Diddy's music sees whopping increase in streams amid sex trafficking arrest and viral 'freak-off' claims

Diddy's euphony has seen an summation successful streams since the rapper was arrested past week connected enactment trafficking and racketeering charges.

Luminate, an manufacture information and analytics company, reported an 18.3% summation successful on-demand streams of Diddy's euphony successful the week helium was arrested successful examination to the week prior, according to the Associated Press. 

An summation successful streaming numbers pursuing contention is not uncommon.

After a documentary astir R Kelly accused the R&B vocalist of intersexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, his numbers astir doubled.

Combs is charged with national enactment trafficking and racketeering and the charge, which details allegations dating backmost to 2008, accuses him of abusing, threatening and coercing women for years 'to fulfil his intersexual desires, support his reputation, and conceal his conduct.'

He has pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

Diddy, whose net worth was estimated to beryllium $400 cardinal by Forbes in June, has euphony disposable connected a assortment of streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL, and YouTube Music. 

On Spotify, an creator tin gain arsenic debased arsenic $0.0033 per stream, Business Insider reported successful 2020. His Spotify illustration presently states helium receives 9,758,290 monthly listens.

The accrued streams is an absorbing improvement arsenic request for Diddy's euphony plummeted aft video of Diddy beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura successful 2016 was released by CNN.

The Hollywood Reporter compared the periods of clip straight aft Cassie filed her bombshell suit against him successful November 2023 to the merchandise of the video successful May 2024.

The outlet reported that successful examination to the archetypal week of December, which was 2 weeks pursuing the filing of the suit that was rapidly settled, streams for euphony nether the signifier sanction Diddy decreased by 51.8 percent.

Citing Luminate, THR noted streams for 'Diddy' - Sean Combs' latest signifier sanction - dropped from 2,624,000 to 1,265,000.

In November, Ventura filed a suit saying helium had beaten and raped her for years.

She accused Combs of coercing her and others into unwanted enactment successful drug-fueled settings. The suit was settled successful 1 day.

Last Monday, Diddy was arrested and was soon denied bail by a justice aft helium utilized some his and his mother's homes successful Miami - worthy $50 cardinal - arsenic collateral.

On Wednesday, helium mislaid an entreaty to overturn the determination and volition stay successful custody portion pending trial.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is presently being held astatine Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center pursuing his indictment for enactment trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

In the indictment against Diddy that was unsealed this week, it was claimed that national raids connected his Miami and Los Angeles mansions led to the find of implicit 1,000 bottles of babe lipid and lubricant.

It is alleged that the rapper would coerce and manipulate victims into taking portion successful days-long intersexual performances, which helium dubbed 'freak offs.'

Diddy's associates would allegedly ply victims with drugs to support them compliant and would marque threats against anyone refusing to engage, successful claims akin to those made successful a civilian suit brought by Diddy's ex-girlfriend Cassie past year.

These allegations were cardinal to prosecutors bringing enactment trafficking charges against the producer, with observers noting that authorities are progressively expanding the instrumentality to suit their cases against almighty defendants.

A measurement up successful national enactment trafficking charges was passed by Congress successful 2000 arsenic an intentional measurement to instrumentality down prostitution rings and pimps, but the evolving quality of the complaint has seen it much precocious utilized to snare individuals similar Keith Raniere.

Notably, Diddy has hired the aforesaid attorney, Marc Agnifilo, who has antecedently challenged the government's expanding usage of national enactment trafficking charges successful Raniere's 2019 proceedings that led to a 120-year sentence.

Raniere was the person of the NXIVM cult, a self-help pyramid strategy that acted arsenic a beforehand for his assorted crimes, including intersexual assault, enactment trafficking, kid pornography and forced labor.

At his trial, the cult leader's ineligible squad attempted to reason that national enactment trafficking charges were overstretched to acceptable his lawsuit - the aforesaid statement Mr. Agifilo made astatine Diddy's bail proceeding this week.

He claimed that the alleged 'freak offs' were simply the mode Diddy was 'intimate' with people, and accused prosecutors of overstepping and 'coming into this man's bedroom.'

'Is it enactment trafficking? No, not if everybody wants to beryllium there,' Agnifilo said astatine the hearing.

After Diddy's arrest, helium was taken to Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center and has besides been placed connected termination watch.

Sources informed DailyMail.com that the detention halfway is 'standard for high-profile individuals.'