R Kelly Defends Diddy And Calls His Federal Investigation A "Conspiracy" In Resurfaced Report

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R. Kelly and P. Diddy during Press conference for "Best of Both Worlds" joining Jay-Z and R. Kelly at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage/Getty Images)
R. Kelly was convicted on very similar charges to those that Diddy faces.

The Diddy indictment and arrest took the hip-hop world by storm, and it followed a hurricane of lawsuits and misconduct allegations against the Bad Boy mogul. However, some in the celebrity world came forward to defend him amid this onslaught of accusations, and one name to do so caused quite a stir. Moreover, Radar Online reportedly spoke to R. Kelly about the situation back in March (when federal officers raided Diddy's Los Angeles and Miami homes). Kelly is currently behind bars after being convicted on similar sex trafficking and racketeering charges that Sean Combs faces right now, and the latter's indictment and arrest is what caused these comments to resurface. When asked about the raids, the disgraced R&B singer supposedly called the investigation a "federal conspiracy."

"I don’t believe none of this s**t," R. Kelly reportedly said of the Diddy situation. "You could tell me about Puffy, you could tell me about anybody. You could tell me on the news, the weather, the sky is blue, I’m not gonna believe the s**t. 'Cause I’m in it now, and I know what they did." Kelly claimed that authorities are "hunting" him, Puff Daddy, and other celebrities because of the "flagrant" way in which they handled their wealth, success, and capacity for power.

R. Kelly Stands Up For Diddy

"The s**t is crazy," R. Kelly reportedly told Radar Online concerning Diddy's legal woes. "Motherf***ers out there laughing and making comedian jokes and doing all the other s**t on the radio and everything else, but they a** could be next. That’s what’s so f***ed up about it. They so stupid they don’t even realize the moves that’s going on." In fact, the very same Brooklyn jail facility that the New York businessman landed in is the same prison that had previously housed Kelly.

Meanwhile, the latest update we got on Diddy is a rebuttal to a previous report that he refused to eat prison meals due to fear of poisoning. Whether or not this is true is mostly a trivial question, but the debate and discussion around his charges will continue. As such, we wonder whether R. Kelly will have anything more to say about this situation to the press. You can imagine how the Internet reacted to this...

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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