Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former protégé Shyne says disgraced music mogul 'destroyed' his life

Moses "Shyne" Barrow recalled however Sean "Diddy" Combs everlastingly changed the trajectory of his beingness aft a 1999 New York nightclub shooting.

Shyne, a erstwhile Bad Boy rapper and existent person successful Belize, discussed his past with the fallen euphony mogul aft Diddy's arrest and consequent transgression charges for racketeering conspiracy and enactment trafficking arsenic the alleged ringleader of a transgression enterprise.

"When I was an 18-year-old kid, conscionable wanting to bash thing different than marque my parent arrogant and marque Belize arrogant and beryllium recognized for my endowment and instrumentality implicit the world," Barrow said during a property league Wednesday. 

"I was defending him, and helium turned astir and called witnesses to attest against me. He beauteous overmuch sent maine to prison.

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Former rapper Shyne says Sean "Diddy" Combs "destroyed" his beingness aft a 1999 nightclub shooting. (Getty Images)

"I forgave. I moved on. But fto america not unreal arsenic if I was successful Miami for Thanksgiving and Christmas."

Shyne, who present serves arsenic the Leader of the Opposition successful the Belize House of Representatives, was a rising prima successful the hip-hop satellite erstwhile helium signed with Bad Boy Records successful 1998. One twelvemonth later, Shyne joined Diddy and his woman astatine the time, Jennifer Lopez, astatine the present defunct Club New York successful Times Square erstwhile gunfire broke out.

Shyne and Diddy joined forces astatine a performance successful London successful 2023. (Getty Images)

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During the scuffle, 3 radical were injured, including a pistillate who was changeable successful the face. Lopez, Combs and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, fled successful his Lincoln and were aboriginal pulled implicit by the NYPD for moving a reddish light.

"I forgave. I moved on. But fto america not unreal arsenic if I was successful Miami for Thanksgiving and Christmas."

A weapon was recovered successful the vehicle, and Lopez and Diddy were arrested. Lopez was fto go, but Diddy, Jones and Shyne were each charged with aggregate offenses. Diddy and Jones were some recovered not blameworthy astatine trial, portion Shyne was convicted connected 5 of 8 counts and was sentenced to 10 years successful prison. Upon release, Shyne was deported to Belize.

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Since the incident, Shyne chose to forgive the "Victory" rapper and appeared connected signifier successful London for a astonishment show with the Bad Boy Records founder successful 2023.

"Let’s not suffer show of what the acold hard facts are," Shyne insisted. "This is not idiosyncratic who I vacationed with and idiosyncratic who I enjoyed this great, intimate narration of brotherhood.

Combs was arrested successful December 1999 and aboriginal acquitted of charges aft a nightclub shooting. (Getty Images)

"This is idiosyncratic who destroyed my life, and who I forgave, and who I moved on, and for the amended involvement of Belize due to the fact that helium was successful the presumption astatine that clip to springiness scholarships and possibly to invest. I would not contradict attempting to bring the concern to Belize and publication to acquisition successful Belize.

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"Do I instrumentality immoderate joyousness with what helium is going through? Absolutely not. I americium antithetic than different people. No 1 needs to neglect for maine to succeed."

Diddy, 54, was charged Tuesday with racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. He faces a minimum of 15 years down bars and a maximum condemnation of beingness successful situation if recovered guilty.

Sean "Diddy" Combs was indicted connected racketeering and enactment trafficking charges Tuesday successful New York. (Shayan Asgharnia)

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He appeared successful Manhattan national tribunal Tuesday, wherever helium pleaded not guilty. Not lone was Combs denied a projected $50 cardinal bail, helium was sent to jailhouse instantly aft the hearing.