ASAP Rocky's Attorney Says He Declined Diddy Case Because of Allegiance to Jay-Z Amid Rift

ASAP Rocky's attorney Joe Tacopina revealed during his appearance on The Breakfast Club that he was asked to "take a look" at Diddy's sex trafficking and racketeering case, but turned it down because of his ties to Roc Nation and Jay-Z.

"I represent Roc Nation; a lot of people in Roc I'm very close with," Tacopina explained at the 47:16 mark of the video above. "Jay and [Roc Nation president] Desiree Perez, who's the most amazing, like—bomb of a boss. Jay is amazing. You know, Jay Brown, all those people are just, like, they really are special, special people. That's sort of family to me and I don't think they see eye-to-eye with P. Diddy."

Charlamagne Tha God interjected and asked Tacopina to repeat what he said about the nonexistent relationship between Diddy and Jay-Z. Charlamagne brought up how people assumed Jay and the disgraced mogul were friends because they took pictures together.

"Everyone wants a picture with P. Diddy, at one time or another when they went to a party," Tacopina responded. "But when things got real, years and years ago..." He appeared to gesture that Jay-Z wanted to keep his distance from Diddy.

Tacopina served as ASAP Rocky's attorney in the assault trial where the rapper was found not guilty last week. Following his acquittal, the lawyer said Rocky and Rihanna joked in the courtroom that their next child will be named ASAP Joe, after him.

Tacopina said he and Rocky had a one-minute conversation before coming to a decision that they will reject a plea deal of 180 days behind bars. Rocky was facing a maximum of 24 years in prison, if convicted.