Sean Diddy Combs' time behind bars just got a little longer. Federal Bureau of Prisons records reviewed this week show the rapper's projected release date has been pushed back to March 2028, according to People, after he was previously expected to walk out of FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey on January 21, 2028. The bureau declined to explain the change, telling People that for privacy, safety and security reasons, it does not comment on the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including reasons for a change in release date.
The delay comes amid a string of sensational reports about the lifestyle Combs has allegedly maintained inside the federal prison. NBC News recently reported that the music mogul has paid thousands of dollars to fellow inmates in exchange for access to contraband, including Hennessy cognac and cellphones. Sources cited in the reporting claimed inmates cook and clean for Combs, and that one prisoner allegedly gives him Chinese-style massages.
One inmate reportedly claimed Combs had access to a cellphone that he used to receive explicit photos from a former girlfriend. He also allegedly obtained a jailbroken tablet that allowed him to watch a documentary about him made by 50 Cent, his longtime hip-hop rival, the reports said.
The reports landed just as Combs' legal saga appeared to be entering its final chapters. The Bad Boy Records founder was convicted in 2025 on federal prostitution-related charges after a blockbuster trial that dominated headlines for weeks, and prosecutors had sought a lengthy sentence while his defense team argued he had already endured extraordinary pretrial detention conditions. His representatives have not publicly addressed the latest round of allegations about his prison life.
Combs, once one of the most powerful figures in the music industry, has seen his empire collapse since his September 2024 arrest. A cascade of civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse, filed in the months before and after his indictment, has kept his name in the news even as his criminal case concluded. His music catalog was removed from some streaming playlists, and brands that once partnered with him have quietly severed ties.
The new release date will fuel continued fascination with how the former mogul is adapting to incarceration. While the Bureau of Prisons would not confirm whether any of the alleged rule-breaking contributed to the date change, prison experts note that projected release dates can shift for a variety of reasons, including disciplinary infractions, recalculated good-conduct time, or the resolution of pending charges. For now, Combs remains at FCI Fort Dix, the low-security federal facility in New Jersey where he has been serving his sentence.