A warning before we begin, this podcast is explicit in every way.

And this episode covers allegations of sexual harassment.

For more than a year, louder was working on a story about an almost 20-year-old lawsuit in hip-hop.

A lawsuit that alleged sexual harassment and workplace discrimination

at a place that was the pinnacle of hip-hop journalism at the time.

The Source magazine. A story that centered on the plaintiff in the case,

the former editor-in-chief of the source, Kim Osorio.

Kim had sued the magazine's co-owners, Dave Mays and Raymond Benzino Scott,

and the Source magazine itself.

And through our reporting, we couldn't help but hear the similarities between Kim's case

and the stories that were all over the news during the height of the MeToo movement in 2017.

The biggest difference was Kim was taken on hip-hop years before that movement.

But then, on an early afternoon in March, as we were putting the final touches on it,

this story took a turn.

Hey, team, I just received this notice from Dave Mays lawyer about a cease and desist order

they're issuing to Kim saying she violated the terms of her settlement agreement.

I haven't read it in depth yet, but I wanted to share it immediately.

That's the email my producer Sam Jay leads of the team.

Dave Mays was telling us via a lawyer, he would potentially sue Kim.

Sam, I'm not gonna lie.

When you told me about this email, my stomach dropped.

What was your first reaction?

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