical injured.

JLo, Combs and his assemblage defender rapidly fled the scene, but were pulled implicit for moving a reddish airy and arrested for storing a weapon successful the getaway car.

Combs was past charged successful the shooting, but was aboriginal acquitted, portion Barrow was sentenced to 10 years successful situation connected battle and weapons charges. 

He has said helium was defending himself, a stance helium inactive maintains. Lopez did not look immoderate charges implicit the scandal, but divided up with Combs soon afterwards.

By 2003, Barrow was dropped from Combs' Bad Boy Records, and 1 twelvemonth later, Barrow publically said Combs betrayed him.

'Let america not suffer show of what the cold, hard facts are. This is not idiosyncratic who I vacationed with and who helium and I enjoyed this great, intimate narration of brotherhood,' Barrow added. 

'This is idiosyncratic who destroyed my life, and who I forgave, and who I moved on.'

Barrow has since go a palmy person successful his location state and explained helium reconnected with Combs, 'for the amended involvement of Belize'

'Because helium was successful a presumption astatine that clip to springiness scholarships and to possibly invest,' Barrow explained.

'I would not contradict attempting to bring the concern to Belize and publication to acquisition to Belize.'

His comments came successful the aftermath of Combs' apprehension for racketeering conspiracy and enactment trafficking.

'Do I instrumentality immoderate joyousness with what helium is going through? Absolutely not. I americium antithetic than different radical — nary 1 needs to neglect for maine to succeed,' Barrow added.

Combs pleaded not blameworthy to the charges. He is accused of inducing pistillate victims and antheral enactment workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong intersexual performances dubbed 'Freak Offs.'

He is presently successful jailhouse aft a justice rejected his $50 cardinal bid for bail.

Barrow became person of the absorption successful the Belize House of Representatives successful 2020 and is simply a salient fig successful the Belize United Democratic Party. 

He returned to the US successful 2021 arsenic an ambassador for Belize wherever helium met up with Combs connected August 25 of that year.

Barrow said the 2 had an 'understanding aft speaking implicit the phone' successful 2012 and planned to conscionable successful the future, according to Hot 97.