Invincible

Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

ABC News

True Crime, Music, News

4.7 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We chart Diddy’s rise from musician to mogul, from the center of hip-hop to the center of American culture. But that rise wasn’t always a smooth ascent. Along the way, he had moments of alleged violence and brushes with the law. Were these lapses in judgment or serious red flags that signaled a darker side to his success? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.3	On an August night in 1995, the four corners of the hip-hop world gathered at the Paramount Theater in Midtown Manhattan.
0:47.3	Artists from the South, the Midwest, and from the East and West Coast were all under the same roof. It's the Source Hip-Hop Music Award!
1:00.0	They were all there for the second annual Source Awards.
1:04.0	It was a celebration of hip-hop, a music genre that was rapidly moving from underground to mainstream. The event felt like a pretty standard award show.
1:13.6	An eager crowd filled the auditorium waiting to hear the results.
1:17.6	And the winner is...
1:20.6	West Coast rapper Snoop Doggy Dog, also known as Snoop Dogg, won Artist of the Year.
1:26.6	East Coast rapper, The Notorious B-I-G, won Artist of the Year. East Coast rapper, The Notorious BIG,
1:29.3	won album of the year for Ready to Die.
1:32.0	An Outcast, a duo from Atlanta,
1:34.6	won Best New Artist of the Year.
1:37.1	The night was filled with performances and acceptance speeches.
1:40.7	And one of those speeches turned the 1995 Source Awards into one of hip-hop's most infamous
1:46.5	knights.
1:49.4	Record executive Shug Knight and rapper Danny Boy won the award for Best Motion Picture
1:54.6	soundtrack for their work on the movie Above the Rim.
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