The True Story of Diddy and Justin Bieber Explained

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This celebrity relationship deserves a deep dive. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re exploring the history between Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Justin Bieber.

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00:00So I'm going to be driving this next year.

00:02Yeah, when you get 16.

00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're exploring the history

00:07between Sean Diddy Combs and Justin Bieber.

00:10I just think there's so many issues in society and things

00:13that I'm eventually going to want to just speak about.

00:17Part 1. The Lost 48 Hours.

00:20Diddy, or Puff Daddy, was already an established performer

00:24and music mogul by the time Justin Bieber was born on March 1st, 1994.

00:28That same year, Diddy welcomed another young protege to Puffy Flavor Camp.

00:33Usher was a young teenager when he went to live with Diddy in New York for a year.

00:36And you're going to go to Puff Daddy's.

00:38In the 90s, do you understand what that's like?

00:41Diddy executive produced Usher's debut studio album

00:44and introduced the rising star to his excessive lifestyle.

00:47Reflecting on Diddy's, quote,

00:49wild parties in 2016, Usher said he'd never send his children to Flavor Camp.

00:54You're a dad now, would you ever send your kid to Puffy Camp?

00:57Hell no.

00:58That didn't stop one of Usher's proteges from working and partying alongside Puffy.

01:03After Scooter Braun discovered Justin Bieber on YouTube,

01:06the 13-year-old singer met Usher.

01:09Braun and Usher founded RBMG Records, delivering a launching pad for Bieber's career.

01:14Yeah, and we ended up signing a deal with Usher a couple months later.

01:17Although Usher provided a common link,

01:19Bieber directly contacted Diddy through Twitter on October 15th, 2009,

01:24asking if he'd collaborate on a song.

01:26Diddy quickly responded, quote,

01:28Send me the song. I'll check it out. Thanks.

01:31Bieber soon found himself at Diddy's house with a few others.

01:34Although they didn't record a song,

01:36the two shot a video where Diddy promised Bieber a Lamborghini for his upcoming 16th birthday

01:41and a mansion for his 18th.

01:43When you get 18, you get the house. You get the mansion.

01:46Addressing the camera, Diddy said Bieber would be with him for 48 hours.

01:51This video saw a resurgence in 2024 as Diddy faced charges of abuse and sex trafficking.

01:57These accusations left people viewing the video in a much different light,

02:00prompting them to question what happened over those 48 hours.

02:04Where we hanging out and what we doing? We can't really disclose.

02:09While there isn't a detailed record,

02:11the fan wiki Bieberpedia has potentially connected a few dots.

02:15The video was posted to Bieber's YouTube channel on November 9th, 2009.

02:19Where would you like to go?

02:21I mean, wherever you want to go.

02:23According to Bieberpedia though, the video was shot on October 31st.

02:28That same day, Bieber recorded a bit for 97.1 AMP radio

02:33and modeled for the clothing company Levi's.

02:35By nightfall, Bieber was trick-or-treating with his friends.

02:39Diddy notably isn't present in any of these photos.

02:42On November 1st, Bieber tweeted that he couldn't travel to Vancouver

02:45for a show as planned because of an illness.

02:48If Bieberpedia is accurate,

02:50it's possible that Diddy wasn't actually with Bieber for 48 straight hours

02:54and that video was more of a publicity stunt.

02:59Another video posted to Diddy's YouTube page on December 15th, 2010

03:04also garnered concern amid his recent arrest.

03:07When Diddy asked why they hadn't hung out for a while,

03:10Bieber gave him a fake 555 number.

03:12It's 555?

03:13Yes.

03:14Okay.

03:145555.

03:15Okay, 555. Y'all heard that?

03:17Knowing what we know now,

03:19some have interpreted this as Bieber trying to distance himself from Diddy.

03:23This seems unlikely for three reasons.

03:26One, if that was the case,

03:28Bieber probably wouldn't have shot the video or accepted Diddy's dirty money swag.

03:36Two, Bieber obviously wasn't gonna give his real number in a public video.

03:40And three, Diddy and Bieber were seen together several times

03:44throughout the following years.

03:45Most notably, Jimmy Kimmel interviewed them in 2011,

03:49where Diddy said Bieber, quote,

03:50knows better than to share what they do together.

03:53He knows better than to be talking about the things that he does with Big Brother Puff.

03:59Bieber started to gain a bad boy reputation after being arrested in January 2014.

04:04Pulled over for suspicions of drunk driving,

04:07Bieber was also accused of drag race,

04:09driving with an expired license and resisting arrest.

04:12All right, the first case this afternoon is Justin Bieber.

04:16Diddy defended Bieber,

04:18saying he would ensure the young artist made more responsible decisions.

04:22I don't think that he should be judged like he's not a human being.

04:27This wasn't reflected behind the scenes.

04:29A month after his arrest, Bieber was seen at one of Diddy's parties in Atlanta.

