Diddy’s Prison Stay Takes A Painful Turn

Sean “Diddy” Combs was reportedly taken to a hospital after suffering a head injury while serving his federal prison sentence. 

The 56-year-old rapper was taken from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey by ambulance early Saturday, TMZ reported. While TMZ said it had not confirmed where he received treatment, a source separately confirmed to People that he was taken to a hospital. He returned to prison later that day. How he sustained the injury remains unclear.

“We are aware of the reports concerning Sean Combs and are working to confirm the circumstances,” Combs’ spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said. “Sean’s health and well-being are our immediate concern, and we appreciate everyone who has reached out.”

This report comes less than two weeks after NBC News reported allegations that the Bad Boy Records founder was receiving special treatment in prison, including enlisting other inmates to cook and clean for him and give him massages. 

Sources told NBC that he used contraband phones to access Instagram and view sexually explicit photos sent by a former girlfriend. He also allegedly obtained Remeron, an antidepressant known inside as “rem-roms,” from other inmates.

Sources claimed that guards smuggled Hennessy into the facility on weekends for Combs and a small circle of inmates.

“This is not some normal sh*t you see in jail. This is some rich sh*t,” one source told NBC, as The Daily Wire previously reported. “It looks crazy, but again, it’s Diddy.”

TMZ previously reported that Combs was placed in the prison’s special housing unit, commonly called solitary confinement, following the allegations.

A jury convicted Combs in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, charges that carried a combined maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He was acquitted of the more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

Prosecutors sought a sentence of more than 11 years, calling Diddy “unrepentant.” A judge sentenced him last October to 50 months.

Combs is appealing his conviction and sentence, and the Second Circuit heard arguments in April. He also asked President Donald Trump for a pardon in a letter, but Trump said in January that he was not considering it.