Diddy's "Freak Offs"

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About

Diddy's Freak Offs refers to an official phrase used in an unsealed federal indictment against rapper and record executive Sean "Diddy" Combs in mid-September 2024. The phrase was used to describe highly orchestrated and multi-day sexual events allegedly organized by the rapper. According to the documents, Diddy would coerce and drug his victims into participating in elaborate sex acts with male commercial sex workers, which he himself called "Freak Offs." The unsealed indictment also mentioned how law enforcement seized various "Freak Off" supplies during their raids on Diddy's Miami and Los Angeles homes, including narcotics, guns and over 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant. The use of the phrase "Freak Offs" in an official federal indictment spawned shocked reactions and memes in mid-September 2024 as it became a slang term online.

Origin

On September 17th, 2024, soon after P. Diddy's arrest, the New York State District Court, Southern District of New York unsealed documents related to rapper and record executive Diddy's indictment on federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and prostitution.

The 14-page indictment delved into Diddy's alleged crimes, which included him orchestrating elaborate, highly orchestrated and multi-day events he called "Freak Offs," during which he would routinely drug and coerce his victims into participating in sexual acts with male commercial sex workers. These acts were so physically strenuous on his victims that they often had to be given IV drips to recuperate. The relevant sections of the indictment are shown below.^[1]

The United States Attorney's Office of Southern New York also issued a press conference on September 17th, 2024, where Attorney Damian Williams mentioned the phrase "Freak Offs" five times (YouTube^[2] clip shown below).

Spread

The use of "Freak Offs" during the high-profile press conference led to the term quickly trending online in mid-September 2024 as people reacted to it with discussion posts, memes and other content on social media.

For example, on September 17th, 2024, a post about the alleged "Freak Offs" on Reddit's /r/Music^[5] subreddit gathered over 28,000 upvotes in a day. The phrase "various 'freak off supplies'" earned a post on /r/BrandNewSentence^[6] on September 18th, gathering over 5,000 upvotes in a day.

On September 17th, X^[3] user @FearedBuck posted DJ Akademiks's reaction to the Attorney General discussing Diddy's "Freak Offs," gathering over 40,000 likes in two days.

Also on September 17th, X^[4] user @jonxgenius wrote, "“Freak Offs” being an official name in government documents is so crazy," gathering over 98,000 likes in two days.

On September 18th, 2024, X^[7] user @TheEnemiesPE3 quoted a tweet by wrestler Vince McMahon that read, "Partying with @IamDiddy," writing, "Vince McMahon and Diddy at the Freak Off," gathering over 18,000 likes in a day.

On September 17th, X^[8] user @freebarb__ posted a video of Diddy dressed as the Joker for Halloween, writing, "Diddy wearing this Joker costume is so much more sinister. He probably had the nastiest freak off known to man this night," and gathering over 40,000 likes in a day.

Later on September 17th, 2024, X^[9] user @MissSassbox wrote, "my mom just sent me a voice text asking what a 'freak off' is because all her young staff is talking about it. DIDDY YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES FOR REAL TODAY ON THIS DAY BECAUSE WTF DO I TELL HER. 😩" The post gathered over 30,000 likes in a day.