Amid a chaotic scene inside a courtroom depicting a tornado of shocking accusations, one member of the Bad Boy family was heard loud and clear outside of a Manhattan court on Monday (June 23). It was onetime Bad Boy rapper G. Dep, defending besieged music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
"I love him as a brother. Meanwhile, just blocks away from where federal probes are happening to link Diddy to a storm of sexual assault and trafficking accusations, Mo' Death Row Records supporter whose addiction leads him directly to the news of the day." "I'm just coming to support him," Dep told a TMZ reporter with calm conviction on the courthouse steps.
But G. Dep, whose real name is Trevell Coleman, was not there to discuss the case's specifics. He was there for Diddy, the guy, the mentor, and the pal. "I'm not one to judge," he added matter-of-factly. "I can't in all good conscience tell you that Diddy is guilty of what he's on trial for."
For those unfamiliar, G. Dep has never been one to stray from being honest about his ways. The Harlem native stunned the world in 2010 when he walked into a police precinct and admitted to a 1993 murder, one which had long since gone cold. He spent more than a decade behind bars before being released in April. Now, months out of prison, he's back musically and, in some sense, morally in the headlines for sticking by someone who once appeared to help him rise to stardom.
It didn't happen overnight, Dep's return to Diddy's orbit. Before the legal troubles erupted, the two had recently reconnected through music. "I was playing music for him. He wanted something to hear what I've got," Dep said earlier this year. "He was like, 'Yeah, I'll maybe put out some more music. So we'll see."
When asked if he anticipated more of the Bad Boy family would be there to support him, Dep hesitated. "I want to see that, but I don't know," he said, his voice colored by both hope and resignation.
The silence from other former labelmates has been deafening so far. But as headlines swirl and lawsuits mount, G. Dep has become one of the few voices from Bad Boy's golden era to publicly stand by Diddy.
The accusations against Diddy were grave, but Dep never changed his stance. "I did not see any of that," he said. "We were living in the studio for months at a time. I have no idea where this is coming from."
Such remarks may eventually lead others to speak up or not. But for now, G. Dep isn't biding his time for a chorus of voices, but he's already showing up. In a time when silence can be deafening, G. Dep's existence is all that needs to be said.
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