Rapper Too Short performs on Night 3 during the 2026 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture at Caesars Superdome on July 05, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Too $hort has apologized for saying he'd attend a party celebrating Sean  Diddy  Combs' release from prison after Combs completes his prison sentence on federal prostitution charges.

On Sunday (Oct. 4), the veteran rap star uploaded a video to his Instagram account responding to backlash for comments he made to TMZ about his relationship with Combs.

In the clip, Too $hort expressed empathy for Cassie Ventura, who Combs physically assaulted during a 2016 incident captured on video in a Miami hotel.

 I want to thank all the people that called me yesterday,  the hitmaker said.  Text me, hit me up about this TMZ Puff Daddy thing. I was a little insensitive with my words. 

Too $hort at Michael Rubin's Fanatics Super Bowl Party on February 07, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images

The  Blow the Whistle  rapper said that it was only after multiple people personally contacted him regarding his remarks and association with Combs that he realized his error in judgment.

 I really didn't know the full extent of the case,  he added.  I did not know that there were a lot of women who had claimed that they had been abused by Puff Daddy and how it affected them. 

Too $hort referenced Combs' assault of Ventura, which was publicized after footage of the assault surfaced in May 2024 amid the federal investigation into Combs' alleged sex trafficking and racketeering. Ventura had previously settled a civil suit against the mogul for $20 million, which detailed years of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse endured by Ventura at Combs hands.

Cassie (L) and Sean  Diddy' Combs aka Puff Daddy attend the  Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between  Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com

 I really didn't know the full extent of the case,  he said.  I did not know that there were a lot of women who had claimed that they h

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