West Coast rap legend Ice Cube opened up about how he viewed Sean “Diddy” Combs being hit with lawsuits and allegations during his recent interview on the PBD Podcast.
In a clip from the Patrick Bet-David hosted podcast – which was filmed and uploaded on YouTube – that is now making its rounds on the internet, Ice Cube, 55, tackled different topics. The No Vaseline rhymer spoke on how he grew up, his relationship with the late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, and eventually Diddy, 54.
Midway through the detailed discussion, Diddy was brought up.
Ice Cube divulged that he thought that Diddy was being targeted (
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Patrick picked the N.W.A alum’s brain about the music mogul’s alleged abusive behavior, asking him for his opinion on it. Ice Cube explained that he wasn’t shocked about what was happening to the New York-bred rapper, dubbing the entire hip-hop industry as the “Wild West” before he made a controversial assertion.
“I believe he’s being targeted,” Ice Cube said. “I believe someone has the power to pull the trigger to make this stuff. This domino effect happened.”
Deeper into the podcast Ice Cube admitted that he hadn’t really researched all of Diddy’s accusations, saying that Diddy was “cool up until a point, and this stuff started happening.”
Diddy has been hit with a few lawsuits within the last year (
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The civil lawsuit that Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura filed against Diddy in November 2023 was the catalyst for the other lawsuits that followed this year, such as the sexual assault lawsuit from his ex-producer Lil Rod. Along with a lawsuit from April Lampros, a woman who claimed that Diddy drugged and sexually assaulted her over 20 years ago.
In Cassie’s lawsuit, she alleged that Diddy raped her, and repeatedly abused her throughout their 10-year-long relationship. Cassie dated Diddy from 2008 to 2018.
Court documents that The Mirror US obtained show that Cassie claimed she suffered abuse at the hands of Diddy when she was just 19. The Me & U singer inked a deal with his record label in 2005 when Diddy was 37.
Cassie said that he “lured [her] into an ostentatious, fast-paced and drug-fuelled lifestyle” which later turned into a romantic relationship.
The two settled the lawsuit rather quickly. Just one day after Cassie filed they reached an agreement. Cassie announced in a joint statement with Diddy in November that she “decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control.”
She added: “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
