Bow Wow Says There’s a ‘Hole’ Without Diddy’s Parties: ‘He Was Everything Hip-Hop’

Bow Wow is weighing in on Sean “Diddy” Combs amid his arrest.

“I never thought I would see it like this,” the rapper recently said during a guest appearance on the More to the Story podcast with Rocsi Diaz. “He’s like the gatekeeper to the game, to the point to where BET Award weekend, like the past two, it just didn’t feel right because there was no motion, there was no parties.”

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While he didn’t mention Combs’ sexual “freak off” parties, Bow Wow continued, “It’s like a hole. He was just such a gatekeeper for the liquor and the clubs. He was everything hip-hop. So for that to die out, you just really never thought. Especially when you look at somebody as somebody you studied, somebody you idolized.”

Diddy was arrested last month in New York City, and Manhattan federal prosecutors are accusing him of operating a criminal enterprise centered on his “pervasive pattern of abuse toward women.”

The indictment, obtained by Billboard, includes allegations of sexual abuse, accusing rapper and music executive of running a racketeering conspiracy that included sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson and bribery. If convicted of the charges, Combs is facing a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars. Diddy pleaded not guilty and his attorney, Marc Agnifilo, has maintained his client’s innocence.

In a video obtained by CNN earlier this year and dated March 5, 2016, Combs appears to shove his longtime former partner, Cassie Ventura, to the ground near an elevator bank, kick her several times while she lies on the ground and drag her down a hallway. The contents of the video mirror an assault allegation Ventura made in a now-settled lawsuit she filed against Diddy in November.

The embattled Bad Boy mogul has repeatedly been denied bond and will remain behind bars until his trial begins in May 2025.

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