Music journalist and cultural critic Touré sat down with Vlad TV on October 21 and got candid about Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing legal troubles and the fresh lawsuits against him. Touré claimed that Diddy exhibited “sociopathic” behavior which was seemingly born out of a feeling of “entitlement.”
“The whole thing is kind of absurd because there’s so many stories of just blatant aggressive sociopathic behavior. But there are consistent things that you see over and over – this sense of entitlement from Puff that like you know, ‘I can do anything to anyone,’” Touré shared.
The Cycle co-host explained that somebody else who knew Diddy closely also used the word “sociopath” to describe him, however, he failed to connect the dots back then. But now, in the face of all the accusations against the Bad Boy Records founder, he slowly realized how correct the description was.
Exploring Touré's latest remarks about Diddy’s behavior
During his recent interview with Vlad TV, Touré allegedly called Diddy a “sociopath” who exhibited “blatant aggressive” behavior which was a result of “entitlement.” He pointed out that Combs was someone who seemingly didn’t care about somebody else getting “hurt,” reportedly lied for his own benefit, and probably stepped on others to get what he wanted.
“There was apparently this s*xual quid pro quo… that you also see over and over… this notion of you know if you want a singer, a rapper, a writer, a producer, somebody in my circle, in the Bad Boy world… well you also gotta participate in this stuff,” Touré shared his insight.
He further continued by explaining that any Diddy associate who didn’t do both, allegedly couldn’t survive around him; which is why there were so many lawsuits and accusations against him from his former collaborators and music industry insiders.
“It’s sort of this classic entertainment industry thing of like you know you gotta please the boss in order to become famous, which is kind of insane,” Touré mentioned.
The podcaster then went on to explain how Diddy’s accusations and lawsuits “consistently” exhibited his “controlling” tendencies over other people’s bodies. Touré claimed that Combs either did that by the direct influence he had on their careers or by “physically incapacitating” them by allegedly giving them “drugs” either through “drinks,” “smoke,” and at times reportedly through the “baby oil” which was purportedly dozed with horse tranquilizers.
Elsewhere during the same conversation, Touré called Combs a “One man crime wave,” and recalled how the latter allegedly threatened to once ruin his career, among other things.
Touré previously claimed that Diddy’s behavior was influenced by “hardcore drug abuse”
Last month, Touré spoke to TMZ about Sean Combs’ recent arrest and federal indictment and claimed that he has interacted with people close to Diddy who reportedly told him “15 years of hardcore drug abuse – anything that he can get his hands on – that are detaching him from who he really is.”
“So, when you think about ‘why did you make such bad decisions to do these parties with so many people to videotape them, to say no when Cassie says that we can make this all go away for 30 million dollars’ — which is not a lot to him,” Touré observed.
He went on to add:
“That’s because he’s been dealing with drug addiction and his mind being clouded and he’s not in his right self.”
In another interview with Joy Reid’s The ReidOut on MSNBC, the music journalist alleged Diddy reportedly took away an internship from one of his family members as they declined to “stay the night” with him. He recalled he got his cousin a job at Combs’ company “10,12 years ago.”
However, after a few months, the person abruptly quit, without giving him a proper reason, until later, when he came forward with the real reason. Touré even opined that the alleged incident with his cousin opened his eyes and Diddy’s current legal troubles were a long time coming.
Around the same time, Touré shared the anecdote on his social media and mentioned how it left him “shocked” and “mortified.” He also clarified that he never opened up about it before as he thought it was an isolated and random incident without a larger context and was intimidated by Combs' power.