Maren Morris tweaked the lyrics to her song “Rich,” taking out a reference to Sean “Diddy” Combs in light of his recent arrest. Morris, 34, performed at the Bourbon & Beyond music festival in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday, September 19, where she debuted the new rendition. Instead of singing, “Boy, I’d be rich, head to toe Prada / Benz in the driveway, yacht in the water / Vegas at the Mandarin, high roller gambling / Me and Diddy drippin’ diamonds like Marilyn,” Morris omitted the 54-year-old music mogul’s name on Thursday.
Morris reposted footage from the performance onto her Instagram Story on Saturday, September 21, captioning it, “F— Diddy.” (Morris’ comment added four extra k’s to the first word.) This was the first time that Morris changed the Diddy name-drop on her 2018 single, which was featured on her debut album, HERO.
Following a lengthy career in music, Diddy was first accused of misconduct and sexual assault in November 2023. The rapper publicly and fervently denied every claim. News broke on Monday, September 16, that Diddy had been arrested in New York on charges pertaining to sex trafficking and racketeering.
He pleaded not guilty but was denied bail. (Diddy was remanded to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.) “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr.
Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo told Us Weekly in a statem.