Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘didn’t know’ prison call with…
Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t know his leaked jailhouse call with Kanye West had been recorded for the final public to listen to, a source close to the matter completely advised The Post.
A video displaying Ye, 47, speaking on the telephone with Diddy, 55, was posted Monday on Instagram by The Shade Room. The video appeared to have been recorded by Ye; nevertheless, it’s not clear who leaked the video.
“Puff didn’t know it was being recorded [on video],” the source claimed, including that Combs “thought he was having a friend call him to check on his kids.”
While all prison calls are logged and recorded internally, these information are usually not typically accessible to the public.
Sean “Diddy” Combs and Kanye West during Royal Birthday Ball for Sean “Diddy” Combs, New York City, 2004. WireImage for PMK / HBH
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attends the REVOLT & AT&T Summit on October 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images
Responding to social media hypothesis in regards to the recording’s authenticity, the source confirmed, “The call was real and not AI.”
Combs is at the moment being held with out bail on the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn whereas he awaits trial on expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution. The hip-hop mogul has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
On his call with Ye, Combs inspired the embattled star to “have some f–king fun” and to “get behind the mic.” He additionally thanked Ye for “taking care of my kids” following his lockup in September.
Sean “Diddy” Combs stands as he’s arraigned on a superseding indictment forward of his May trial on intercourse trafficking expenses, in New York, U.S., March 14, 2025, on this courtroom sketch. REUTERS
Diddy has seven youngsters: son Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and D’Lila, 17, with his late ex Kim Porter; Quincy, 33, his adopted son from Porter’s marriage to ex-husband singer Al B. Sure!; son Justin, 31, and daughters Chance, 18, and Love, 2, whom he shares with Misa Hylton, Sarah Chapman and Dana Tran, respectively.
“Diddy’s kids are in touch with Ye,” the source confirmed to The Post.
Ye excerpted Combs’ phrases of gratitude from the recorded call and used them within the opening for a new track, “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine,” a snippet of which he shared Saturday in a since-deleted post on X.
Kanye West and Sean “Diddy” Combs aka Puff Daddy pose collectively on the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. WireImage
“Diddy’s kids are in touch with Ye,” a source confirmed to The Post. Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs
“Ye is doing Ye,” the insider stated of the Yeezy founder allegedly recording the call, which they stated occurred final week.
“Ye wasn’t doing anything nefarious,” the source defined, including that the recording possible “happened organically.”
Ye’s new monitor additionally options vocals from his and ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s 11-year-old daughter, North West. Kardashian, 44, reportedly tried to stop Ye from utilizing the vocals, setting off a maelstrom between the exes, which has performed out on social media.
Kim Kardashian West and then-husband Kanye West go away Okay.West’s Sunday Service At Theatre Des Bouffes Du Nord – Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2020/2021 on March 01, 2020 in Paris, France. WireImage
Kim Kardashian and daughter North West. kimkardashian/Instagram
Regarding the call being leaked, the insider claimed, “Diddy is collateral damage in the debacle over Ye’s new song – the beef is really with Kim.”
The scenario is “a matter of older influential Black men knowing these guys are kind of flying blindly,” they added.
Representatives for Diddy didn’t instantly reply to The Post’s request for remark.
When requested in regards to the video, a rep for Ye declined to touch upon whether or not the rapper recorded the clip.
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