Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:08,508 --> 00:00:11,845
Back in 2010,it was Grammy weekend,
2
00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,266
Here we go.
3
00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:19,686
And we were doinga photo shoot with Casduring the day.
4
00:00:20,979 --> 00:00:22,856
Puff and Cassie were dating.
5
00:00:24,691 --> 00:00:26,067
There was a party.
6
00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:28,862
Diddy,
I love you, Diddy!
7
00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:32,407
And she was stayingat the Beverly Hills Hotel.
8
00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:35,535
The Beverly Hills Hotel
is like a one bedroom suite.
9
00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:40,832
I fall asleep on the couchbecause I don't go out.
10
00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,544
And he storms in,
"Where the is she?"
11
00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:52,052
I like, wake up
all of a sudden
12
00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:55,555
like a-- like what the?
Who? Who let--
13
00:00:55,638 --> 00:00:56,806
"Who are you talking about?"
14
00:00:58,308 --> 00:01:00,226
And then they gointo the room.
15
00:01:01,811 --> 00:01:03,563
Shuts the door.
16
00:01:03,688 --> 00:01:05,315
All I hear is,
"Get the out of here.
17
00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,399
Get the
out of here."
18
00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:11,821
He's like, on a rage.
19
00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:13,656
He's being Puff.
20
00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,202
And at this point
21
00:01:17,911 --> 00:01:20,455
I'm just thinking
of her safety.
22
00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:23,333
And so I'm packingher stuff up.
23
00:01:24,375 --> 00:01:28,296
Once he leaves, I see
the aftermath on Cassie.
24
00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:32,592
She shows knots on her head,
bruised eye, busted lip.
25
00:01:32,675 --> 00:01:33,927
It was horrific.
26
00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:35,845
And so all I can think of was,
27
00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,347
"We need to get back
to my house.
28
00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:38,848
You need to get
the out of here."
29
00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:43,603
We can't call the police.We can't go to the hospital.
30
00:01:44,729 --> 00:01:45,897
We're scared of Puff.
31
00:01:47,524 --> 00:01:48,942
We're always scared of him.
32
00:01:50,693 --> 00:01:53,780
If we call the policewhat would happen?
33
00:01:53,905 --> 00:01:57,826
He's a very powerful person
in the business,
34
00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:00,787
and he can do things
that will to make you go away.
35
00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,958
And many peopleare afraid of him'til this day.
36
00:02:05,041 --> 00:02:06,668
So what were wesupposed to do?
37
00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:10,130
We just had to, like, fix
whatever was happening at that moment.
38
00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,590
And that's kind of like
how the business is.
39
00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:17,178
I called my friendwho's a doctor,
40
00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:19,514
and I'm like,
"You have to take care of Cas
41
00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,057
'cause this is not okay."
42
00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,642
You have to be
a witness to this
43
00:02:22,767 --> 00:02:25,145
because we can't
call anyone.
44
00:02:27,397 --> 00:02:30,316
But I felt like this hashappened before
45
00:02:30,441 --> 00:02:34,028
because she was
so nonchalant about it.
46
00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:37,323
Cassie and I
never spoke about that incident after.
47
00:02:38,575 --> 00:02:40,577
It's like family business.
48
00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,120
We just don't
talk about it.
49
00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:48,501
What I witnessedwas in 2010s,
50
00:02:48,626 --> 00:02:53,548
and then in 2024,I watched the CNN video
51
00:02:53,673 --> 00:02:55,925
and I was
completely triggered
52
00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:58,178
because I did not know
53
00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:00,763
that this was going on
for all these years.
54
00:03:12,358 --> 00:03:14,402
Tonight,music mogulSean Diddy Combs...
55
00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:15,862
Sean Diddy Combs...
56
00:03:15,945 --> 00:03:18,865
Sean Diddy Combs facinga slew of allegations,
57
00:03:18,948 --> 00:03:21,034
including rapeand sex trafficking,
58
00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:23,578
in a stunningnew civil lawsuit
59
00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:26,289
filed by hislongtime partner,singer Cassie.
60
00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:28,791
Sean Diddy Combsis now the subject
61
00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,211
of a federalcriminal investigation.
