Warning: the next story consists of references to sexual assault.
Joe Jonas is the most recent artist to take away a lyric referencing disgraced Dangerous Boy Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs amid the latter’s escalating sexual abuse scandal. Fan-shot footage of a Jonas Brothers present at LDLC Area in Lyon, France final Saturday appeared to point out Jonas eliding Combs’ title in a lyric from his DNCE facet band’s 2015 hit “Cake By the Ocean.”
The unique lyric went: “Stroll for me, child/ I’ll be Diddy, you’ll be Naomi, woah-oh.” However within the clips from final weekend, Jonas appeared to omit Diddy’s title and simply point out supermodel Naomi Campbell. The transfer is the most recent instance of a musician deleting a lyrical nod to Combs, approaching the heels of Kesha’s transfer to excise a key lyric in her 2009 tune “Tik Tok” earlier this 12 months.
After tweaking the lyrics throughout a spot on Reneé Rapp’s Coachella competition set in April to proclaim “f–ok P. Diddy,” Kesha introduced in Could that she would solely carry out the brand new lyrics going ahead in gentle of the horrific allegations in opposition to Combs, which have landed the as soon as high-flying music and trend mogul behind bars on fees of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud, coercion and transportation to interact in prostitution.
Within the unique tune, Kesha sang “Get up within the morning feeling like P. Diddy.” Requested in Could by TMZ if the change was everlasting, Kesha mentioned, “Sure, it is going to be [permanent]. The followers ought to be taught it for my upcoming [shows]. I wish to hear it louder than ever. I stand by that.”
Combs has been denied bail twice within the case, leaving him behind bars till the beginning of his trial on fees that might land the as soon as formidable 54-year-old star in jail for the remainder of his life; Combs has denied all the fees.
Simply this week, a lawyer in Houston threatened to file civil sexual abuse lawsuits on behalf of greater than 120 individuals alleging abuse courting again to 1991, together with 25 allegedly involving minors who declare they had been allegedly assaulted by Combs. Lawyer Tony Buzbee mentioned greater than 3,000 people have contacted his workplace up to now, with the lawyer saying that he plans to begin submitting the instances inside the month.
Combs lawyer Erica Wolff strongly denied the allegations from Buzbee, saying, “As Mr. Combs’ authorized crew has emphasised, he can not tackle each meritless allegation in what has turn out to be a reckless media circus. That mentioned, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any declare that he sexually abused anybody, together with minors. He seems to be ahead to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court docket, the place the reality can be established based mostly on proof, not hypothesis.”
As soon as one of the crucial highly effective and influential figures in music, Combs was indicted by federal prosecutors final month on a number of fees that allege he was the figurehead of an enormous prison operation for many years aimed toward satisfying his want for “sexual gratification.” So far, 12 victims have filed civil sexual abuse instances in opposition to Combs over the previous 12 months.
“For many years, Sean Combs … abused, threatened and coerced girls and others round him to meet his sexual wishes, defend his status and conceal his conduct,” prosecutors wrote within the indictment. “To take action, Combs relied on the staff, sources and the affect of his multi-faceted enterprise empire that he led and managed.”
Final week, Combs was hit with but one other civil lawsuit alleging that he repeatedly drugged and sexually assaulted an unnamed mannequin over a four-year interval — from 2020 till earlier this 12 months. The small print in these claims carefully match the allegations made by federal prosecutors of their sweeping indictment that included particulars of “elaborate and produced,” drug-fueled “freak off” sexual performances between the victims and male intercourse staff throughout which Combs would masturbate.
Watch the Jonas lyric change beneath.
