By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-18 13:42:00 | Updated at 2024-12-18 16:49:07
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Video vixen Karrine Steffans has claimed she was presented as a 'gift' to Sean 'Diddy' Combs as she reflected on her time working in music videos.
The American author, who now goes by the name Elisabeth Ovesen, published her first book Confessions Of A Video Vixen back in 2005 as she opened up about being passed around by men in the music industry.
The star, who is now a New York Times bestselling author, began her career as an actress and video vixen, appearing in more than 20 music videos in the hip hop industry.
Her first book in the series gives details of her sexual relationships with rappers from Diddy to Usher and American basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, as well as Jay-Z and Diddy, who are under increased scrutiny due to recent allegations.
Diddy, 55, is currently behind bars in a Brooklyn detention centre after being charged with racketeering, ‘sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion’ and ‘transportation to engage in prostitution’.
Meanwhile earlier this month Jay-Z, 55, was hit with a civil lawsuit that claims he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on September 7, 2000 after the MTV Video Music Awards with Diddy.
Noughties 'video vixen' has claimed she was presented as a 'gift to Diddy' and performed sex act for Jay-Z to prove her 'worthiness' - as she alleges how hip hop stars passed women around the industry (pictured in a video for Jay-Z's song Big Pimpin)
Speaking to the Daily Beast, she likened what's happening to the #MeToo movement which began in 2017, but says it's taken a while for people to catch up and realize the world of hip hop is just as murky as Hollywood.
'They all know the same people with few degrees of separation between them. They have the same handlers, go to the same parties, share each other’s jets, yachts, and islands, and they abide by the same lawless code,' she said.
Recalling her encounter with Diddy, Karrine, 46, explained she was engaged in a sexual relationship with American rapper and music executive Irv Gotti at the time and he would often 'send her' to people he wanted to impress.
She wrote in her book: 'Whenever there was someone who Gotti wanted to impress, he would send me to them and I would “take care” of them.
'One of those people was Sean “P. Diddy” Combs.'
Karrine then claimed Gotti arranged for her to go over to Diddy's house one evening where she alleges they engaged in sexual intercourse.
The star, who is now a New York Times bestselling author, began her career as an actress and video vixen, appearing in more than 20 music videos in the hip hop industry (pictured in 2011)
Diddy, who is currently behind bars in a Brooklyn detention centre, was charged with racketeering, ‘sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion’ and ‘transportation to engage in prostitution’
Karine claims her former lover Irv Gotti (right), pictured with Ja Rule who she also had a liaison with, sent her to Diddy as a 'gift'
'Diddy and I spent the next fifteen minutes or so engaging in the usual. After the experience he said, “You’re one of the best”.
'I said the same to him when, in actuality, he was average. Our sexual encounter was pretty straightforward, nothing out of the ordinary.'
Over the course of her career Karrine earned herself the nickname 'Superhead' and she has spoken candidly about how she would 'take her clothes off' for money during her time as a stripper and dancer.
Karrine also recalled her sexual encounter with Jay-Z as she alleged how she proved her 'worthiness' after she appeared in his Hey Papi music video back in 2000, around the same time he met Beyoncé.
After filming the video, the rapper invited Karrine for a drive in his car and she accepted, explaining she felt comfortable in his company.
The pair chatted for a while and then the star's driver pulled over and exited the vehicle, leaving Jay-Z and Karrine alone together for her to perform a sex act.
Jay-Z, 55, was hit with a civil lawsuit that claims he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on September 7, 2000 after the MTV Video Music Awards with Diddy
The American author, who's real name is Elisabeth Ovesen, published her first book Confessions Of A Video Vixen back in 2005 as she opened up about being passed around by men in the music industry
She wrote: 'Whenever there was someone who Gotti wanted to impress, he would send me to them and I would “take care” of them. 'One of those people was Sean “P. Diddy” Combs' (pictured in 2003)
Karrine pictured in Jay-Z's Hey Papi video in 2000
She claims in the book: 'After a few moments of silence, Jay pulled out his penis, covered it with a condom, and placed his hand on the back of my head.