62
00:03:31,336 --> 00:03:34,547
FBI agents raided his homesin Los Angeles and Miami.
63
00:03:34,672 --> 00:03:35,798
Sean Diddy Combs,
64
00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:38,092
has been arrestedafter a grand jury
65
00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,220
indicted the music mogul.
66
00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:42,639
Cassie, coming forward
was the tipping point.
67
00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,391
Several new accuserscoming forward
68
00:03:45,516 --> 00:03:46,434
against Sean Diddy Combs.
69
00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:47,810
Very serious allegations,
70
00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,730
rape, physical abuseand sex trafficking.
71
00:03:50,855 --> 00:03:54,067
He was very goodat standing in the limelight
72
00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:57,237
without us actuallytaking a look deeper
73
00:03:57,362 --> 00:04:00,240
and seeing who he is
and what he is about.
74
00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:03,576
Thing about hip hop,
it's not just the music, it's a lifestyle.
75
00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:04,911
Combs has builtan empire.
76
00:04:04,994 --> 00:04:06,579
There's hisSean John's fashion line,
77
00:04:06,704 --> 00:04:10,667
his Ciroc vodkaand the TV networkhe founded.
78
00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:13,127
He didn't changeto adapt to the world.
79
00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,338
He changed the world
to adapt to him.
80
00:04:16,714 --> 00:04:19,008
Here he is
a shining example
81
00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:22,095
of what he likesto term black excellence.
82
00:04:23,721 --> 00:04:25,932
Meanwhile, there'sall this violence
83
00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:28,768
and trauma happeningin the background.
84
00:04:29,894 --> 00:04:32,105
I realized I wasn't
the only one.
85
00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:35,942
I have a one of one story
that no one else has.
86
00:04:36,025 --> 00:04:37,485
That reckoning,
it's coming.
87
00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:39,445
Everybodyis demanding to know.
88
00:04:39,529 --> 00:04:40,697
How far did this go?
89
00:04:41,447 --> 00:04:42,282
Time is up.
90
00:05:11,602 --> 00:05:13,563
Sean "Puffy" Combs' power
91
00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:17,191
has led to one of the mostsuccessful careers
92
00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,068
in the historyof American pop.
93
00:05:20,945 --> 00:05:22,155
And it has led to some
94
00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,824
really, really, really
awful other things.
95
00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,497
I've been knowingCombs for just about
96
00:05:31,581 --> 00:05:34,500
the entirety of my career
97
00:05:34,625 --> 00:05:37,337
as a journalistand as an editor.
98
00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:41,174
I was the first woman editorin chief of Vibe magazine.
99
00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:44,844
A large reason for me
sharing my story
100
00:05:44,969 --> 00:05:46,262
with everyone today,
101
00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,974
It's because it's my duty.
102
00:05:51,476 --> 00:05:55,104
And I'm also sharing it
because of my unique position
103
00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:57,940
in music history.
104
00:05:58,816 --> 00:06:00,485
This is where
I'm supposed to be.
105
00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:06,991
It was very difficult
106
00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,870
to work in the music media,
107
00:06:10,953 --> 00:06:13,289
without having to deal with
108
00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:16,125
or work with or hang out with
109
00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:20,546
or negotiate with
Sean "Puffy" Combs, was impossible.
110
00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:29,555
The first time I had a realconversation with him
111
00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:32,975
was a cover shoot for a vibe.
112
00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:36,229
And that would have been
right around September 1997.
113
00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:39,607
It was to bethe December-January
114
00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:42,443
double issueof Vibe magazine.
115
00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:43,986
Everybody was
at the photo shoot,
116
00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,905
a bunch of people from Vibe,
117
00:06:45,988 --> 00:06:48,574
a bunch of people from
the Bad Boy universe.
118
00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:53,121
The idea wasto get Mr. Combs
119
00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:55,748
into some angel wings.
120
00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:58,876
After the shoot,
121
00:07:00,169 --> 00:07:02,588
Mr. Combs wanted
to see the covers
122
00:07:02,713 --> 00:07:04,674
before they were published.
