Lengthy earlier than Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ historical past of abuse got here to mild, alarm bells rang at any time when Mark Ronson discovered himself across the now-disgraced hip-hop mogul.
“For all of the gigs I performed for Puff, he in all probability spoke 5 sentences to me. However even to me, the DJ, he emitted a chaotic power that left me each starstruck and deeply unnerved,” Ronson writes in his new memoir, Evening Folks: Learn how to Be a DJ in ’90s New York Metropolis (out Tuesday, September 16), utilizing Diddy’s former stage title Puff Daddy.
Ronson, 50, says it grew to become “abundantly clear” to him within the mid-Nineteen Nineties that Diddy, 55, “wielded an incredible quantity of energy and cachet” on the Manhattan membership scene.
“He made folks’s careers — taking part in gigs for him actually helped mine — and his disapproval meant a sure form of exile,” Ronson writes, including that “no person considered Puffy as a rapper,” solely as “a drive who may will something into existence, irrespective of the price.”
“He took over downtown — after which the Hamptons — till the entire metropolis appeared to revolve round him and his events,” Ronson continues. “I’m certain he thought I used to be an incredible DJ, however on his mission to shake up New York society, it didn’t damage to have a fresh-faced white child from a pleasant household within the sales space. Once I bought booked to play his events, I’d look to the VIP space and see folks like Muhammad Ali, Martha Stewart, Denzel [Washington] and the Duchess of York [Sarah Ferguson] all mingling. Everybody went.”
“Evening Folks: Learn how to Be a DJ in ’90s New York Metropolis” by Mark Ronson Grand Central Publishing
Ronson notes that “again then, the one controversy surrounding Puff was across the music,” however almost three a long time later, “horrific allegations of what was additionally occurring beneath the floor” started to return out.
Us Weekly has reached out to Diddy’s attorneys for remark.
In November 2023, Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie filed a lawsuit towards the Dangerous Boy Information founder alleging rape, bodily abuse and intercourse trafficking. He denied the claims and settled together with her lower than 24 hours later for $20 million.
For the reason that trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs kicked off on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York Metropolis on Could 5, quite a few witnesses have taken the stand to testify about their alleged interactions with the rapper. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction […]
Diddy was then arrested in September 2024 on expenses of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, to which he pleaded not responsible.
Sean “Diddy” Combs Paras Griffin/Getty Photos
Diddy’s trial started in Could and included testimonies from Cassie, 39, rapper Child Cudi and 32 different witnesses. In July, the jury discovered the Grammy winner responsible of the 2 prostitution counts however acquitted him of the three extra critical expenses.
Diddy has remained in jail since his arrest and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 3. He faces a most of 20 years behind bars.
Along with the legal expenses, Diddy has been hit with dozens of civil lawsuits accusing him of a long time of sexual abuse. He continues to take care of his innocence.
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