Overview
- Performing in Miami, Jay Electronica paused his set to urge the crowd to support Sean “Diddy” Combs and shouted, “Free Puff.”
- He told fans authorities “tried to hang” his friend on what he called trumped-up claims, reflecting a public defense rooted in their long friendship.
- Combs is in prison after a conviction on two counts of transporting people to engage in prostitution, which his lawyers are challenging on appeal.
- Complex reported that Combs’ legal team recently argued before a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a push for early release.
- Support from peers has grown, with Usher telling Forbes his personal experience with Combs was positive, and Jay Electronica featuring an incarcerated Combs speaking on the intro to his 2025 album A Written Testimony: Leaflets.