Diddy-Dirty Money Singer Kalenna Harper Voices Support For Bad Boy Mogul Amid Legal Troubles

Kalenna Harper, a former singer for Diddy‘s Dirty Money collective, has come out in support of her embattled Bad Boy boss, claiming that people who talk bad about him merely have an axe to grind.

In Rolling Stone‘s explosive exposé about the mogul, which was published earlier this week, Harper’s voice was the lone voice raised in support of Diddy.

“Not everyone felt the same. Singer-songwriter Kalenna Harper says one of the highs of her life was joining Combs’ Diddy-Dirty Money group in 2009,” reads the article. “She was later invited to work with Combs on The Love Album. ‘He was fucking cool as shit,’ she says, adding that artists who blame Combs for the trajectory of their careers may suffer from “disgruntled employee syndrome.”

The story, compiled using interviews with more than 50 people connected to Diddy throughout his career, details how his alleged abusive behavior began during his time as a student at Howard University in the late 1980s.

The article describes an incident wherein he allegedly used a belt to strike a woman repeatedly, with an unnamed source saying: “[Puff] whupped her butt — like really whupped her butt.”

The report also alleges that the New York City native once beat up late Def Jam executive Shakir Stewart for dating his ex-girlfriend Kim Porter.

In that same article, Biggie‘s mother Voletta Wallace shared her thoughts on the Bad Boy Records mogul getting caught assaulting his former partner Cassie on camera while discussing the lawsuits filed against him in recent months.

“I’m sick to my stomach,” she said. “I’m praying for Cassie. I’m praying for his mother. I don’t want to believe the things that I’ve heard, but I’ve seen [the hotel video]. I pray that he apologizes to her.”

She added: “I hope that I see Sean one day and the only thing I want to do is slap the daylights out of him. And you can quote me on that. Because I liked him. I didn’t want to believe all the awful things, but I’m so ashamed and embarrassed.

“He needs to apologize to his mother. I hope to God he sits her down and spills his guts and apologize to her.”

Upon hearing the news of Ms. Wallace’s disdain for her son’s ex-boss, 50 Cent took to social media to back her up. 

On Friday (May 31), the G-Unit took aim at his longtime rival via X, formerly Twitter, remarking that he’d do the same thing if he were in Ms. Wallace’s shoes.

“LOL I WANT TO SLAP THE SHIT OUT OF HIM TOO,” he said in a post that was subsequently deleted, per Complex.