Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing.
Following Kanye West's X-rated rant about why President Donald Trump should pardon his friend Diddy, the locked-up rapper has responded.
There's been a media frenzy over the 47-year-old and his wife Bianca Censori, after the pair rocked up at the Grammys with the 30-year-old model wearing a thick, black fur coat - which she slowly shimmied down her shoulders before dropping it and revealing a completely see-through dress with no underwear.
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West pointed out that the stunt, which took place on the red carpet on Sunday (February 2), saw the 30-year-old former architect become the most Googled person in the US in the 24 hours that followed.
With all eyes on the 'Stronger' hitmaker, he's now used his platform to launch a campaign to try and get 78-year-old Republican Trump to excuse Diddy, real name Sean Combs.
"PLEASE FREE MY BROTHER PUFF," read one of his posts on Twitter that Trump was tagged in.
Now, West has tweeted his support for Combs, who used to go by the stage name Puff Daddy, and has gone into detail about how he is going to - with the help of his clothing line Yeezy.
"@ Yeezy.com I'm selling the Sean John collaboration that me and my brother spoke about before they locked him up we splitting the profits 50/50," he shared on social media.
Responding to the move, Combs' account posted on Instagram: "Thank you to my brother @Ye. YEEZY.COM"
Combs, whose full name is Sean John Combs, is currently behind bars as he awaits his trial due to take place on May 5 after he was indicted by a grand jury following his arrest at the Park Hyatt hotel in Manhattan back in September.
He has since been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, charges he's continued to deny. A 14-page federal indictment accuses the rapper of organizing events known as 'freak offs'.
The indictment accuses Combs and others in his enterprise of 'wield[ing] the power and prestige of Combs' role at the Combs Business to intimidate, threaten and lure female victims into Combs' orbit, often under the pretence of a romantic relationship'.
With the 'assistance of members and associates', the document claims Combs 'transported commercial sex workers across state lines and internationally' and 'then used force, threats of force, and coercion, to cause victims to engage in extended sex acts with male commercial sex workers that Combs referred to as, among other things, 'freak offs'.'
"THEY TRYNA PROVE A POINT AND YALL KNOW THAT," West also wrote on Twitter.
"YALL F***ING KNOW THAT AND SITTING LAUGHING AT THE F***ING INTERNET ON INSTAGRAM. THIS MAN GAVE HIS LIFE TO US. THIS MY IDOL. THIS MY HERO."
Among the alleged victims was a 13-year-old, who is taking both Combs and Jay-Z - real name Shawn Carter, to court having accused them both of raping her at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards back in 2000.
Carter and Combs have denied all accusations put against them.
If you've been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. Or you can chat online via online.rainn.org
Topics: Kanye West, Diddy, Donald Trump
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