October 5, 2026 1:15pm

Too $hort has apologized for saying he’d attend a party celebrating Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release from prison after Combs completes his prison sentence on federal prostitution charges.

On Sunday (Oct. 4), the veteran rap star uploaded a video to his Instagram account responding to backlash for comments he made to TMZ about his relationship with Combs.

In the clip, Too $hort expressed empathy for Cassie Ventura, who Combs physically assaulted during a 2016 incident captured on video in a Miami hotel.

“I want to thank all the people that called me yesterday,” the hitmaker said. “Text me, hit me up about this TMZ Puff Daddy thing. I was a little insensitive with my words.”

The “Blow the Whistle” rapper said that it was only after multiple people personally contacted him regarding his remarks and association with Combs that he realized his error in judgment.

“I really didn’t know the full extent of the case,” he added. “I did not know that there were a lot of women who had claimed that they had been abused by Puff Daddy and how it affected them.”

Too $hort referenced Combs’ assault of Ventura, which was publicized after footage of the assault surfaced in May 2024 amid the federal investigation into Combs’ alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. Ventura had previously settled a civil suit against the mogul for $20 million, which detailed years of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse endured by Ventura at Combs hands.

“I really didn’t know the full extent of the case,” he said. “I did not know that there were a lot of women who had claimed that they had been abused by Puff Daddy and how it affected them.”

“I’ve been to dozens of his parties, and never once have I seen a naked person or a sexual act. Everybody wants to get in. But now everybody’s saying that every party he threw was a sex party. It was not like that ever, ever, ever. I never seen no shit like that.”

Too $hort also expressed his hope that Combs’ time behind bars could rehabilitate him from his abusive ways while attributing his own backlash as an educational experience.

“I hope that when my brother comes home, that he has grown because just in a short period of time of me dealing with this, I feel like I’ve grown a lot. I’ve learned a lot, and I hope that when he comes home, that he’s not an abuser anymore.”

Combs is serving a 50-month federal prison sentence after being convicted on two counts of violating the Mann Act for transporting women across state lines for prostitution in October 2025.

He was recently placed in solitary confinement for violating various prison rules, including possessing contraband such as cell phones and alcohol. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, he is currently scheduled to be released on January 21, 2028.

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