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Daily Record
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Rapper 50 Cent reacts to Diddy verdict comparing him to infamous mafia boss
After a two-month trial, Sean 'Diddy' Combs was cleared of racketeering and sex trafficking but found guilty of transporting someone for prostitution. Rapper 50 Cent has finally spoken out following a dramatic jury verdict involving his longtime rival, music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs. After nearly two months of federal trial in New York City, Diddy was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges but found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution. Prosecutors had alleged that Combs used his celebrity status and sprawling business empire to run a criminal enterprise involved in sex trafficking and cover up his crimes. The 12-member jury deliberated for 13 hours before clearing Diddy of three of the most serious charges he faced. One of the first high-profile reactions came from 50 Cent, who took to social media to declare: 'Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man ! beat the Rico, he the Gay John Gotti @50centaction.' The reference was to infamous mafia boss John Gotti, who orchestrated the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano before taking over the crime family, and died in 2002 from throat cancer. Following the verdict, Judge Arun Subramanian praised the jurors in court, calling their service 'inspiring.' He urged the media to respect their privacy, saying: 'Jurors, you can contact our chambers. You gave up a lot, these 10 weeks. It is inspiring. You worked together, rain or shine. You answered the call of public service, that should give us hope.' Diddy's legal team has since requested he be released on bond ahead of sentencing, arguing that since he was cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, he should be allowed to return home. 'This is his first conviction, and it is a prostitution offence. He should be released. His family is here and could sign a bond. He should be released today, to go back and live at Two Star Island,' his lawyer said. The rivalry between Diddy and 50 Cent stretches back more than two decades. In 2001, 50 Cent claimed to have ghostwritten Diddy's verse on G. Dep's 'Let's Get It,' and in 2002 he publicly name-checked Diddy for the first time on his track 'U Not Like Me,' rapping: 'Hoes be like '50, you so witty / On the d**k like they heard I ghostwrite for P. Diddy.' Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. The pair even collaborated on a song that year, with 50 Cent taking a subtle jab at Combs. Despite a brief thaw in 2018 when Diddy insisted there was no beef between them, saying: 'I don't have no beef with Fif. He loves me. Y'all can't see that he loves me? You really think that's hate? You know he loves me,' tensions have simmered ever since. Since allegations against Diddy surfaced, 50 Cent has been outspoken. In December 2023, he revealed he was producing a documentary about the claims, with proceeds reportedly earmarked for sexual assault victims. He also announced that the documentary series had been sold to Netflix. During the trial, 50 Cent posted videos of Diddy's past comments about former President Trump, seemingly to influence public opinion and prevent any potential pardon if Diddy were convicted.
Daily Mirror
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
50 Cent compares Diddy to Mafia boss as he reacts to bombshell verdict
50 Cent has broken his silence after a jury reached a bombshell verdict on rapper Diddy, with whom he has held a long-running feud. Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been found not guilty of racketeering and sex-trafficking charges, but guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution after a nearly two-month long federal trial in New York City. Prosecutors had accused Combs of using his celebrity status and business empire to run a criminal enterprise to sex traffic women and conceal his crimes. A panel of 12 jurors deliberated for 13 hours before acquitting Combs of three of the most serious five charges he was facing. One of the first famous faces to react to the stunning verdict was his long time nemesis and fellow rapper 50 Cent. In a social media post today, 50 Cent wrote: "Diddy beat the Feds that boy a bad man ! beat the Rico, he the Gay John Gotti @50centaction." John Gotti ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and took over the family soon after. He died in 2002 at the age of 61 from throat cancer. Following the verdict being announced in court, Judge Arun Subramanian told the jurors they had been "inspiring". Judge Subramanian said: "I ask the media not to question jurors about their deliberations. "Jurors, you can contact our chambers. You gave up a lot, these 10 weeks. It is inspiring. You worked together, rain or shine. You answered the call of public service, that should give us hope." Diddy's lawyers have no argued that he should be released on bond ahead of sentencing. His lawyer said that it should be allowed given that he is no longer charged with sex trafficking or racketeering. They said that his plane had already been chartered. "This is his first conviction, and it is a prostitution offence. He should be released. His family is here and could sign a bond. He should be released today, to go back and live at Two Star Island," he said. Diddy and 50 Cent have had a long running feud, which goes all the way back to 2002. Back in 2001, 50 Cent took up ghost-writing and at the time, he said he had ghost-wrote Diddy's verse on G. Dep's Let's Get It.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Former rapper-turned-advocate uses his prison experience to help teens avoid life of crime
