Usher reveals what he saw while staying at Diddy’s New York residence, aged 13, in resurfaced Howard Stern interview

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A clip of R&B crooner Usher speaking about residing with music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs when he was 13 years outdated has resurfaced on social media, after Homeland Security raided the rapper’s properties in Los Angeles and Miami.

Diddy, 54, is extensively credited with the invention and cultivation of artists comparable to Usher, who rose to fame in the mid-Nineties earlier than reaching wider success in the Noughties with hit singles comparable to “Yeah!” and “Confessions part II”.

Diddy and Usher met after the R&B singer signed a report take care of LA Reid, who reportedly despatched him to reside with Diddy, actual title Sean Combs, in New York for a 12 months.

Usher, who headlined the 2024 Super Bowl halftime present in February and in addition just lately launched his newest album, Coming Home, has claimed in earlier interviews that Reid despatched him to Diddy’s residence in Scarsdale, New York, dubbing the expertise “Flavour Camp”.

In a 2004 interview with Rolling Stone, Usher recalled how Diddy launched him to “a totally different set of shit — sex, specifically”.

“Sex is so hot in the industry, man,” he continued, claiming: “There was always girls around. You’d open a door and see somebody doing it, or several people in a room having an orgy. You never knew what was going to happen.“

Years later, when Usher was promoting his 2016 film Hands of Stone, in which he starred opposite Robert De Niro and Edgar Ramirez, he appeared on the Howard Stern show where he was also questioned about his experiences at Diddy’s home.

Describing it as “pretty wild”, Usher stated he witnessed “curious things” and emphasised that this was the Nineties: “Do you understand what that’s like?”

“I went there to see the lifestyle,” he continued. “And I saw it. But I don’t know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at. It was pretty wild. It was crazy.

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“There were very curious things taking place and I didn’t necessarily understand it.”

“You’re a dad now. Would you ever send your kid to a Puffy camp?” Stern requested him.

“Hell no,” Usher replied.

The Independent has contacted Usher and Diddy for remark.

The clip of Usher’s interview with Stern is at present doing the rounds on social media, as Homeland Security reportedly raided the mogul’s properties in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday 25 March.

The raids are stated to be in connection with “a federal sex trafficking investigation”, Fox 11 stories, after the 54-year-old was met with a string of sexual assault allegations in current months.

Diddy has vehemently denied the entire allegations in opposition to him.

In an announcement, Homeland Security stated: “Earlier [on Monday], Homeland Security Investigations New York executed law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation with assistance from HSI Los Angeles, HSI Miami and our local law enforcement partners.

“We will provide further information as it becomes available.”

Among the extra well-known figures reacting to the raids was 50 Cent, who appeared to mock Diddy in a publish on Instagram after the information broke.

“S**t just got real,” 50 Cent wrote, sharing with a picture of the raid on Diddy’s Los Angeles residence from Fox 11’s reside information section, the place his sons King and Justin Combs have been reportedly pictured in handcuffs.

“The Fed’s in all the cribs, damn they got the kids in cuffs,” 50 Cent added.