"Diddy Runs to the Light" - Scott Storch BREAKS DOWN Diddy’s STRATEGY To Being Hip-Hops POWER Player

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Scott Storch breaks down Diddy’s “run to the light” strategy, Lyor Cohen’s business genius, the evolution of hip hop, why today’s music lacks quality, and why artists like Russ stand out. He also reflects on his legacy, Snoop’s ear for beats, and why most modern hip hop is “trash.”

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0:00.0	I remember Diddy telling me, like, when we were talking about, like, what's your secret?
0:05.9	And he was, like, because, you know, you have all his success.
0:08.8	And he said, I run to the light.
0:11.9	And what he meant by that is, like, whoever's hot, he's going up near that shit.
0:15.8	Like, whoever's fucking blowing up at the time, you're going to see that motherfucker.
0:19.7	Wow.
0:20.6	He's like, I run to the way what a thing to say I run to the light is that
0:24.2	right after he floated with you this that's a different situation it's like I run to
0:28.8	the light interesting trying to see what he's talking so it just me however light skin
0:33.7	you know you know what's crazy that dude's ears are golden he's got golden ears man i know people like
0:39.5	would use his ears and to see if some shit was legit or see if that was the single to help pick
0:46.0	the the one out of the bunch that's the one he would use ditty for that shit jimmy ivine all the
0:51.8	biggest they'd be like yo what do you think of this?
0:55.8	He knew.
0:56.3	He knew.
0:58.7	It wasn't accidental that he rose to the top.
0:59.3	No.
1:00.4	He had an ear for it.
1:00.6	Yeah.
1:02.6	Was he hands on as a producer?
1:03.0	No. That wasn't his thing.
1:03.9	You ever seen the more Cal Bell?
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