Diddy helped organize a Thanksgiving meal at the prison for 1,000 inmates
Sean “Diddy” Combs helped his fellow inmates spread some holiday cheer for Thanksgiving.
Diddy, 56, who is behind bars at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, helped organize and finance an inmate-led meal for the Thursday, November 27, holiday. More than 1,000 men were fed at the federal facility.
“Thanksgiving for me is about making sure other people eat,” Diddy shared exclusively We weekly through his spokesperson. “Everyone misses their family. People get depressed during the holidays. We just wanted to get together as a family and do our own thing.”
Diddy worked with an internal group called Bankroll Bosses to make the meal possible. The music producer and others volunteered to buy food from the commissary. In addition to purchasing the supplies, the group spent two days preparing before distributing the meals to each housing unit.
Due to the holiday period there is a shortage of staff in the prison. Instead of the typical minimal “in and out” service, the inmates wanted to create a more personal and communal experience for each other.
“We cooked the food and sent it to all the buildings,” the inmate said BIa former gang leader, explained Us. “Enough for about 200 people [in] every building. It took two days to prepare everything.”
The men had to improvise because they did not have access to everyday kitchen necessities such as stoves, microwaves and knives.
“We have to boil water for everything,” BI said, adding that they had to use their “ID cards” to chop up the food. “The ‘chefs’ here make it taste like grandma cooked it.”
Because many prisoners are far from home or have no loved ones, BI and the others wanted to give them something to celebrate.
“Many people have nothing,” BI said. “Some don’t have family. The people here are from Texas, California – far away. This was a way of us giving back.”
Diddy echoed similar sentiments, explaining that the gesture brought “a little bit of home to a dark place,” adding, “True giving is making sure others are cared for even when you don’t have much to share.”
The rapper noted that most people on the outside don’t realize how spending time in prison brings prisoners together.
“There are a lot of misinterpretations about prison. There is a strong brotherhood,” he said Us. “We all look out for each other. It’s only positive.”
A new glimpse of Sean “Diddy” Combs as an inmate in federal prison has been revealed. CBS News published Diddy’s shooting photo at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey on Monday, November 10. The former music mogul, 57, was transferred to the facility on October 30, just weeks after he was sentenced to four years in prison. […]
Diddy has been behind bars since his arrest in September 2024 on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied all allegations against him.
In July, a jury found Diddy guilty of two transportation charges and acquitted him of the other charges. Three months later, judge Arun Subramanian sentenced him to 50 months in prison plus five years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine. The thirteen months he spent behind bars before and during his trial will count towards his sentence.
Diddy’s release date is set for June 4, 2028, according to the Bureau of Prisons website.
