Dudus Coke's US Release Date Pushed to 2029 After Reported Diddy Prison Fight

(ReggaeVibeMedia.com) Christopher "Dudus" Coke will have to wait one more year for freedom, according to updated Bureau of Prisons records. The former Jamaican crime figure's projected release date has moved from January 29, 2028, to January 28, 2029, a shift that surfaced days after reports linked him to a jailhouse altercation with Sean "Diddy" Combs at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey.

The timing has fueled speculation across the Caribbean and hip-hop worlds. Earlier this year, Coke's release date had actually moved forward to January 2028, a change attributed to good-conduct time and qualifying prison programs. Now that progress appears to have been reversed, and the Bureau of Prisons has not publicly explained why.

But the story is far from settled. Coke's aunt, Angela Jackson, dismissed the reported fight as "completely false and nothing more than fake news" in an Instagram response, insisting her nephew had never met Combs and that the two were housed in separate sections of the facility. A Bureau of Prisons spokesman told the Daily Mail the story "is false and did not happen," while confirming Combs remains in federal custody at Fort Dix. Nationwide News, which first reported the clash, has since amended its coverage after its own sources disputed the confrontation.

For now, nothing official directly ties Coke's new release date to the reported incident. Federal inmates can lose good-conduct time over disciplinary violations, one of the most common reasons release dates get pushed back. Until the Bureau of Prisons or someone close to the case says more, the connection between the date change and the alleged fight remains an inference drawn from timing.

Combs has been in federal custody since his arrest in September 2024. A jury acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking but convicted him on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and he was later sentenced to 50 months.

Coke's story carries heavier weight. In 2012, he was sentenced to 23 years after pleading guilty to charges including conspiracy to traffic large quantities of marijuana and cocaine into the United States. He once led the Shower Posse out of Tivoli Gardens in West Kingston, and his 2010 extradition followed a monthlong manhunt in Jamaica that left more than 70 people dead.

In Jamaica, news about Dudus carries the weight of 2010. In the United States, audiences are mostly reacting to the Diddy connection. What actually happened between the two men, and what it means for Combs and his own time inside, is still coming into focus.