Kesha seriously turned heads when she made a surprise appearance during Reneé Rapp's Coachella set, joining the Bad Girls starred for a collaboration on her 2009 breakthrough hit, “Tik Tok.” The song that famously pays homage to Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger (and parties really hard) opens with the iconic line “wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy.”
However, following a series of sexual assault and abuse allegations targeting the Bad Boy Records founder (born Sean Combs) – whose homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided last month by Homeland Security officers in connection with an ongoing federal sex-trafficking investigation — Kesha subtly but aptly changed the line from Animals album.
“Wake up in the Mornin'” like “F— P. Diddy,” Kesha sang alongside Rapp, with the two pop stars flashing the middle finger at the same time. Kesha doubled down later in the night, tweeting out line too, in case anyone missed the reference. In November, shortly after the first stories about Diddy's alleged actions broke, Kesha removed the rapper's name from “Tik Tok” during a performance in Los Angeles.
The lyrical rant wasn't lost on one of Diddy's top hip-hop mogul rivals, 50 Cent, who relentlessly trolls the former Revolt boss over his legal issues in his signature snarky social posts. Over a video repost of the moment, 50 took another chance to take a look at Diddy, writing, “LOL he said [middle finger emoji] Fvck P DIDDY, HAHAHAHAHA [eyeball emoji] THE 50-year-old PUFFY TOLD HER TO SAY IT!”
Combs has kept a low profile since the mogul's ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie, filed a lawsuit in November accusing the hip-hop entrepreneur of years of abuse and one count of rape. The lawsuit alleged that she had “endured over a decade of his violent behavior and deranged demands,” including repeatedly beating her and forcing her to “engage in sexual acts with male sex workers.” the lawsuit was settled a day later. Didi has denied any wrongdoing and in a social media post after Cassie's settlement criticized the “degrading allegations”, which his lawyer called a “witch hunt”.
Diddy has also been accused of “gang-raping” a teenager in 2003 in a separate lawsuit, as well as sexual assault and sex trafficking in another lawsuit by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr.
In December, 50 said he was working on a documentary through his G-Unit Films division about the history of sexual misconduct allegations against Diddy, with 50 pledging to donate proceeds to help victims of sexual assault. At press time there was no update on this project.
Check out 50's post below.
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