Sean “Diddy” Combs, the disgraced music mogul who once had a net worth of $1 billion, is now using $1 cans of mackerel as currency as he rots in a Brooklyn jail.
Combs, 55, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center ahead of his sex trafficking trial, which begins next month.
The famed rapper — once responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 1990s and 2000s — now uses packets of mackerel known as “macks,” available for $1 from the detention center commissary as a form of currency, the New York Times reported.
Inmates at the infamous jail are allowed to spend up to $180 every fortnight using money that loved ones can place on their commissary funds.
Six-packs of Snickers sell for $5.95 and Cheez-Its for $3.65 are among the other snacks available to Combs, the Times reported.
It marks a far cry from the world of dripping opulence and luxury that Combs once made central to his brand.
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