It has been noted that an interview from 2016 with Usher has resurfaced amid the raids on Sean Combs (P.Diddy) homes earlier this week via People.
The “U Got It Bad” musician appeared on The Howard Stern Show in 2016 where he opened up about his time living with Diddy for a year when he was 13 years old.
It has come to light that Howard Stern wondered if it was L.A. Reid’s idea for Usher to live with the Bad Boy Records founder, 54, the R&B star said there were “very curious things taking place” during his time residing with Diddy in New York City.
“I got a chance to see some things,” Usher told Stern, 70, adding: “I went there to see the lifestyle — and I saw it.”
He continued: “I don’t know if I could indulge and understand what I was even looking at. It was pretty wild.”
Usher went on to recount that there were famous artists like Biggie Smalls, Lil’ Kim, Craig Mack, Faith Evans and Mary J. Blige that were also hanging around at the time.
When asked if he was staying up until 4 a.m. partying with Diddy and his entourage, the “Yeah!” performer said he “could” and “actually stayed up longer than them.”
He described the experience as “pretty crazy.”
Asked if he would ever send his children to “Puffy camp,” Usher declared: “Hell, no.” In February, he also opened up to PEOPLE about his experiences at Diddy’s “Flavor Camp.”
“I can remember Outkast making their first records and being able to hear Rico [Wade] work on these songs, literally sleeping in this man’s living room, being in the dungeon, just kind of being around and just trying to figure out who’s who,” he recalled.
