Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges, providing what his lawyer says might have been the best thing he could do for black incarcerated men in America.

The rapper’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, said his client’s fellow inmates in Brooklyn, NY, viewed the partial acquittal as a sign of hope.

Marc Agnifilo, an attorney for Sean Combs, explained the inmates' response to the rap mogul following the trial.