Trevell Coleman, known professionally in the rap music world as G. Dep, is best known for his hit songs 'Special Delivery' and 'Let's Get It'. But his success was overshadowed by the overwhelming guilt he felt for shooting a man in 1993 and he decided one day in 2010 that he could no longer bear that burden. Coleman, who joined P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records in 1998, was only 18 years old when he shot a stranger, in the chest with a .40-caliber handgun near the James Weldon Johnson Houses, located on Park Avenue and E. 114th Street in Harlem. The case remained cold for 17 years until Coleman made the shocking decision to confess to his crime. "I think I was just at a point, you know, where it was like enough is enough," Coleman told ABC News' Deborah Roberts from prison in 2013. Coleman said he ambushed the man during an attempted robbery and then fled the scene. He wondered for years whether the man had survived the shooting. After a weeklong trial in 2012, a jury convicted him of second-degree murder. He was subsequently sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. At the end of 2023, after serving more than 13 years, G. Dep was shown mercy. With the original prosecutor's and judge's support, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul granted him clemency. He walked free in April 2024. "It's still things that I have to," Coleman said. "You know, I would like to give back to the society." Coleman, at 50, is searching for a new beginning. He earned an associate's degree in prison and has the support of his wife, Laticia, and his adult children. Coleman now works in music production at SCAN-Harbor, a nonprofit organization serving at-risk children and families in Harlem and the South Bronx. He speaks to young people and shares his story to motivate them to avoid a life of crime, emphasizing the importance of staying out of prison. "You take somebody's life like, what do you do to make up for that," Coleman told SCAN-HARBOR youth. "But, you know, all you can do is make steps toward it, you know, making it better." While he now tries to help guide vulnerable kids down the right path, Coleman understands the harsh reality that many end up in prison — some even for life. "Yeah, he did something wrong," Lew Zuchman, Scan-Harbor executive director, said. "But… that his conscience, which moved him to turn himself in, is very special to me. And I'm hoping that he can… really share this and explain this to our young people." Federal and state officials have debated suitable sentences for youth offenders who have committed violent crimes, as has the Supreme Court in a series of rulings. In 2012, Miller v. Alabama found that mandatory life without parole for juvenile homicide offenders was unconstitutional. Four years later, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana that the 2012 Miller v. Alabama decision should apply retroactively to juvenile offenders sentenced to life without parole. Since the rulings, more than 1,000 juvenile lifers have been released. As of today, 28 states and Washington, D.C., have banned such sentences. "I was a follower in a way," Coleman said. "Like, I learned that, you know, I wasn't really thinking and I wasn't really being an individual." While Coleman and others were given a second chance, youth in other states have more challenges. Pennsylvania is one of the states where regulations for young offenders remain among the strictest, making advocacy even more imperative. Pennsylvania had the highest number of so-called "juvenile lifers" of any state at the time of Miller v. Alabama, with the majority coming from Philadelphia. In Pennsylvania, children as young as 10 can be charged, prosecuted, and convicted as adults. This is something that John Pace, a senior reentry coordinator at the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, highlights. At the age of 17, Pace was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree homicide. He served 31 years and earned a college degree while incarcerated. 'The '80s was a time period in which the war on drugs was very prevalent,' Pace said. "It made it easy for legislators to create laws that would make it easy to prosecute young people as adults." Pace now helps mentor incarcerated youth through the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project. One of those youths is 26-year-old Raequan Deal, born and raised in Philadelphia. In 2016, when he was 17, Deal was convicted of two felonies and served a total of twenty-two months in an adult county jail. While incarcerated, Deal found support from the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, an organization dedicated to preventing children like him from being placed in adult jails and prisons and advocating for the release of "juvenile lifers." "Being in jail was no fun place, it can make or break you. Luckily it made me, you know," Deal said. "So I kind of see though I went to prison, I came out as a better person." Former rapper-turned-advocate uses his prison experience to help teens avoid life of crime originally appeared on
