Painter Passes Out After Diddy and Dj Khaled Buy Her Artwork

By Shamone Nelson | Published on February 6, 2018

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Sean “Diddy” Combs is responsible for shaping a lot of careers and inspiring many musical artists. This week Diddy posted a video where he and Dj Khaled inspired a young artist who was selling her artwork on the streets of California.

Diddy and Dj saw the paintings on their way to record their new show “The Four.” The artist mentions she’s from Brooklyn and that she tried to try out for the new show. She displays two paintings. One painting features Jay-Z, Diddy, and Dj Khaled and another painting feature Dj Khaled and his son Asahd. In an unedited version of the video, after the artist tells Diddy the paintings cost $3000, Diddy and DJ Khaled started negotiating to get the price lowered. In the end, Diddy and Dj. purchased the paintings. Diddy said, “These are beautiful…we like to support black business.” The artist was so happy that she fell to the ground gripping the money.

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