04:34Rick Ross, Lil Scrappy, T.I. and several others were also in attendance.

04:39Bieber was still a month away from turning 20.

04:42Although the media focused on Bieber's behavior,

04:45few questioned the nature of Diddy's parties

04:47or why so many adults were partying with someone who hadn't even turned 21 yet.

04:52Bieber attended Justin Combs' 21st birthday in 2015.

04:56Then when Bieber turned 21, he recorded a video with Diddy.

05:00Drinking tequila together, Diddy claimed that this was Bieber's, quote,

05:04first shot ever.

05:10For Bieber's 22nd birthday,

05:12Diddy presented him with a Bad Boy Letterman jacket.

05:14By early 2020, it appeared Bieber had changed his ways,

05:18expressing a desire to start a family with his wife Hailey.

05:22In an Apple Music interview,

05:23Bieber also tearfully made a vague statement about wanting to, quote,

05:27protect Billie Eilish from the industry hurdles he endured as an up-and-coming artist.

05:32I just want to protect her, you know?

05:35I don't want her to go through anything I went through.

05:37Bieber didn't name any names and could have been alluding to any number of struggles.

05:42Through a modern lens, though, it's hard not to think of Diddy.

05:46It was hard for me being that young and being in the industry.

05:50A few months after the Apple interview,

05:52two Twitter users accused Bieber of sexual assault.

05:55Bieber denied these accusations and filed a defamation suit against the users,

05:59which he later dropped.

06:01Bieber weathered this scandal, with the media's attention soon shifting to Diddy.

06:05In 2021, Diddy was recorded checking to see if Bieber was wearing a wire, albeit playfully.

06:12In 2023, Bieber was featured in the song

06:15Moments for Diddy's fifth studio album The Love Album Off The Grid.

06:18Over a decade after Bieber reached out to Diddy on Twitter,

06:22the two had finally collaborated on a song.

06:24I've been faking for a long time

06:29The Love Album was possibly the last high point of Diddy's career.

06:33It also might have marked the end of his friendship with Bieber.

06:36Part 3. Monster

06:38In November 2023, Diddy's ex Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against him,

06:44alleging assault and sex trafficking.

06:46Despite settling, Diddy lost in the court of public opinion

06:49after footage of him seemingly beating Ventura was leaked.

06:52More lawsuits piled up before Diddy's arrest in September 2024.

06:57Lawyer said in a statement that he voluntarily actually relocated to New York recently

07:02in anticipation of these charges.

07:04After Diddy's indictment, over 100 others, some minors, would join in legal action against him.

07:11While Diddy has denied these claims and is innocent until proven guilty,

07:15the public may never view him the same way again.

07:18As such, the photos of him hanging out with Bieber have taken on a more disturbing sentiment.

07:23Given Bieber's age at the time and the crimes that allegedly took place at Diddy's parties,

07:28some have questioned if the young artist was groomed.

07:31I don't have legal guardianship of him, but for the next 48 hours, he's with me.

07:36Around the same time as Diddy's arrest,

07:38Bieber seemingly released a song about losing himself at a Diddy party.

07:41The song includes unsettling lyrics like,

07:44quote,

07:44"'I was in it for a new Ferrari, but it cost me way more than my soul.'"

07:48According to researchers, though, this viral song is almost certainly AI-generated.

07:54There's still some AI artifacts in the voice that I can hear.

07:57As of writing, the real Bieber has remained mostly silent about his former mentor.

08:02About a month before Diddy's arrest,

08:05Justin and Hailey Bieber welcomed their first child.

08:08As Diddy dominated headlines, a source said that Bieber just wanted,

08:12quote,

08:12"...to focus on being a great dad and husband."

08:15A source also claimed that Bieber was, quote,

08:17"...advised to stay as far away as possible from anything and everything related to Diddy."

08:22They've been absorbed in their own happiness and family,

08:25appreciating this time together.

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08:43Supposedly, Bieber is, quote,

08:45"...completely disgusted by the accusations against Diddy,"

08:49and wants, quote,

08:50"...nothing to do with him."

08:51While Bieber is reportedly having a hard time processing his history

08:54with the fallen music mogul, quote,

08:56"...his happiness being a dad has outweighed his anxiety about Diddy."

09:00Much remains unclear about Bieber's time with Diddy,

09:03and many of these questions may ultimately go unanswered.

09:07Online sleuths will surely continue to read between the lines,

09:10but for now, speculation is all we have to go on.

09:13"...to a lot of us, he's like a little brother."

09:15It seems two things are for certain, however.

09:18Diddy was once somebody that Bieber looked up to,

09:21now, not so much.

09:23What once seemed like a 15-year-old's dream

09:25has become a nightmare for everyone involved.

09:28It's definitely a 15-year-old's dream.

09:31What's your take on Diddy and Bieber?

09:33Let us know in the comments.

09:35Starting to act different, huh?

09:37You ain't been calling me and hanging out.

09:51You ain't been calling me and hanging out.

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