Sean “Diddy” Combs has been teaching self-help classes to inmates in prison.

The disgraced music mogul ran a six-week course from federal prison called Free Game With Diddy, during which he taught prisoners how to think positively, put “pride to the side” and build a business.

Inmates taking his course at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn included a self-exiled Chinese billionaire convicted of defrauding victims of more than $1bn, according to court filings.

Other participants include an accused sex-trafficker and alleged violent gang members, as well as a former prison officer who pleaded guilty to armed robbery.

Combs, 55, has been held in federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest in September 2024.

Details about his course were submitted in court filings by his legal team in an effort to push for a lenient sentence that would see him walk free this week.

During his eight-week trial, Combs was accused of beating his ex-girlfriends and forcing them to take part in days-long sex marathons with male prostitutes.