It was previously reported that the Recording Academy was 'evaluating' an invite to the hip-hop mogul after he was hit with sexual assault lawsuits by multiple women.
- Jan 12, 2024
AceShowbiz - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs won't attend the 2024 Grammy Awards. Despite scoring one nomination, the "Gotta Move On" rapper will not attend the February 4 ceremony.
A representative for the 54-year-old confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. This arrived more than a month after the Recording Academy confirmed that it was "evaluating" an invite to the hip-hop mogul after he was hit with sexual assault lawsuits by multiple women.
"We are taking this matter very seriously and we are in the process of evaluating it with the time and care that it deserves," the Recording Academy said in a statement to RadarOnline.com on December 11. A spokesperson for the organization later clarified that they were only talking about his invitation and not his nomination.
Diddy is nominated in the category Best Progressive R&B Album for his latest effort "The Love Album: Off the Grid" at the ceremony, which will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Prior to the statement, The Mirror reported that several officials within the Academy are trying to get the Bad Boy Records founder removed from the guest list as a number of celebrities have requested to not be seated near him. A so-called music insider told the U.K. news outlet earlier this month, "The formal invitations go out this month. There's conflict at the academy as several voting members do not think it would be appropriate to invite Diddy."
Diddy has been staying low-key after being accused of sexual assault by several women, including his ex Cassie. In the suit filed in November, she accused the rapper of rape, abuse and sex trafficking during their on-off relationship from 2007 to 2018. He settled the lawsuit with the singer one day later, with his attorney insisting that the settlement was in "no way" an admission of his client's "wrongdoing."
Later, two other women filed civil cases against the "I Need a Girl" hitmaker. A woman named Joi Dickerson-Neal accused him of rape, drugging and revenge porn back in 1991. Meanwhile, a third woman, who is identified as Jane Doe, alleged that Diddy and R&B star Aaron Hall took turns raping her and her friend at an MCA Records event in New York City in the early 1990s.
