Sean “Diddy” Combs is supporting his fellow inmates this Thanksgiving.
While serving his first year at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, the 56-year-old hip-hop mogul helped organize and fund a Thanksgiving meal for 1,000 inmates at the federal correctional institution on Thursday (Nov. 27), according to TMZ.
“Thanksgiving, to me, is about making sure other people eat,” Diddy told the outlet through his representative. “Everybody misses their family. People get depressed during the holidays. We just wanted to come together as a family and do our own thing.”
Working with a group called Bankroll Bosses, Diddy and others collected commissary food, spent two days preparing it, and distributed meals to every housing unit at Fort Dix. The Thanksgiving-Day menu included roast turkey with trimmings, mashed potatoes, corn and dessert.
Without proper cooking materials, the group resorted to using ID cards to cut the food, and they did not have access to microwaves or stoves.
In October, Diddy was transferred to Fort Dix to serve out his 50-month sentence after being found guilty in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and serve a five-year supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $500,000 fine and complete five years of supervised release. Combs’ legal team is currently challenging both his July conviction and the four-year prison sentence.
“There’s a lot of misinterpretations about prison,” Diddy told TMZ. “There is a strong brotherhood. We all look out for each other. It’s nothing but a positive thing. It’s like a little bit of home in a dark place.”
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