Combs raps AIDS ignorance

RAPPER Sean 'P Diddy' Combs and R&B singer Alicia Keys have teamed up to highlight the plight of Africa's millions of AIDS victims, and accused the world of ignoring the severity of the AIDS epidemic.

"I don't think you see enough of this story in your face," an indignant Combs told reporters in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday. "There are millions and millions of people that are dying and a lot of it is...because it's Africans, it's black people that are dying at this high rate."

Combs and Keys starred in MTV's Staying Alive Concert in Cape Town on Saturday night, on a bill which also featured American R&B artist Usher and top South African acts Mandoza and Zola.