Tyson Beckford Recalls Near-Fatal Fight with Diddy in NYC

Tyson Beckford recently recounted a decades-old violent altercation involving Sean "Diddy" Combs and his crew during an interview on The Breakfast Club. The confrontation began outside a New York City tattoo shop when fashion stylist Groovey Lew, affiliated with Diddy’s Bad Boy Records, aggressively approached Beckford after Beckford declined to take a photo with a woman Lew was with. A physical fight ensued, leaving Beckford with a head injury requiring six stitches. When Lew returned with Diddy and others from the Bad Boy offices, Beckford, outnumbered and abandoned by a friend, retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle, warning Diddy he was prepared to use it, though no shots were fired. Beckford reflected on how the situation could have turned deadly but expressed relief that it didn’t, adding that he hadn’t seen Diddy since but that Diddy knows not to mess with him. The story highlights a tense moment in Beckford’s past, which he plans to detail further in his upcoming book and production project.