FERG is standing by Diddy in light of the growing accusations against him, highlighting that the music mogul is like family to him and asserting that, at this point, it’s all just rumors.
During an appearance on The Breakfast Club to promote his new album DAROLD on Tuesday (November 12), the subject was brought up early in the conversation when host Charlamagne Tha God pointed out that both FERG and Diddy had changed their rap names over the years.
“Diddy is my family and I love his family,” FERG commented. “I don’t know all of what’s going on with this case and everything like that and it’s a bunch of hearsay. Really it’s like, 1000 bottles of baby oil? What’s that have to do anything with him being a bad man? He’s just a rich man with a bunch of baby oil.”
You can listen to the interview below, around the 50-second mark.
FERG’s connection with Diddy goes back a long way. In a 2013 interview, the Harlem rapper shared that his father had a relationship with Puff during the early days of his career.
“Puff was real cool with my pops. He did the Bad Boy logo. And [founder of Uptown Records] Andre Harrell, Heavy D, all of them, they kinda like started off together,” FERG explained.
He added, “I guess he was like the artist of their day. He was the go-to person for logos, or to get t-shirts done. Because at that time, there ain’t no… big Jewish companies were printing the shirts and doing all of the artwork, and you had to have, like, crazy bread to do that stuff. Him, he was like in the projects.”
Meanwhile, Diddy faces a new legal challenge as he continues to battle multiple sex trafficking charges.
The mogul, currently incarcerated, had requested a gag order to be placed on potential witnesses in the case due to the highly publicized nature of the proceedings.
He and his legal team argued that public statements made by alleged victims and potential witnesses, along with their attorneys, could jeopardize his right to a fair trial.
This request was rejected by the judge overseeing the case, Arun Subramanian.
In his decision, Subramanian stated, “Combs’s authorities don’t support a gag order applicable not only to trial participants but also to any alleged victim and their lawyer.”
The judge also emphasized that gag orders should only be used as a “last resort” and noted that Diddy’s case had not yet reached the point where such an order was necessary.
Additionally, Diddy’s request to have Subramanian remove social media posts made by witnesses, and to access government communications about these posts, was also denied.
Subramanian ruled, “The unprecedented relief that Combs seeks on this motion is unwarranted.”
