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Diddy’s former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she ‘just knew to avoid him at all costs’ following ‘horrific’ incident… after dual raids on the rap mogul’s mansions

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Tanika Ray, who was previously Diddy's backup dancer, claimed to have experienced an incident

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Tanika Ray, Diddy’s former backup dancer, claimed to have experienced a “horrible” incident while working for him in the mid-1990s in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

The former Extra host, 52, admitted this after watching journalist and TV commentator Touré, 53, reveal on Joy Reid’s MSNBC show that he was at one point on good enough terms with Diddy to ask the director of the record label that hired his relative as an intern.

However, he went on to claim that the rapper subsequently fired the male family member after allegedly asking him to spend the night with him.

The new allegations involving Diddy come after Homeland Security agents raided his mansions in Miami and Los Angeles on Monday in what is allegedly related to a “sex trafficking investigation.”

In a caption to his reaction video, Ray wrote, “I knew I had to avoid (Diddy) at all costs…

Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

Tanika Ray, who was previously Diddy’s backup dancer, claimed to have experienced a “horrible” incident while working for him in the mid-1990s in an Instagram post on Wednesday; seen in West Hollywood in May 2022

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1711603711 617 Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

In a caption to his reaction video, Ray wrote: ‘I knew I had to avoid (Diddy) at all costs…’; Diddy photographed in January 2020 in Beverly Hills

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1711603711 627 Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

He referenced an allegedly “horrible” incident involving the 54-year-old rap mogul that occurred in 1996, although he refrained from including details.

‘Yes, I danced for him and kept my space. “I interviewed him for his projects and kept my space,” he continued. “Nothing that’s happening is surprising.”

During Touré’s appearance on Joy Reid’s show, he stated of Diddy that “I know this man well enough to call him and say, ‘Hey, I need a favor.'”

‘This may have been 10 or 12 years ago when I called him and said, “Hey, I have a family member and I want you to hire him as an intern.” And he said, “Yes,” she said.

However, the job that apparently could have helped Touré’s family member get a shot in the entertainment industry mysteriously sold out after just “three or four months.”

Touré said he questioned his relative about what happened and why the internship had ended so abruptly, but they allegedly refused to talk about the matter.

But the journalist went on to claim that “years later, they finally came out (and this is a man) and said that Puff had said, ‘Come home.’ Stay the night with me or the internship will be over.”

He added that a member of his family claimed that Diddy was told “absolutely not” in response to the inappropriate request.

“And the internship ended,” he said.

Something about Touré’s story spoke to Ray, and she reposted a clip from the video before sharing her own video on Instagram addressing her time working for Diddy.

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1711603711 584 Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

During Touré’s appearance on Joy Reid’s show, he stated of Diddy that “I know this man well enough to call him and say, ‘Hey, I need a favor.'”

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1711603711 51 Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

‘This may have been 10 or 12 years ago when I called him and said, “Hey, I have a family member and I want you to hire him as an intern.” And he said, “Yes,” she said.

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1711603711 422 Diddys former backup dancer Tanika Ray says she just knew

The internship ended after just a few months and the family member did not say why. But Touré claimed that “years later, they finally came out (and this is a man) and said that Puff had said, ‘Come home.’ Stay the night with me or practice will be over””; Diddy seen in 2022

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