Rap legend Too $hort is walking back his comments about attending Hip-Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ welcome-home party.
The Oakland rap veteran apologized after saying he would support a celebration for Combs following his release from federal prison. Too $hort now says he spoke before fully understanding the abuse allegations surrounding the hip-hop mogul.
“I was a little insensitive with my words,” Too $hort said in an Instagram video.
The rapper acknowledged that he knew about surveillance footage showing Combs assaulting Cassie Ventura. However, he said he had not understood how many women had accused Combs of abuse.
“I really didn’t know the full extent of the case,” Too $hort said. “I did not know that there were a lot of women who had claimed that they had been abused by Puff Daddy.”
The backlash prompted Too $hort to learn more about the case. He said that process changed how he viewed his original comments.
Bay Area Legend Too $hort Apologizes To Hip-Hop For Sean “Diddy” Combs Comment
“I do not condone abuse in any kind of way,” he said. “I don’t support anybody that does it.”
Too $hort also connected the controversy to the women in his family.
“I have listened, I have learned, I read up on it,” he said. “I am more informed.”
The rapper clarified that his comments about attending a Combs party referred to gatherings he attended before the criminal case.
“I was talking about the parties that he throws for his friends,” Too $hort said. “Not any party where it is fucking baby oil or some goddamn sexual shit.”
He said he attended dozens of Combs’ parties without witnessing sexual activity.
“Every party he threw was a sex party. It was not like that ever, ever, ever,” he said.
Combs is serving a 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix after a 2025 federal conviction. Jurors found him guilty on two transportation-for-prostitution counts.
They acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges. Trial testimony included allegations involving violence, coercion and paid sexual encounters.
Too $hort said he hopes prison gives Combs an opportunity to change.
“I hope that when my brother comes home, that he has grown,” he said. “I hope that when he comes home, that he’s not an abuser anymore.”
Too $hort ended his statement by apologizing to anyone hurt by his remarks.
“If anything I said hurt anybody, I really do regret it,” he said. “So once again, apologies to all the people, male, female, who were offended by my words.”
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