King Combs reflects on “one of the darkest times in my life” in his new “Lonely Roads” music video that dropped on Thursday (Sept. 18).
The track — produced by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and featuring his 12-year-old daughter North West as well as JAAS – is featured on Combs’ Never Stop EP that dropped in June, and he described “Lonely Roads” on Instagram as “one of my favorite songs” from the project.
In the Adam Gharib-directed visual, Combs drives down a deserted road in a Tesla Cybertruck before arriving to the house of his father, disgraced rapper/mogul Diddy. There, he hangs with his brothers Quincy and Justin as well as his sisters Jessie, D’Lila and Love. In March 2024, King Combs and Justin were detained (yet not arrested) at this very house during a Homeland Security raid in connection with a federal sex trafficking investigation regarding their father. Diddy was arrested last September in New York City after a grand jury indictment and charged with federal sex trafficking and racketeering. His trial began in May and lasted seven weeks; on July 2, he was convicted on two counts of illegal prostitution but defeated the more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. Diddy remains in jail, where he awaits sentencing in October.
King Combs celebrated the verdict outside of the courthouse and told ABC 7, “We love y’all. We love everybody watching. I’m so happy. Pops coming home. God bless the whole world,” while playing the “Diddy Free” track from Never Stop. While talking to Billboard last month, King Combs said, “I think now that the truth is getting out and pops is on the way home, God willing. I think we just need to stay with positivity, spread love. I just hope all the hate and all the negative stuff is past us and we can just move forward and with just love and good vibes. That’s what we’re here to do: never stop.”
He doubled down on his message in “Lonely Roads”: “Roll somethin’ up, take a puff for the name’s sake/ Put the whole world against me, I’ma keep the same face/ I wanted all the real love, the fake hate, the headlines gon’ still say ‘Vacate the throne’/ Young n—a, I’m home, dead wrong like B.I./ Still the king like T.I., still bop like D-I-D-D-Y,” Combs raps on the first verse.
King Combs ended the accompanying video on an even more personal note. “Even when the road felt lonely… y’all never left my side. To every fan, supporter, and person who believed in me — thank you. I love y’all more than words can say. This last year and a half was one of the darkest times in my life… but every stream, repost, every time someone stopped me just to say, ‘keep going’ — it all meant more than you know,” it read. “Y’all reminded me I wasn’t walking this road alone. Y’all gave me strength. Y’all helped me never stop. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Love, Christian.”
Watch the “Lonely Roads” music video below.