123
00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:07,301
It was policy for us
not to show covers
124
00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:09,178
to anyone before
they were published.
125
00:07:11,180 --> 00:07:13,599
He called me at my office.
126
00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:18,855
I told him again,
127
00:07:18,938 --> 00:07:22,608
We don't show the covers,we don't share the story.
128
00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,529
I told him that I wouldn't
be making an exception.
129
00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:30,616
And he said that he would
see me dead in the trunk
130
00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,702
if I did not show it to him.
131
00:07:38,749 --> 00:07:41,878
I said to him, "You needto take that back."
132
00:07:44,046 --> 00:07:45,381
And he said something
to the effect
133
00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,467
because, you know,he wasn't taking shit back.
134
00:07:51,095 --> 00:07:54,140
So then I said,
I'm calling my attorney.
135
00:07:54,265 --> 00:07:56,517
And my attorneycalled him to say that
136
00:07:56,642 --> 00:08:00,813
if he didn't immediatelyfax over an apology,
137
00:08:00,938 --> 00:08:03,483
My attorney wasgoing to reach outto law enforcement.
138
00:08:03,608 --> 00:08:07,737
And I think it took about
90 minutes to two hours
139
00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,781
and I received
that faxed apology.
140
00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:19,499
What I've only recentlycome to realize
141
00:08:19,582 --> 00:08:22,210
through membersof the staff.
142
00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:26,839
At that time was that
he had, actually,
143
00:08:26,964 --> 00:08:31,177
in the days before come up
to the Vibe offices,
144
00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:34,347
with two tough guyslooking for me.
145
00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,391
In order for my safety
146
00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:43,064
and in order
for the magazine pages to remain intact,
147
00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,733
I was shuttledfrom office to office
148
00:08:45,858 --> 00:08:48,194
until the coast was clear.
149
00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,698
And waited outside.
150
00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:54,116
Standing on the corner,
151
00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,369
with the proofs,
152
00:08:56,494 --> 00:08:57,954
the pages of the magazine
153
00:08:58,037 --> 00:09:00,706
that were being
prepared to go to print.
154
00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,877
And then mymanaging editorcame down
155
00:09:05,002 --> 00:09:06,629
and got the pages
from me
156
00:09:06,712 --> 00:09:08,881
and put mein a cab to Brooklyn.
157
00:09:12,009 --> 00:09:13,553
But the thing is,
158
00:09:13,636 --> 00:09:15,888
I'm sitting
right here right now.
159
00:09:16,013 --> 00:09:19,392
I have no memory
of any of that happening.
160
00:09:25,189 --> 00:09:26,732
When our research chief
161
00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:30,695
was telling me this story.
162
00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,072
I was just like--
163
00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,702
literally like...
164
00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:42,582
I like-- I don't remember
I was telling her.
165
00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:44,750
And she said,
"Of course you don't.
166
00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:46,711
You blocked it out.
You were terrified."
167
00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:50,923
Because I don't
remember it right now.
168
00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:03,227
It's hard to look back.
169
00:10:04,186 --> 00:10:05,271
I continuedto work with him.
170
00:10:05,396 --> 00:10:07,106
I continued to becordial with him
171
00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:11,611
to be invited
to parties and go.
172
00:10:11,736 --> 00:10:15,281
Sometimes it's very hardnot to feel complicit.
173
00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:21,120
I wish that thing's
were different.
174
00:10:22,622 --> 00:10:24,040
Is he an angel?Is he a devil?
175
00:10:25,082 --> 00:10:26,959
It's a question
that I've had
176
00:10:27,043 --> 00:10:29,795
since we put him on
the cover, in the wings.
177
00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,298
I didn't know,
but we might know now.
178
00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:39,805
And you hate to see it.
179
00:10:43,934 --> 00:10:47,063
As a reporter,Danyel's story reallyresonated with me.
180
00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,899
What's really unusual
181
00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:53,235
is the extent
that Diddy went to.
182
00:10:54,403 --> 00:10:57,406
He was determinedto try to bully her,
183
00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,993
and this was relativelyearly in his career.
