EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Hay Announces Kentucky Governor Run For 2027

Diddy accuser Jonathan Hay announced an independent run for Kentucky governor in 2027, telling AllHipHop he wanted to take his fight for change into state government.

The music producer and publicist laid out his plans in an exclusive video supplied to AllHipHop. He asked viewers to help build his campaign and said his experience outside the political system led him to run.

“That sounds so crazy to say out loud, but it’s true,” Hay said. His campaign website identified him as an independent candidate, while Ballotpedia also listed his declared bid for Kentucky governor.

“I’m gonna fight it with everything that I have, like everything that I do, and I think that I’m the perfect fit because I’m not part of the machine,” Hay told AllHipHop.com.

He made recruiting supporters part of his opening pitch, saying he already had a team but wanted more people involved.

“I think so many people in Kentucky and the world are tired about how things are right now, and I’m going to come in, and I’m going to get a team, and I have a team, but I’m looking for others. So other people who are watching, email me, follow me, send messages,” Hay told AllHipHop.com.

He urged those supporters to see the campaign as a shared effort and argued that they could win with integrity.

“It’s we. It’s it’s all of us. It’s a strength of numbers, and we can be disruptive. We can be unapologetic, and we can have integrity, and and we can win this thing, right?”

Hay said his decision to seek the job grew out of the limits he felt when trying to change institutions from the outside.

“A lot of people have been asking lately, like, what made me decide to run for governor, well, because I’ve seen what I’ve been through over the last five years, what it’s like from the outside looking in, and it’s hard to make changes from the outside looking in, right?”

Technology was one area where he said government needed to catch up, linking that goal to schools, farming and transportation.

“I need to be on the inside looking out to be able to change things, to be able to dismantle things, you know, because the world is advancing so much through AI and you know through the internet and through you know all these amazing things that it seems like Elon Musk is doing, we are expanding rapidly.”

On his published platform, Hay proposed using AI in education, health care and state services while setting protections against deepfakes. He also backed abortion rights and cannabis legalization, along with research and access proposals for psychedelic therapies as part of his campaign platform.

“I think schools and the states and agriculture and transportation and everything is behind because we haven’t embraced what we need to, right? Instead of fighting AI, right? Embrace it, right? So that’s going to be my mission.”

The campaign announcement also drew on his Louisville roots, as Hay invoked Muhammad Ali while promising to give the race his full effort.

“I promise you, it’s going to be a lot tighter. I promise you, I’m going to get suited up, and I promise you that we are going to go all in and we’re gonna fight because I’m from Louisville, Kentucky, home of Muhammad Ali, and that’s all we know.”

His remarks came as he continued a separate fight over sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs in California.

Hay sued Combs and Christopher “CJ” Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G.’s son, in July 2025, alleging sexual assault in 2020 and March 2021.

Combs categorically denied sexual abuse claims through his lawyers, while Wallace also denied Hay’s allegations against him. Wallace said they were retaliation for a decision to cancel the remaining songs from their remix project, according to statements CNN reported.\

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed an investigation in November 2025, with Largo police in Florida assisting that inquiry.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed its review of sexual assault allegations against Combs in June 2026.

“The fact that you know my case is where it is under DA review is amazing. That the LAPD and the LASD heard me and they listened and they believed and they investigated. So that’s that’s all that I can that’s all that I can ask for, right?” Jonathan Hay told AllHipHop.com.

Wallace, meanwhile, sued Hay for defamation in federal court in Florida, where Hay suffered a default after failing to respond. Hay unsuccessfully challenged service of the lawsuit, and Judge Mary S. Scriven left that default in place.

Judge Scriven also denied Hay’s request to pause Wallace’s case while prosecutors reviewed his allegations against Combs.

In an October 16 order, she reconsidered filings delayed in the court’s electronic docket but again refused relief. She acknowledged a related California jury trial scheduled for 2028 but left her refusal to pause the Florida proceedings in place.

In his message to AllHipHop, Hay said he disagreed with some stories about him but accepted the publication’s right to report.

“I don’t like some of the stories that come out on AllHipHop about me lately. But you know, that’s the writer’s opinion. That’s freedom of speech and freedom of expression. So it’s all good. I understand it. I understand it completely.”

He closed his campaign pitch by linking his Hip-Hop background to his willingness to face other candidates.

“We’re coming in to reclaim, you know Kentucky, and the fact that I’m a Hip-Hop head also makes me dangerous because we’re battle tested, we’re ready. I cannot wait to debate with the other candidates. I’m going to be a problem because we’re going to be a problem, and we’re going to do this together.”

Kentucky voters will choose their next governor in the general election scheduled for November 2, 2027.

Watch the full video for Hay’s touching RIP shoutout to AllHipHop’s Steve “Raze” Julien.