Usher discussed his stance on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and revealed why he still has respect for him. The pair have worked together over the years and remained good friends in spite of intense media scrutiny. For those unversed, the disgraced music mogul is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence after being convicted on two prostitution-related charges.
Usher talks about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in new interview
Usher clarified his stance on Sean “Diddy” Combs in a recent interview with Forbes’ The Enterprise Zone. The “Good Good” singer dished on his equation with Combs. Forbes’ senior writer Jabari Young, who conducted the interview, asked Raymond (Usher’s last name) his one-word thoughts on certain important people in his life.
When it came to Combs, the 47-year-old replied, “Legacy.” When Young pushed for a stronger response, the “Nice & Slow” singer replied, “In many ways, I think certain people are prosecuted and maybe not recognized for the greatness that they offer. I don’t have anything negative to say about Sean Combs because my experience was not what the world has seen and how he’s been misrepresented.”
The 47-year-old has known Combs since he was a teenager and has collaborated with him on several occasions. Raymond confessed that he viewed him as a “mentor” who reminded him of a “really, really hard teacher” whom he was able to learn from “in real time.”
Furthermore, Usher stated, “I can’t, with any sense of humanity, not recognize the valuable contributions that this man made for us as Black entrepreneurs, for us as businessmen, for us as people who transition culture and ideas into something that’s tangible and becomes business.
He also dished on why he used the word “legacy” earlier in the conversation. “So many people benefited from what he created. And I acknowledge that. And that’s why I see him as legacy,” the R&B legend expressed.
Fans expressed their disappointment in the “Superstar” singer’s defense of the disgraced music mogul. One fan, while referencing one of Usher’s biggest hit songs, wrote, “Stockholm syndrome….Usher got it, got it bad.” A second fan commented, “He has said a lot without saying anything.”
