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There is a weekend Diddy report.

You didn’t think you were going to escape the weekend without hearing more trash on Diddy, did you? You most certainly will not.

About those freak off parties…

Diddy timed his parties with big showbiz industry events like the MTV Video Music Awards and the Super Bowl. There are tapes.

This prisoner is suing Diddy for assault, and…

Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith is currently serving time in Michigan. He submitted an affadavit of Dephonso Wilson, who is a fellow inmate. Cardello-Smith says that Wilson has information relevant to his US$400 million lawsuit.

Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim are mentioned in a new Diddy lawsuit

In a new bit of news regarding Tony Buzbee, the Texas lawyer representing ~120 Diddy accusers, a lawsuit namechecked Minaj, Lil’ Kim, and Mary J. Blige. They’re listed among the attendees at a Diddy party at Club Rehab in Las Vegas back in 2014. The three women are not accused of anything and there’s no evidence of any wrongdoing at all, but their inclusion in this lawsuit further underlines the company Diddy kept.

Kids are buying Diddy skins in Fortnite?

Buried in this story about a struggling music organization called Proper Music is this little gem from the company’s head. I quote:

“In layman’s terms my kids play Fortnite, Mario Kart or Grand Theft Auto, and whilst they’re playing on their computer they listen to my Spotify account playing music. They can choose a skin in the game. It could be everything from P Diddy to Taylor Swift – if you’re a female playing – and you’ve got to pay for that. In Grand Theft Auto you steal a car, you can choose the music that you’re listening to. All of these experiences are coming from disparate areas: three different things in one medium”. 

P Diddy skins in Fortnite. Let that sink in for a moment: a man, holding himself out as top dog at a music technology company, thinks – in October 2024 – that P Diddy is a good reference point to talk about the future of the music business. 

Yeah, don’t bring up Diddy.

Right, Selena Gomez? Especially during a speech for a charity.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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