‘What you sow, you shall reap’

• O’Day, 40, hoped the raids would embolden other alleged victims to speak up
• The singer supported Diddy’s ex Cassie when she sued him for sexual assault 
• She performed in the girl group Danity Kane when it was signed to his label

Aubrey O’Day celebrated news that her former mentor Diddy’s homes were raided by Homeland Security agents in Instagram posts on Monday.

The 40-year-old singer — who shared her suspicions in February that she was being followed after criticizing the 54-year-old hip hop mogul — wrote that her former boss was ‘reap[ing]’ what he had ‘sow[n]’ in posts shared with her one million followers.

O’Day rose to fame as the lead singer of the girl group Danity Kane, which got a record deal with Diddy’s Bad Boy Records in 2005 after winning season three of MTV’s Making The Band 3.

Her tumultuous time with the label included the rapper firing her from the group at one point — though she later rejoined it after leaving his label — and she spoke up in support of Diddy’s ex Cassie after she filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him.

The songstress began her posts by sharing an article announcing the raids on Diddy’s homes, which were part of an alleged ‘sex trafficking probe.’

‘What you sow, you shall reap,’ she wrote under a photo of the hip hop mogul. 

‘I pray this emboldens all of US victims to finally speak on what we have endured,’ she added, seemingly placing herself among their alleged ranks, though she didn’t describe any alleged victimization.

O’Day then posted a short video of the slain rapper Tupac Shakur dancing, though it contrasted with her somber caption.

‘There is no “too soon” on this one, just “too late,”‘ she wrote.

It’s unclear if O’Day’s choice of a clip of Tupac was meaningful, as Diddy (real name: Sean Combs) has been rumored to have been involved in his 1996 shooting death.

Following the arrest of Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis for his alleged involvement in Shakur’s murder, a 2008 recorded interview he did with the Los Angeles Police Department was obtained by The Sun.

On the tape, Davis claimed to police that he oversaw the murder at the request of Diddy, though the rapper has denied that he had anything to do with Shakur’s death.

Shakur died on September 13, 1996, six days after he was shot in the chest multiple times during a drive-by shooting.

Keefe D had claimed that he was a passenger in the car in question, while he said his nephew Orlando Anderson — who was killed in 1998 — was the shooter.

Despite making the apparent confession on tape, Keefe D has claimed he is innocent in court.

O’Day’s connection to Diddy began with the third iteration of MTV’s Making The Band, which he supervised.

The series auditioned thousands of women to potentially create a girl group, but the first season was unsuccessful at creating a group, as Diddy felt that none of the women who auditioned had what it took to make a successful band.

However, O’Day and her friend Aundrea Fimbres were judged to be at the top of the pack, so they returned for season two, which resulted in the formation of the original five-person lineup, which also featured Dawn Richard, Shannon Bex and Wanita ‘D. Woods’ Woodgett.

The five women were selected from 11 finalists and starred on the third season as the fully formed band, while also making guest appearances on Making The Band 4 with Day26 and Donnie Klang.

However, O’Day came to have a contentious relationship with Diddy.

Despite his initial praise for her dancing skills, he later called her ‘one of the worst dancers’ in Danity Kane, and he began to upbraid her for her wearing outfits that highlighted her cleavage and for how she styled her hair.

In 2008, Diddy fired her from the group, and Danity Kane was disbanded the following year by the rapper.

After focusing on solo music and an appearance on Celebrity Apprentice — featuring future President Donald Trump — O’Day reunited with a four-person version of Danity Kane, minus D. Woods.

Danity Kane was then whittled down to a trio with Fimbres’ departue in 2014. The threesome reunited in 2018, only for Bex to depart the following year, leaving O’Day and Richard as the only remaining members.

The two released their most recent singles in 2020, but the band and its social media account have been dormant ever since.

In November, after Diddy settled Cassie’s sexual assault lawsuit against him for an undisclosed sum after just one day, Aubrey complained on social media that ‘Money > accountability.’

‘Every time,’ she added. ‘Welcome to another chapter of the system is well in place.’

Diddy (real name: Sean Combs) has strongly denied the accusations of each of the women and claimed they are ‘looking for a quick payday.’ 

Cassie (real name Cassandra Ventura) sued Combs for rape on November 16, 2023, claiming he abused her, plied her with drugs and filmed her having sex with male prostitutes while they dated from 2005 and 2019.

While the case was quickly settled and dismissed, it preceded a slew of similar lawsuits targeting the rapper, his entourage and his billion-dollar business empire.

Joi Dickerson-Neal, another accuser, claims Combs slipped something into her drink and sexually assaulted her in 1991 while she was a student at Syracuse University. She alleges that he filmed the attack and shared the video with his social circle.

Another Jane Doe alleges that she and a friend were raped by Combs and his friend, the singer–songwriter Aaron Hall, in the early 1990s.

A fourth lawsuit takes aim at Diddy’s close friend Harve Pierre, alleging that he used his influence at Bad Boy Records to groom and sexually assault a former assistant.

‘Enough is enough,’ Diddy wrote in a statement denying all of the accusations. ‘For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday.

‘Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family for the truth.’ 

A fifth woman whose identity had been kept secret sued the mogul for allegedly sexually assaulting her with two other men when she was only 17.

In February, a judge overseeing the case ruled that the woman will no longer be able to remain anonymous if the case is to proceed.