Once upon a time, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most recognizable and respected figures in the music industry, causing him to be mentioned in some of the most popular songs in recent memory. But, due to the recent crimes he’s been accused of, some of those shoutouts have aged poorly. Here are some of the songs over the years that have name-dropped Diddy over the years.
One of the more famous mentions of Diddy is in this 2009 pop song, which also features the man himself. At the beginning of the song, Kesha sings, “Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy.”
Thankfully, she unofficially changed the lyrics to the song on TikTok (the app) to “Wake up in the morning like f**k P. Diddy.”
Unlike the previous song, Eminem is not showing props to the mogul. On his latest album, the Detroit MC takes shots at several of hip-hop’s controversial figures, including Kanye West and Puff. In this song, he raps, “ I’m like a R-A-P-E-R/ Got so many S-As, S-As/ Wait, he didn’t just spell the word ‘rapper’ and leave out a P, did he?/ R.I.P., rest in peace Biggie/ And ‘Pac, both of y’all should be living/ But I ain’t tryna beef with him/ ‘Cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D did him,”
One of Kendrick Lamar’s scathing diss tracks toward Drake references Diddy, with the Compton MC rapping, “I like Drake with the melodies/I don’t like Drake when he act tough/You hon’ make a n***a bring back Puff.”
This is about an incident where the mogul allegedly slapped the Toronto rapper.
In the intro to Pusha T’s incredible 2018 album, he says, “A rapper turned trapper can’t morph into us/But a trapper turned rapper can morph into Puff.”
When describing this particular bar, Pusha told Genius, “Puff is like the ultimate, he’s definitely the ultimate street dream.” I doubt he’d say that about him today.
On this 2014 track, Nicki Minaj brags about how much money she makes by comparing herself to other wealthy hip-hop figures.
She raps, “You seen that list?/It was me, Baby, Jay-Z, and Diddy.”
Crazy that both Hov and Diddt have been accused of some serious crimes since this song came out.
Unlike other songs on here, Nas does not give props to Diddy. He instead criticizes him, saying, “I don’t like the way P. Diddy did Syne with different lawyers.”
It seems that Nas felt for years that Diddy unfairly set up Shyne, which the former Belizean rapper has discussed all this year.
He double-down on his shots toward Diddy on “The Death of Slim Shady,” saying, “Next idiot ask me is gettin’ his ass beat worse than Diddy did/ But on the real, though/ She prolly ran out the room with his f****n’ dildo/ He try to field goal punt her, she said to chill/ Now put it back in my a** and get the steel toe.”
Shockingly, Kanye West didn’t say anything too crazy about Puff, rapping, “Just like Puff told Christopher/We gon’ win big.”
J. Cole gets extremely honest about a rumored altercation between him and Diddy, saying, “My last scrap was with Puff Daddy, who would’ve thought it?/I bought that n***a album in seventh grade and played it so much you would’ve thought my favorite rapper was Puff.”
The president of TDE recently went more in-depth about this 2013 altercation on a podcast episode in September.
Although this line aged poorly, I’m unsure if Boosie Badazz would even walk back this line, considering other questionable comments he’s made in the past.
He says in the song, “Just left New York City/Hooked up with P. Diddy, Finna blow past 50...”
Like several other songs on this list, Pharrell drops Puff’s name to flaunt how much money they have.
Pharrell raps, “Me and Puff hoppin’ off the plan, both us laughing.”
The only artist on this list to officially change the lyrics to their song amid the controversy surrounding the mogul. The original lyrics to this 2015 were, “Walk for me, baby/I’ll be Diddy, you’ll be Naomi, woah-oh.”
In October, they were changed to, “Walk for me, baby/I’ll be watching you be Naomi.”
Ferg simply used Diddy as a way to flaunt his jewelry, saying in the song, “Diamonds dancing on me like they Diddy.”
As one of the newest rappers that Puff signed to Bad Boy Records at the time, MGK felt obligated to mention him in this 2011 hit song, saying, “I’m a bad boy cause I’m with Diddy b***h.”
It is interesting that he is on this list, considering sleuths on social media have rumored that he’s a victim of Diddy’s behavior.
Usher sings in the song, “I’m plotting on how I can take Cassie away from Diddy.” Knowing what we know now, Usher should’ve done this much earlier, considering the footage that showed Puff assaulting his longtime girlfriend.
