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(NewsNation) — Eminem’s newest album has several songs mentioning sexual assault and abuse allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, with at least three songs talking about the rapper and record producer.
This includes a reference to hotel surveillance video obtained by CNN in May, showing Combs violently attacking, kicking and shoving his former partner and singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.
“Next idiot ask me is gettin’ his ass beat worse than Diddy did,” Eminem sings in “Antichrist.” “She prolly ran out the room with his f—— dildo / He tried to field goal punt her, she said to chill.”
The video shows Combs running in a towel after Ventura, who is seen standing in front of an elevator bank, before aggressively grabbing and dragging her down, kicking her. He is then seen dragging her on the floor back to a hotel room as she braces her head.
Another song, “Fuel,” asks if Combs “didn’t just spell the word rapper and leave out a P, did he?” with Eminem seemingly using a play on words on the other rapper’s old stage name, P. Diddy. Eminem then goes on to insinuate Combs played a role in deaths of rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
“R-I-P, rest in peace, Biggie/And Pac, both of y’all should be living (yep) / But I ain’t tryna beef with him (nope) / ‘Cause he might put a hit on me like Keefe D did him.”
Duane “Keefe D” Davis was arrested at his Henderson, Nevada, home last year after being indicted by a grand jury for murder with the use of a deadly weapon in connection to Shakur’s death.
People magazine reported that Davis has previously accused Combs of offering him money to carry out a hit on Shakur. Eminem talked about this allegation in a past song, “Killshot,” as well.
Then, in “Bad One, Eminem talks about allegations that Combs blew up Kid Cudi’s car.
“The f—— bomb, word to Puffy/ I’m blowing up like Kid Cudi’s car,” the song goes.
NewsNation has reached out to a representative for Combs for comment.
This isn’t the first time Combs has been called out by another celebrity: Pop star Kesha, during a weekend guest appearance at Coachella, changed the lyrics to her 2010 hit “Tik Tok” to “wake up in the morning like f— P. Diddy.”
Allegations against Diddy
There have been 10 civil lawsuits filed against Combs in the last nine months. The latest one, filed by former adult film actress Adria English, alleges that between 2004 and 2009, Combs forced her to take drugs and have sex with guests at Combs’ “white parties” that took place at his New York and Miami homes.
Ventura, who had been in a decade-long on-and-off relationship with Combs in the early 2000s, was the first to sue Combs in New York federal court last November alleging sex trafficking, human trafficking, sexual battery, sexual assault and gender-motivated violence, among other causes of action. The two settled a day later.
After CNN’s video of the assault against her was released, Ventura wrote an Instagram post thanking family, friends and fans for their support.
“The outpouring of love has created a place for my younger self to settle and feel safe now, but this is only the beginning. Domestic Violence is THE issue,” she said.
Combs, meanwhile, admitted to what he called ““inexcusable” actions and said he took “full responsibility” for what he was seen doing in the video.
Currently, Combs is reportedly the subject of a federal criminal investigation in New York after a grand jury heard evidence of alleged sex trafficking, though this hasn’t been confirmed by the Department of Justice. This comes on the heels of a federal raid of Combs’ homes conducted by federal investigators over four months ago.
Combs has repeatedly denied all allegations against him, saying in a November statement, “I did not do any of the awful things being alleged.”
NewsNation digital reporter Safia Samee Ali contributed to this article.
