Diddy Believes Yung Miami Will Be A Billionaire Like Oprah Winfrey
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Sean “Diddy” Combs says he believes Yung Miami is capable of reaching similar heights as Oprah Winfrey in the entertainment industry.
According to The Jasmine Brand, the 53-year-old recently did an interview and listed stars in Hip-Hop that he feels has what it takes to be moguls in their own right. Diddy said that the City Girls member is similar to the billionaire in the diversification of her growing empire.
“She reminds me of Oprah with the endless possibilities that she has as far as her clothing line, television shows, performances, live podcasts,” the Bad Boy Records founder said. “I really respect both of their hustles and see them being able to break through.”
Diddy’s comparison of Yung Miami and Winfrey comes a year after the Florida native first voiced her aspirations of following in the iconic talk show host’s footsteps. The rap star, who hosts her Caresha Please show, noted the Mississippi native and radio legend Wendy Williams as figures whom she’s inspired by.
“I want to take it to the next level. I want to be like — I think she has a podcast now — a person like Wendy Williams,” the BMF actress said at the time. “I’m dreaming big. I want to go to the highest of the highest. I want to be the Black Oprah.”
Yung Miami has also credited Diddy with advising her to begin her career as a media personality based off of her popularity on social media. “People just loving to hear me talk, you know? Whenever I talk or whenever I go on [Instagram] Live, it go viral,” she said of what prompted her to start Caresha Please.
“So, one day I was talking with Diddy and he was like, ‘Yeah, [you] should do a podcast. It would be good for you,’ and that’s how it came out. It was just a conversation of me just always going viral off the way I talk and the engagement that I used to get off of Instagram Live.”
In addition to Yung Miami, Diddy also named late rap star Nipsey Hussle, who he says he viewed as a younger version of himself, and Travis Scott as artists he feels could become billionaires in the future.
See quotes from Diddy’s interview below.
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