Disgraced hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is hoping to make a comeback to music with a live performance at Madison Sq. Backyard, his lawyer has mentioned.
On Tuesday, the rapper was denied bail forward of his sentencing in October, when he might withstand 20 years in jail after he was convicted of prostitution-related offences. The sentence, nevertheless, will probably be a lot shorter than that.
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In July, Combs was discovered responsible of two counts of transportation for prostitution – however cleared of extra critical prices of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking, which carried potential life sentences.
Combs, who co-founded Unhealthy Boy Information and launched the profession of the late Infamous BIG, was for many years an enormous determine in popular culture – in addition to a Grammy-winning artist and entrepreneur, who presided over an empire starting from vogue to actuality TV.
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Now, in addition to the legal conviction, he’s additionally going through a number of civil lawsuits.
A White Home spokesperson mentioned it “will not comment on the existence or nonexistence of any clemency request”.
