This is Hidden Killers Week in review.

I look back at the most prolific stories of the week.

This is continuing coverage of United States versus Sean Diddy Cones.

From the Hidden Killers podcast and True Crime Today.

Imagine you're at the top of your game, a genuine game changer in music, celebrated for making vulnerability feel cool.

That's exactly who Kid Cootie is, the guy who flipped hip-hop upside down by turning his

personal battles into chart-topping hits. Cootie didn't just sing or rap, he practically

put a therapist's couch in the middle of his studio. If you've ever found yourself humming day and night or vibing deeply to the

existentially catchy pursuit of happiness, you're familiar with his style, raw, emotional,

and unapologetically introspective.

He opened a door in rap that hadn't really existed before, creating a space

where even tough guys could admit to feeling lonely sometimes, and fans loved him for it,

seeing their own struggles mirrored back at them through his lyrics. In the music industry,

Kid Kudy was, and still is, both critically adored and commercially successful, a tough balancing act that very few artists pull off.

But when you reach certain heights, it's not unusual to cross paths with other powerful figures.

And Kid Kudy's success meant exactly that.

He found himself stepping into the orbit of someone else who held a towering presence in the music world.

Sean Combs, better known as Diddy.

Now, Diddy's reputation was built differently.

He's legendary, sure, but his career has always come with whispers,

sometimes loud ones, of darker undertones. Over decades, he's crafted hits, made stars,

and built empires, but according to allegations now coming out in court, he's also been

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