184
00:11:01,077 --> 00:11:02,995
And so it definitely appears
185
00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:06,332
that Diddy continuedto get more brazen
186
00:11:06,415 --> 00:11:09,043
We now knowbehind the curtain
187
00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:10,711
there were demons.
188
00:11:10,836 --> 00:11:13,005
But you can't escapeyour demons that easily.
189
00:11:18,594 --> 00:11:20,388
When I thinkof Puffy, I think of New York.
190
00:11:21,305 --> 00:11:24,308
Puffy is the Horatio Alger,
191
00:11:24,392 --> 00:11:26,811
you know, up from
nothing to something.
192
00:11:26,894 --> 00:11:28,312
The ragsto riches story.
193
00:11:29,313 --> 00:11:30,731
Diddy was born in Harlem
194
00:11:30,815 --> 00:11:34,193
to his mother, Janice,and his father, Melvin.
195
00:11:34,318 --> 00:11:36,320
Pump's mother,
Janice Combs Baby,
196
00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:40,741
could dance, could dresssharp as a attack.
197
00:11:40,825 --> 00:11:44,745
Fly, hustler,
go get it, ambitious.
198
00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:48,624
I think of her
as the queen of that energy.
199
00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:55,005
Unfortunately,his father, Melvin, passed.
200
00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:57,007
Sean didn't have any
memories of Melvin.
201
00:11:57,091 --> 00:11:59,176
He might have had
one or two.
202
00:11:59,301 --> 00:12:02,221
Melvin died whenhe was a toddler.
203
00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:04,724
Diddy has often
spoke about the loss
204
00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:06,517
of a father figure
in his life.
205
00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,020
Just this desire
to know who Melvin was.
206
00:12:11,313 --> 00:12:13,774
When Combstalks about his father,
207
00:12:13,858 --> 00:12:16,444
you can tell
in his voice in his face
208
00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:18,362
that he really
mourns the loss
209
00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:21,365
of not having
his father in his life.
210
00:12:21,449 --> 00:12:22,742
You know, I'm saying,
I always wanted to hear,
211
00:12:22,867 --> 00:12:24,034
like the sound
of his voice.
212
00:12:25,327 --> 00:12:27,913
From the beginning,I've always had,
213
00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:29,331
like, tragedy around me.
214
00:12:31,542 --> 00:12:33,127
Janice wasa single mother
215
00:12:33,210 --> 00:12:35,129
and had to make it work.
216
00:12:35,212 --> 00:12:38,591
Janis said, "Okay,
we're moving out to Mount Vernon."
217
00:12:38,716 --> 00:12:40,885
That suburban areathat black people
218
00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:42,720
with some money,middle class,
219
00:12:42,845 --> 00:12:44,346
are able to move to.
220
00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:49,059
I met Seanwhen I was six years old.
221
00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:51,896
And we live 13 stepsfrom each other.One staircase.
222
00:12:54,148 --> 00:12:55,316
I didn't have a sibling.
223
00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:57,902
So that's where
we became.
224
00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:00,821
First impressionof meeting him.
225
00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:02,615
This kid is different.
226
00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:04,909
He was a young boydressed like an older man,
227
00:13:05,409 --> 00:13:06,660
tailor made,
228
00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:09,246
and I didn't knowkids this small
229
00:13:10,164 --> 00:13:12,124
could really like
beat his fly.
230
00:13:12,249 --> 00:13:14,293
So when he
stepped outside,
231
00:13:14,418 --> 00:13:17,171
other kids looked
at him like, "What's that?
232
00:13:19,006 --> 00:13:20,716
He got everything
we don't have.
233
00:13:22,259 --> 00:13:23,511
And people
don't like that.
234
00:13:24,678 --> 00:13:26,931
So now he'sa product of bullying.
235
00:13:27,014 --> 00:13:29,767
He had a presence of somebodyyou could just roll over,
236
00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:31,560
and that's what
people tried to do.
237
00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,771
Simple as that.
238
00:13:33,854 --> 00:13:36,106
At an early age
it was instilled in him
239
00:13:36,232 --> 00:13:37,858
that he can't be
seen as weak
240
00:13:37,942 --> 00:13:39,944
and the only way
to respond to weakness
241
00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:42,655
or this idea that you'rebeing perceived as weak
242
00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,698
is to respond with force.
