Race will almost inevitably play a part in the prosecution of Diddy, and his defense team is banking on jurors focusing on why prosecutors have invested so much in, as Diddy’s lawyers put it, “taking down a successful Black man.”

We get into it in the new documentary, “TMZ Presents The Downfall of Diddy: His Defense,” available free on Tubi.

Criminal defense lawyers who have won some of the most high-profile celebrity criminal cases weigh in on how race will become an issue in Diddy’s trial, set for May.

Everyone agrees … the defense will raise the issue, though subtly. As Johnny Cochran famously said in the OJ Simpson trial, race plays a part in everything in America.

Diddy’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, says in the doc he believes the prosecution is squarely racially motivated.

We also have a mock jury in the documentary that deliberates and votes, and some jurors keyed in on race as an important factor.