Diddy Supporters Are Allegedly Being Paid To Protest For Him Outside Trial's Courthouse

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Feb 17, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Recording artists Sean Combs (left) and Jay-Z greet each other before the 2013 NBA all star game at the Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images
Folks are allegedly paying people to wear "Free Diddy" T-shirts outside the federal courthouse and promote his mid-trial cryptocurrency.

The Diddy trial kicked off this week after jury selection and a whole lot of controversy, highlighting a lot of division. Folks have been very curious about how everyone's reacting to this, even those who firmly stand by Sean Combs.

Recently, The Art Of Dialogue caught a TikTok clip from emilie knows everything on Twitter. It shows a group of protestors near the federal trial's courthouse wearing "Free Diddy" T-shirts. The person recording claims that these people are being paid 20 dollars an hour to do this, and are trying to convince others to do the same.

The recorder spoke to one person who denied the offer and claimed this was to promote Combs' new cryptocurrency he launched in the middle of his criminal trial. Of course, take all this with a grain of salt.

Regardless of its veracity, it's one of many examples of the general public's interest in the Diddy trial. You may recall how folks began to line up in droves outside the courthouse to try to see it for themselves. With so much left to go, we imagine this will be a constant attempt to enter the courtroom.

Diddy Trial Day 5

As for the trial itself, we have heard a lot from witness testimonies from the likes of Cassie Ventura and Dawn Richard so far. Also, there was Department of Homeland Security special agent Yasin Binda, who was part of the team that arrested Diddy back in September.

Binda claimed that they found various drugs, bottles of lube, and baby oil in Combs' hotel room on that day. The court reportedly showed pictures of the alleged evidence to the jury and even passed a bag around for them to observe it.

Meanwhile, Diddy's online supporters have stirred a storm on the Internet with their views. Boosie Badazz, for example, had some defenses of his alleged behavior during Cassie's testimony.

We will see if more people protest for the Bad Boy mogul's freedom in this public manner outside the courthouse. There is still a lot of trial left, and we're sure there will be many more controversial and shocking moments.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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