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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Explaining Diddy’s Domination and Downfall

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As Sean “Diddy” Combs stands trial in New York, the music industry is reckoning with a hard truth: how did he stay untouchable for so long? Music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy—who once interned at Bad Boy Records—joins Audie to unpack how hip-hop missed its Weinstein “Me Too” moment.   Krishnamurthy is the author of Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion.  Get a recap of the Combs trial in your podcast feed, subscribe to "Trial By Jury: Diddy” from CNN Audio.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Sean Diddy Combs trial is now in its second week and the world is watching closely.

1:11.0

I was sitting in that courtroom watching everything unfold.

1:15.4

That's my friend Laura Coates, and honestly, I don't know if she sleeps.

1:21.0

She hosts Laura Coates live at 11 p.m. every night, and now she's been getting up early to go inside the courtroom.

1:26.2

And she's launched a podcast for CNN about it all. I'm going to drop a link to that in our show notes.

1:27.7

From CNN, I'm Laura Coates, and this is trial by jury. I've also been covering the trial on CNN this morning, which

1:33.9

involves a lot of talking to lawyers. So what do you think is the strategy here? I mean, this all really

1:40.1

comes down to essentially what the purpose of these freethoffs was for and whether they

1:45.6

were consensual.

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When it comes to this case with Puff, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, whatever vintage you call him, it's

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