As Sean “Diddy” Combs rang in his 55th birthday in jail, his children shared their support for the hip-hop mogul, who is accused by the U.S. government of operating a “criminal enterprise” for decades.
In an Instagram video shared jointly Monday by Quincy Brown, Justin Dior Combs, Christian “King” Combs, Chance Combs, D’Lila Combs, Jessie Combs and Love Combs, six of his seven children are seen sitting around a red velvet Bundt cake. As 2-year-old Love sings “Happy Birthday” to Sean Combs over the phone, her older siblings encourage her to finish the song.
“I love y’all. I love y’all so much,” Sean Combs says on the other end of the call. “I can’t wait to see y’all. And I just want to say I’m proud of y’all, especially the girls. I mean, all of y’all. Thanks for being strong. Thank you all for being strong and thank you all for being my by side and supporting me. I love y’all. I’ve got the best family in the world.”
He continues, “My birthday, I’m happy. Thanks to you all for giving me this call.”
The kids promise to see their dad “in a couple of days.” Daughter Chance Combs, who is absent from the celebration but participating via a call on a different phone, also says she will see him “soon.”
Sean Combs has been incarcerated in the Special Housing Unit at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since his Sept. 17 arraignment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. Investigators say the 55-year-old elaborately schemed to use his finances and status in the entertainment industry to “fulfill his sexual desires” in a “recurrent and widely known” pattern of abuse.