“Remember, I’m the only one who spoke up and the only one left alive”
By Dan Murphy
Singer-songwriter and producer Al B. Sure, who grew up in Mt. Vernon, has been subpoenaed to testify at Sean Diddy Combs’s federal trial. Sure, a star quarterback for Mt. Vernon High School before he decided to enter the music industry has written a tell-all book, “Do You Believe Me Now?”
Sure appeared on the Good Day New York show on May 9, where he made some shocking allegations about Combs, who also grew up in Mt. Vernon around the same time as Sure, whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown.
Sure and Combs each had a relationship with Kim Porter and had children with her. Porter died in 2018 at the age of 47, with media reports claiming the cause of death was pneumonia.
When Fox NY’s Rosanno Scotto asked Al B. Sure if he believed Porter died from pneumonia, he said, “Absolutely not.”
“She was in the best of health,” he said. “We just saw each other prior to her passing. We were actually celebrating our son’s new Netflix Christmas special, and she was doing just fine. In fact, we were all at the event together at Netflix in the lobby. Sean, myself, the children, all having a great time. It was a really festive opportunity just for all of us to be together.”
Al B. Sure has had serious health problems of his own over the past three years. In 2022, he collapsed while working on a new album and suffered from multiple illnesses, including kidney failure. He was in a coma for two months but recovered in 2023.
When FoxNY’s Curt Menefee asked, “Do you think specifically that Sean Combs or people affiliated with him did something to you that caused you to have multi-organ failure?” Sure said, “I believe this to be the case, yes. Absolutely, my first time saying.”
Sure was one of the first to accuse Combs of sex trafficking on social media years before Combs’ arrest. He gained music fame in 1990 when he was nominated for two Grammys.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is standing trial in Manhattan on federal charges, including sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation for prostitution. Prosecutors allege Combs ran a criminal enterprise that exploited women, using coercion, drugs, and threats. Witnesses, including his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, have testified about violent incidents and disturbing “freak off” sessions. Combs has pleaded not guilty and rejected a plea deal. His defense argues that while he engaged in violent behavior, his actions did not constitute sex trafficking. The trial is ongoing, with testimony revealing graphic details of abuse and control.
Al B. Sure has been subpoenaed to testify at the Combs trial. “This isn’t marketing for me; I’m living this life. The only reason why I wanted to tell this story very specifically is because I was ignored; there was the most expensive PR campaign against me to shut me down. If you actually knew what they did to me—there was a bounty on my head. There was a bunch of stuff.”
“Remember, I’m the only one who spoke up and the only one left alive. So this is not about a scared thing, it’s just time to reveal the truth. It is what it is. I went through many, many years of scrutiny, being dragged, face first on the concrete. Being called delusional when I said sex trafficking.”
