Usher Defends Diddy’s Legacy, Admits “My Experience Was Not What the World Has Seen” [Video]

Usher is speaking out as Diddy remains in federal custody, offering a personal perspective that stands apart from his serious legal case.

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In a recent interview with Jabari Young for Forbes’ The Enterprise Zone, Usher addressed the controversy surrounding the Bad Boy Records founder while making it clear he is not speaking on the allegations themselves.

“I don’t have anything negative to say about Sean Combs. My experience was not what the world has seen and how he’s been, you know, misrepresented,” Usher said.

Diddy was convicted on July 2, 2025, of two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution, but was found not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. On October 3, 2025, he was sentenced to four years and two months in prison, along with a fine and five years of supervised release. He has since appealed his conviction. Additionally, the music producer is facing dozens of civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, abuse, and misconduct. As of now, several of those civil cases remain active.

Usher acknowledged the seriousness of the situation but separated it from his personal relationship with Diddy.

“I’m not saying that every man is perfect,” he explained. “I’m not saying that all of us don’t have flaws, but I can’t with any sense of humanity not recognize the valuable contributions that this man made.”

Their history runs deep. Usher lived with Combs as a teenager in 1994, when the mogul helped shape his early career and later executive-produced his debut album.

“That’s who I see that man as. And that’s what I choose to remember,” Usher added.

Meanwhile, 50 Cent took the opportunity to fire at Usher. He reposted the People magazine coverage of Usher’s comments on Instagram with the caption, “Usher like I don’t want people to know what he did to my a**. I’m a grown man now my a** is off limits. LOL.”

Diddy’s federal prison release date is listed as April 25, 2028.