243
00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:47,868
My mother was I guess
raising me for the real world.
244
00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:49,787
She's always told me
if somebody hit me,
245
00:13:49,870 --> 00:13:51,664
make sure I hit
them back harder.
246
00:13:51,789 --> 00:13:53,374
Make sure they
never hit me again
247
00:13:53,457 --> 00:13:56,126
and make sure
I them up.
248
00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:59,338
Your mom's made sure.
"Listen, don't come here talking about you got beat up.
249
00:13:59,463 --> 00:14:02,174
Don't come here talking
about somebody who took something from you.
250
00:14:02,299 --> 00:14:03,342
I don't want to hear
none of that.
251
00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:04,885
Go get it back.
252
00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:07,096
You can't come in my house
until it's right."
253
00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:08,806
So he had to make a choice.
254
00:14:08,889 --> 00:14:09,890
He had to man up.
255
00:14:09,974 --> 00:14:11,183
So I'm gonna make
more than you.
256
00:14:11,308 --> 00:14:12,142
I'm gonna do more than you.
257
00:14:12,268 --> 00:14:13,561
I'm gonna be more
successful than you.
258
00:14:13,644 --> 00:14:14,812
So I could call the shots.
259
00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:17,314
He was groomed for success.
260
00:14:19,316 --> 00:14:22,653
I was really inspired
by him growing up.
261
00:14:22,778 --> 00:14:25,197
You see this guy?
He comes from Harlem.
262
00:14:25,322 --> 00:14:27,658
He puts hip hop
on the global map.
263
00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:31,078
Then he grows
into a business mogul.
264
00:14:31,161 --> 00:14:35,207
And so before all of theseissues came to light,
265
00:14:35,332 --> 00:14:36,250
there's not a negative thing
266
00:14:36,333 --> 00:14:38,168
that I would havesaid about Diddy.
267
00:14:38,294 --> 00:14:41,839
This version of Sean Combs
that we're seeing today,
268
00:14:41,922 --> 00:14:45,009
is a complete departurefrom this image
269
00:14:45,134 --> 00:14:47,511
that he curatedand built himself up.
270
00:14:49,471 --> 00:14:53,559
I first began coveringSean "Puffy" Combs
271
00:14:53,684 --> 00:14:58,480
right after Cassie filedher lawsuit back in 2023.
272
00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,568
The biggest questionfor me was,
273
00:15:02,693 --> 00:15:04,028
"Has this happened before?"
274
00:15:06,196 --> 00:15:10,200
And as we began investigatingand speaking with more people,
275
00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:14,955
we uncovered a history
of abusive behavior.
276
00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:17,207
That dates backto Diddy's days
277
00:15:17,291 --> 00:15:18,459
at Howard University.
278
00:15:20,669 --> 00:15:23,797
There just seems
so much more to the story.
279
00:15:24,715 --> 00:15:27,092
Take one mark.
280
00:15:27,217 --> 00:15:29,720
I was a studentat Howard Universityin the late 80s,
281
00:15:29,803 --> 00:15:32,473
and I am here today
to share what I know.
282
00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:38,896
Sean "Puffy" Combswas well known on campus.
283
00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:41,231
He would rideon the back of cars,
284
00:15:41,315 --> 00:15:43,233
throwing out
fliers for parties.
285
00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:45,319
If he wanted to go
to the hottest party,
286
00:15:45,402 --> 00:15:48,906
then you saw and heardSean "Puffy" Combs.
287
00:15:50,908 --> 00:15:53,285
I am absolutely nervous
288
00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:56,205
about sharing what
I've seen him do
289
00:15:57,247 --> 00:15:58,874
to another human being.
290
00:16:01,085 --> 00:16:04,171
He's powerful,and he's scary.
291
00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:13,764
This event honestlyis so vivid to me.
292
00:16:13,889 --> 00:16:20,062
The night began with mein my dorm room.
293
00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:24,942
We heard someoneyelling and screaming,
294
00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:30,030
So we pushed up
the window just enough
295
00:16:30,114 --> 00:16:33,033
to get a little idea
of what was going on.
