Lil Rod Calls Diddy a Monster

This week Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, filed to dismiss the $30 million civil lawsuit filed against him by former Bad Boy music producer, Rodney 'Lil Rod' Jones, branding his allegations blatant falsehoods [click here if you missed that]. 

In a new interview Lil Rod calls Diddy a monster and claims he has been forced into hiding...

From The Hollywood Reporter

During an interview, Jones steadfastly maintained that the shocking details in his complaint are true and did not hold back while speaking to Rolling Stone about Combs.

“He’s a monster,” Jones told the magazine. “He’ll do whatever is necessary to get exactly what he wants. He doesn’t take no for an answer. He [told me] himself, ‘I’ll smack my mama.’ Anybody who can say that even jokingly is a monster. He’s nothing to be played with. For a person whose brand is Love Records, and changed their name to Love and named their kid Love, he doesn’t show love. He’s just marketing.”

Speaking of his time with Diddy to Rolling Stone, Jones characterized the Bad Boy founder as more executive than musician. It was after he’d entered the mogul’s inner circle, he said, that he began to understand his ear in terms of producing music; but this was when the pattern of abuse started. Jones recalled to the outlet being invited to a Thanksgiving dinner where he believed no one would speak because as they were within Combs’ orbit, they all had signed nondisclosure agreements.

“About 10 minutes later, Puff comes rolling in with Yung Miami and others following behind. Assistants were lighting candles, giving us cocktails,” Jones recalled. “He went in his bathroom attached to the studio and summoned me and DeForrest. He asked me if I had a $100 bill. There were three white lines on the sink. He was asking me to do something I’ve never done before. It was awkward. He was trying to get me to do some drugs. I don’t want to judge anybody, but that’s at the top of my list of things I’m afraid to do.”

From there, according to Jones’ legal filing, he witnessed a number of crimes while working with Combs, including an accusation that the mogul was involved in a shooting at a recording studio in 2022. Now, Jones says he is in hiding and unable to get any of his music picked up or distributed, given Combs’ power in the industry.