Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Is Trying Not to Play Up His Celebrity Status in Prison, Claims Rep

Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently serving out his prison sentence in New Jersey. The disgraced mogul has been behind bars since his arrest in 2024, and he currently faces a 50-month prison sentence. Though Combs is appealing his sentence, he is also working to establish himself in prison. His representative said that he is trying to downplay his celebrity in order to relate to people.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reportedly doesn’t want to play up his celebrity status in prison

Combs is currently serving his prison sentence at FCI Fort Dix. He hoped to avoid prison time altogether, and is currently seeking immediate release with an appeal. His representative, Juda Engelmayer, said Combs is also trying to self-improve in prison.

“He’s focused on the appeal,” Engelmayer told Us Weekly, “and looking back at his life and trying to figure out ways to improve and be a better person.”

Engelmayer said that Combs now works in the prison library and tries to recommend books to other inmates.

“He’s trying to be one of the guys,” he said. “He’s congenial and helpful.”

Engelmayer noted that while some of the other inmates look up to Combs “because of his celebrity,” he “doesn’t play that up. He sits down one-on-one with people [and] talks to them and helps counsel some of them. He has a following and people like him [but] he also spends a lot of time by himself.”

Combs is currently set to be released in 2028, and his appeal is still pending.