Usher says he saw 'very curious things' while living with Diddy at 14

For a teenage Usher, Sean “Diddy” Combs' lifestyle was “pretty wild.”

In a 2016 interview with Howard Stern, the R&B star described what it was like living with the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper. The interview recently resurfaced online due to searches of Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami, following allegations that Combs engaged in abuse and sex trafficking.

Usher told Stern that when he was 14, famed record executive LA Reid sent him to New York to live with Diddy, then called Puff Daddy, in the 1990s – an experience both Usher and Stern shared called “Puffy Flavor Camp”. »

“I went there to see the lifestyle – and I saw it,” said Usher, who seemed to choose his words carefully.

“But I don’t know if I could indulge and understand what I was looking at. It was pretty wild,” he added.

When Stern asked if the music producer's house was “filled with girls” and “non-stop” orgies, Usher dismissed that description, saying, “No, not really.”

“But hey, it was curious,” offered the singer.

“There were some very curious things happening and I didn’t necessarily understand them,” Usher said.

The “U Got it Bad” crooner also recalled that famous artists like Biggie Smalls, Lil' Kim, Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige frequented Combs' house at the time, but hinted that they didn't were aware of any harmful behavior. “They didn’t know any of this shit,” Usher said.

Although Usher didn't go into detail about what he witnessed while living with Combs, he did hint that it wasn't an ideal environment for a young teenager when Stern asked Usher s He allegedly let his own son live with Combs.

“Hell no,” the pop star said.

On Monday, Combs' properties in Los Angeles and Miami were raided. by Homeland Security Investigations as part of “an ongoing investigation” an agency representative told HuffPost in a report. The rap mogul has been accused of sexual violence and abuse by at least four people since late 2023.

The first complaint was filed in November by Combs' former girlfriend, a singer-songwriter. Cassie Ventura.

She accused Combs of forcing her to participate in sexual acts with male sex workers in front of her and forced to commit acts of drugs, physical violence and sex trafficking. Combs, who signed Ventura to his label in 2005 and began dating her when she was 19, settled the lawsuit in one day.

Since then, two other women have filed rape charges under New York's Adult Survivors Act. is about to expire. Earlier this month, producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones accused Combs of a “massive cover-up” of his involvement in filming in 2022 in a recording studio and accused him of running a racketeering enterprise.

Need help? Visit RAINN’s National Online Sexual Assault Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center website.

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