Inside Kanye West and P Diddy's warped bond from 'war' to Trump plea

Rapper Kanye West has precocious sparked contention aft showing enactment for P Diddy, existent sanction Sean Combs, successful the latest melodramatic section successful their on-off relationship.

Following his apprehension backmost successful September, Combs, 55, is presently locked up connected national charges of racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. The Bad Boys Records laminitis is presently incarcerated successful the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center, wherever helium faces a fig of caller lawsuits. He has continuously denied each charges but has been denied bail connected aggregate occasions.

Now Kanye, 47, appears to person rallied down his chap hip-hop prima successful a bid of societal media proclamations successful which helium implores President Donald Trump to "free [his] member Puff". However, though the brace present look to beryllium connected bully terms, they've surely had a fewer ups and downs on the way.

Trump plea

Taking to societal media level X, antecedently known arsenic Twitter, Kanye, who supported Trump passim his 2024 predetermination campaign, pleaded: "@realDonaldTrump PLEASE FREE MY BROTHER PUFF."

And helium didn't halt there, going connected to blast different stars for watching "OUR BROTHER ROT AND NEVER SAY S***". The Gold Digger hitmaker raged: “WE ALL WATCHED TAKE CHRIS BROWN AND AINT NOBODY DO NOTHING I WAS P— THEN TOO CHRIS BROWN ITS TO THE WHEELS FALL OFF.”

Kanye besides took his amusement of enactment for Combs to Instagram, wherever helium wrote: "A SON TO HIS DAD FOR EVERY SON WHO DAD IS LOCKED UP WRITE OR WRONG I WANT YALL TO LISTEN TO DAVE CHAPELLES JOKES VERY CLOSE THIS TIME LETS SEE HOW FUNNY IT GETS WHEN FAMILIES ARE SEPARATED ESPECIALLY BLACK FAMILIES."

Making it wide helium didn't attraction astir the consequences of his outburst, Ye continued: "WHAT YALL GONE DO CANCEL MY SNEAKER DEAL CANCEL MY RECORD DEAL FREEZE MY ACCOUNTS F*** ALL YALL N***S SLAVERY IS A CHOICE IM SPEAKING MY MIND NOW I AINT EDITING S*** AGAIN EVER."

The prima past went connected to denote helium would beryllium launching a covering enactment collab with Combs, sharing the caller Yeezy line, implicit with 'Sean John' - Combs' ain manner statement - written crossed the front. Ye told followers: "YEEZY SEAN JOHN COLLAB AVAILABLE @ YEEZY.COM ME AND PUFF SPLITTING THIS 50/50 LIKE WE DISCUSSED BEFORE THEY LOCKED HIM UP."

Combs besides shared the announcement via his ain societal media page, implicit with a nexus to the Yeezy website, writing: "Thank you to my member @Ye", and shared a nexus to the Yeezy website wherever fans could bargain the products."

'Favourite artist'

Kanye was the 1 who presented Combs with the Lifetime Achievement Award astatine the 2022 BET Awards, and helium took the infinitesimal to sanction the I'll Be Missing You creator arsenic his "favourite artist".

Recalling however helium would perceive to Diddy arsenic a youngster, Kanye shared: "I conscionable request to conscionable this man. This is my favourite artist." He added: "You see, I'm saying favourite creator — everything, not specifically production, the trip. Back then, determination was truthful galore rules to hip-hop, and helium broke each of them."

Ye adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic to suggest Diddy "inspired" his prime to wed his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, explaining: "I spell to him for proposal to this day. He inspired truthful galore of my choices. So galore of my beingness choices. My woman choices."

Falling backmost 'in love' with hip-hop

In turn, Combs has credited Kanye for helping him autumn backmost "in love" with hip-hop, with a life-changing performance successful 2009 sparking his enthusiasm for the genre erstwhile more.

He antecedently said: "Back successful 1986 I saw Run DMC astatine The Garden connected their Hell circuit and that time I began my imagination and said 1 time I privation to beryllium up connected that signifier close determination wherever Run is at, holding those Adidas successful the air. I thought 1 time I privation that to beryllium maine and 12 years aboriginal it was me, I sold retired The Garden 3 times. Boom."

Admitting he'd go somewhat "uninspired" aft rising to fame, Combs continued: 'Boom. Take you backmost to now. The different nighttime I spell to the Kanye West performance and I'm going determination to spot Kanye bash this thing. I don't person thing but precocious expectations, the performance changed my life. I won't prevarication I was truthful impressed and inspired. It was beautiful, and I fell successful emotion with hep hop again, and I privation to accidental convey you, Kanye, for giving maine that."

'White Lives Matter' feud

However, successful October 2022, specified months aft Ye presented Combs with a Lifetime Achievement Award, a rift opened up betwixt the once-close pair. Combs, who took contented with Kanye's arguable White Lives Matter T-shirts, didn't clasp backmost with his disapproval during an quality connected The Breakfast Club podcast, wherever helium described the covering arsenic "tone deaf."

Kanye responded by publically sharing their substance connection exchange. In 1 message, Kanye told Combs: "I'm selling these tees. Nobody gets successful betwixt maine and my money. This is my gramps texting you now. Never telephone maine with nary b------- similar that again unless you acceptable to greenish airy me. Cause anybody who got connected that tee is me."

He added: "Out of respect for everything you've meant to me, I'll beryllium quiescent arsenic Virgil. But present I cognize however I've wounded radical I emotion with threats."

Continuing to connection Combs, Kanye sent: "Come bash thing amerciable to maine noooow pleeeeeeeeease." Kanye shared screenshots of the messages connected his Instagram leafage with the caption: 'God is Love My member misspoke to maine but I inactive emotion him'.

In response, Combs replied: "As soon arsenic I onshore we'll conscionable look to face!!! Send maine a address." [sic]. After asking for an code a 2nd time, Combs urged: "Let's halt playing these net games. And don't consciousness threatened. You'll beryllium fine. Just love."

Hitting back, Kanye told Combs: "This ain't a game." Declaring that "no 1 tin endanger oregon power me," Kanye added: "I told you this was war. Now gone get you immoderate business."

Combs responded: "I'm conscionable trying to speech to you arsenic a achromatic man. And I'm talking to you due to the fact that this is hurting our people. Stop." Kanye past replied by sharing that Combs was "breaking his heart" and that helium accepted his apology successful advance.

Scathing diss track

TMZ previously reported that Combs had attempted to conscionable with Kanye astatine an LA concert, lone for Ye to refuse. In April 2024, Kanye appeared to notation Combs' enactment trafficking probe successful his remix of Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar's way Like That. Ye rapped: "Can't stop, won't stop/ I conscionable f***** your b**** successful a Sean John vessel top."

Just 1 period earlier the way debuted during an quality connected Justin LaBoy's The Download, national agents raided Combs' homes successful Miami and Los Angeles arsenic portion of an probe into enactment trafficking.

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