During a recent interview, Aubrey O’Day, a former member of the group Danity Kane, shared her thoughts on why Diddy might have released the publishing rights back to artists of Bad Boy Records. When asked by Harvey Levin, the host of the interview, about Diddy’s possible motivations, O’Day suggested that it could be an effort to keep people quiet and prevent them from speaking out. She added that she was specifically asked to stay silent and avoid speaking poorly about anyone, leading her to suspect that “something really bad is coming.”
A source told Page Six that not all artists who received their publishing rights back from Diddy signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). In September 2023, Sean “Diddy” Combs reassigned his Bad Boy publishing rights to all artists and writers on the label, an unusual move in the music industry. When asked about this, Diddy told Variety that it was simply the right thing to do, emphasizing the need for the industry to evolve and reform.
O’Day’s interview was part of a larger TMZ documentary about Diddy. Her comments and the timing of the release of publishing rights coincided with federal raids on Diddy’s Miami and Los Angeles mansions as part of a sex-trafficking probe. Diddy’s attorney, Aaron Dyer, criticized the raids, calling them an “unprecedented ambush” that created a rush to judgment based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.
Overall, O’Day’s comments reflect skepticism about Diddy’s motivations, indicating that there’s more to the story behind the reallocation of publishing rights and hinting at the potential for more revelations in the ongoing investigations surrounding Diddy.
