Former rapper and ex-Diddy protégé Moses "Shyne" Barrow is now a major political leader in Belize Evan Agostini/ Getty From convicted felon to political leader, Moses Michael Levi “Shyne” Barrow is a changed man following his eight-year prison sentence. " , and perseverance is the pathway to power," he told PEOPLE in November 2024 at the premiere of his Hulu documentary, . A former protégé of , Barrow was with the rapper when a shooting broke out in a New York City nightclub on Dec.
27, 1999. While Combs was cleared of all charges in connection to the incident, Barrow served prison time over it. He in a September 2024 press conference in his home country of Belize after Combs was arrested for .
"When I was an 18-year-old kid, just wanting to do nothing other than make my mother proud and make Belize proud and be recognized for my talent and take over the world, I was defending him and he turned around and called witnesses to testify against me," Barrow said of Combs, adding, "He pretty much sent me to prison." Reps for Diddy denied Barrow’s allegations to . Barrow, who is now a politician in Belize, also told CNN that he sees his experience with Combs in a new light since the rapper was arrested.
“You know, there’s so many things that I said so long ago about Diddy. Nobody would listen, nobody would believe," he said. "And it makes the wounds that I’ve, by the grace of God, been able to heal and the accomplishments that I’ve been able to achieve even muc.