Draft:Free Puff

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Comment: Needs more notability of the phrase. Can also be described at the allegations/trial page as a paragraph. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 01:12, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Free Puff or Free Diddy is a phrase meant to show support towards Sean Combs (better known as Diddy or Puff Daddy) amongst his allegations of sexual misconduct. The phrase is based on the idea that Sean Combs is innocent or that the allegations made towards him are false. The phrase is primarily stylized in all-caps.

Usage

Around May 5th, many people would display support for Sean Combs by wearing black shirts with "FREE PUFF" or "FREE $DIDDY" printed in white.^[1] According to a interview between Emilie Hagen and a female Free Diddy protestor, the female protestor was told she'd be paid 20$ an hour by someone passing out the shirts if she wore them.^[1]

Rapper Kanye West would express endorsement for Combs by posting a tweet saying "FREE PUFF" on February 6th, he would continue to make posts praising Combs as a "hero" and "idol" amongst a series of racist and pro-Hitler tweets.^[2]^[3] Kanye would even go to claim that allegations directed at Sean Combs were part of a conspiracy theory perpetrated by Hollywood "elites", and urged Donald Trump to free Combs.^[4] Diddy himself would even thank Kanye, whilst calling Kanye his brother. Kanye would later double down on these claims and release a video call with Christian Combs, Diddy's son, with a caption reading "A SON TO HIS DAD FOR EVERY SON WHO DAD IS LOCKED UP WRITE OR WRONG [sic]".^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Dolak, Kevin (21 May 2025). ""Free Puff" T-Shirts Outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial May Be Part of a Paid Protest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
^ Schladebeck, Jessica (8 February 2025). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs responds to Kanye West's 'Free Puff' campaign, clothing collab". New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b Ahmed, Tufayel (7 February 2025). "Kanye West Tweets 'Free Puff' Amid Diddy Legal Woes, Launches Sean John Collaboration to Support Him". US Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b Srivastava, Aditi (7 February 2025). "'Free Puff': Kanye West urges Trump to free 'my brother' Diddy from jail". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

[kevin-2025-1] Dolak, Kevin (21 May 2025). ""Free Puff" T-Shirts Outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial May Be Part of a Paid Protest". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

[nydailynews-2] Schladebeck, Jessica (8 February 2025). "Sean 'Diddy' Combs responds to Kanye West's 'Free Puff' campaign, clothing collab". New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

[usweekly-3] Ahmed, Tufayel (7 February 2025). "Kanye West Tweets 'Free Puff' Amid Diddy Legal Woes, Launches Sean John Collaboration to Support Him". US Weekly. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

[hindustantimes-4] Srivastava, Aditi (7 February 2025). "'Free Puff': Kanye West urges Trump to free 'my brother' Diddy from jail". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

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