Cam’ron and Ma$e have weighed in on the “No Diddy” trend, and fittingly so given that Killa’s Dipset crew were among those who popularized the phrase’s antecedent.
The Harlemites, along with co-host Treaure “Stat Baby” Wilson, lent their two cents to the discussion on an episode of It Is What It Is that went live on Monday (March 25).
The phrase “No Diddy” has become a replacement for Cam’s ubiquitous “pause” (or its predecessor, which involves a homophobic slur) in reference to Diddy being accused of sexually harassing, drugging and threatening producer Lil Rod in a lawsuit last month.
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Murda began the episode by noting that “they changed the term for ‘pause,'” after which he asked for Cam’s take on the matter.
“I was wondering how you felt about that,” he responded, alluding to his co-host’s long and often-contentious history with his former label boss. “‘Cause I ain’t want you to think I was coming at you — pause — no type of way if I said it first. I didn’t want you to think I was trying to offend you.”
Ma$e and Cam didn’t talk about Diddy as such. Instead, their interest mostly revolved around whether the phrase was catchy enough to stay around.
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“Does it ring off the same way, though?” Ma$e asked, to which Cam replied: “Well, you know it got the same syllables of what we usually say before we started saying ‘pause,’ [referring to the term ‘no homo’].”
All of the synonymous phrases, per Wikipedia, are “used at the end of a sentence to assert the statement or action by the speaker had no intentional homosexual implications.”
The segment ended with Cam and Ma$e still unsure if the new phrase would stick. Wilson said clearly she wouldn’t be using it, though Cam reminded her that “You don’t say ‘pause’ anyway.”
Check the exchange at the 1:51 mark below:
Cam and Ma$e aren’t the only rappers to opine on “No Diddy” as 50 Cent joked about it as well. Last week, the mogul took to Instagram and roasted Diddy once again amid the lawsuits piling up against the Bad Boys boss.
“[eyes emoji] oh, I fvck wit son that’s my man No Diddy. [raised eyebrow emoji] I’ll Boom you right Now! Fvck outta here! LOL,” he wrote in a post that included a few examples of the supposed trend.
In January, the Power executive producer mocked his 54-year-old adversary for choosing not to attend the 2024 Grammy Awards despite earning his first nomination in 20 years.
Posting a screenshot on Instagram of HipHopDX‘s report on the matter, Fif commented: “Wait puff I think you should go [eyes emoji] [grinning face emoji] they not gonna give you no [trophy emoji] trophy LMAO get the fvck outta here.”
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The G-Unit leader previously considered buying the Revolt network after the aforementioned allegations forced Puffy to step down from his role as chairman.
“I’ll buy that from you play boy, for the low because you know Cadillac and AT&T gonna pull out,” he joked on X (formerly Twitter). “I’ll give you a few dollars for it now! Sell it to me, then we can be friends [blushing emoji] I’m serious call my phone.”