'I was being a good girl, thanking him and proving my worthiness of the kindness he had shown. I was doing what I had been taught.
'We carried on in the car for a while and headed back to the set, as if nothing happened, and every once in a while we shared a glance and half of a smile.'
Karrine went on to explain that the pair were never intimate again as she added: 'Unlike some of the others, there were no games, no long phone conversations, and no dates.
'Jay made no professions of love for me nor did he make any promises. It was all very straightforward. It was what it was, nothing more.
'Since that day in the car, he remained a gentleman and it seemed as if nothing had ever happened between us. And in a way, nothing had.'
MailOnline have contacted Jay-Z and Gotti's representatives for comment.
Speaking in an interview with Vlad TV back in 2015, she insinuated that the pair realised they didn't connect sexually after that incident in the car and admitted they were no longer in contact.
She explained: 'Jay looked out for me on that first shoot. He always made sure I got the positioning I needed to get noticed, made sure I got the pay I needed. Whatever I needed.
Over the course of her career Karrine earned herself the nickname 'Superhead' and she has spoken candidly about how she would 'take her clothes off' for money during her time as a stripper and dancer
Karrine pictured with Bill Maher and Halle Berry during the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005
'We only had one encounter that was beyond a friendship. The thing is you are around someone so much there is this tension and there is this thing, like you want to and you try it and you then you think "Ok let's just be cool, that doesn't work."
'That's how that ended and I don't think I've seen him in I don't know how many years.'
Karrine also co-starred in alongside Vin Diesel in the action movie A Man Apart, confessing the two also had an intimate relationship.
Knowing everyone in the industry, Karrine has also claimed she embarked on a six month relationship with Whitney Houston's husband Bobby Brown during a period when he was separated from the singer.
Speaking with Max Paul she candidly admitted: 'I always say this, I was the best lover, I was the one that made them good.'
The star also had a long running relationship with rapper Lil Wayne with her admitting she would 'never stop seeing Lil Wayne for anyone' and even when she was with her husband she would leave him to meet Wayne in the early hours of the morning.
Jay-Z's murky past relationships have been thrust back into the spotlight after the news that the rapper has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.
Weeks after the alleged incident, he went public with Beyonce, then 19, at an Armani exhibition, but a photo has revealed they actually first met in late 1997 when the Destiny's Child star was 16 and he was 28 - although there is no suggestion that anything improper occurred.
Speaking with Max Paul she candidly admitted: 'I always say this, I was the best lover, I was the one that made them good' (pictured in a music video with Xzibit in 2001)
Jay-Z's murky past relationships have been thrust back into the spotlight after the news that the rapper has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl - rumours state he had a relationship with teenage rap sensation Foxy Brown - although she has denied the claims
Meanwhile NAS's ex-girlfriend Carmen Bryan had a five-year affair with Jay-Z in the late '90s and fell pregnant, although she sadly suffered a miscarriage
However, Beyonce was not the only teenager that Jay-Z was linked to around the same time period, with rumours continuing to this day that he had a relationship with teenage rap sensation Foxy Brown - although she has denied the claims.
She began her career in the music industry in 1994 when she was 15 years old, but it's believed that it wasn't until 1995, when she was 16 or just turned 17, that Jay-Z discovered Foxy and recorded the explicit rap song Ain't No N**** with her.
Meanwhile from 1995 - 2000, he was also embroiled in a five-year affair with his rap rival Nas's on-off girlfriend Carmen Bryan, which resulted in her falling pregnant, aged 26.
Jay-Z has closely guarded his relationship history prior to Beyoncé. He was also romantically linked to various women in 2000, including actress Rosario Dawson, R&B singer Blu Cantrell, rapper Charli Baltimore and video vixen Karrin Steffans.
He was also spotted with the late singer Aaliyah, who had been victimized by R. Kelly as a minor, and died in a plane crash in 2001.
