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Former Diddy Staff Join Usher’s R&B Tour

The hires spotlight questions over Usher’s staff vetting, tour optics, ties to Combs, transparency.

Overview

  • This week Rolling Stone and other outlets reported that at least three longtime members of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ personal team have taken roles with Usher’s 56-date R&B Tour with Chris Brown.
  • One hire is Kristina Khorram, Combs’ former chief of staff, though publications say her exact duties on the tour have not been disclosed.
  • Federal prosecutors named Khorram as an alleged co‑conspirator during the SDNY case but she was never charged or called to testify and has denied the accusations.
  • An immunity‑granted former Combs assistant who testified about managing a ‘Gucci pouch’ of drugs briefly worked for Usher before the tour parted ways with that employee.
  • Usher’s camp and Khorram’s representatives declined to comment, and the staffing moves have raised fresh reputational and vetting concerns that could shape public scrutiny of the tour going forward.