296
00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:36,620
We saw that it wasSean "Puffy" Combs,
297
00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:38,288
a fellow student,
298
00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:41,125
and he was screaming.
299
00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:42,334
Get your ass downstairs.
300
00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:44,837
Come downstairs, right now!
301
00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:48,966
And he had taken his belt off
and he was whipping the wall.
302
00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:51,885
Mad, angry.
303
00:16:53,220 --> 00:16:56,890
They were connectedsomehow, romantically,
304
00:16:56,974 --> 00:17:00,144
and when she came downstairs,timidly and scared
305
00:17:00,269 --> 00:17:03,147
and really not knowingwhat to do,
306
00:17:03,272 --> 00:17:04,815
he started beating on her,
307
00:17:04,898 --> 00:17:06,275
whipping her with that belt,
308
00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:08,694
and she's taking it.
309
00:17:08,819 --> 00:17:12,656
Now we're involved
because now he's abusing her.
310
00:17:12,781 --> 00:17:14,491
So we're yelling.
"Get off of her!
311
00:17:14,616 --> 00:17:15,909
Stop hitting on her!
312
00:17:15,993 --> 00:17:17,119
Leave her alone!"
313
00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:18,829
And he's yelling back.
314
00:17:18,912 --> 00:17:20,998
"Mind your business!
Mind your business."
315
00:17:21,081 --> 00:17:22,875
But we're yelling back!
316
00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,502
"Get off of her!
Leave her the alone!"
317
00:17:27,504 --> 00:17:32,509
He pushes her back into
the doorway of the dorm.
318
00:17:32,634 --> 00:17:34,678
We don't knowwhat's going onin that space.
319
00:17:35,179 --> 00:17:36,263
We can't see.
320
00:17:38,182 --> 00:17:41,894
Whatever he's doing,takes a few minutesbefore he actually
321
00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:43,103
stops whatever he's doing,
322
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:46,315
and then he leaves alone.
323
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,320
and she follows out
a little bit behind that.
324
00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:57,868
Our 18-year-old selvesyelled for her,
325
00:18:00,537 --> 00:18:01,872
Maybe could have
stopped it.
326
00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:04,625
Maybe we should havecalled the police
327
00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:06,210
called our dorm mother.
328
00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:08,879
Got somebody else involved.
329
00:18:08,962 --> 00:18:10,380
The front deskwas downstairs.
330
00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:11,548
They didn't do anything.
331
00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:15,552
Nobody really actually
came to her rescue
332
00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:17,387
like we probably
should have.
333
00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:22,976
It's very important to tell
that young woman's story
334
00:18:23,894 --> 00:18:27,356
because he was never
held accountable.
335
00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:32,069
Instead of becomingtarnished in any way,
336
00:18:32,194 --> 00:18:35,405
his time at Howard becomes
a key part of his mythology.
337
00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:37,241
Howard didn't just
change my life.
338
00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:39,785
It entered my soul
and entered my heart
339
00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:42,579
and entered
my being my spirit.
340
00:18:42,663 --> 00:18:47,084
When he got an honorary
doctorate, no less.
341
00:18:47,167 --> 00:18:49,294
I was a little bit
hot about that.
342
00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:52,840
How would you honor
someone like that?
343
00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:54,591
And even though
I only completed
344
00:18:54,675 --> 00:18:56,468
two years here at Howard,
345
00:18:56,593 --> 00:18:58,929
It was the greatest
two years of my life.
346
00:19:00,764 --> 00:19:03,183
Howard is where
Combs saw firsthand
347
00:19:03,267 --> 00:19:05,644
how much sway
he had with people.
348
00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:08,188
So despite what
people saw on campus,
349
00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:11,358
he's still able to succeed.
350
00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:17,281
Like it or not,
351
00:19:17,364 --> 00:19:18,657
rap is here to stay.
352
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:21,785
In the late 80s,
353
00:19:21,869 --> 00:19:23,954
when hip hop was growing,
354
00:19:24,037 --> 00:19:26,540
โช Here we go, here we goHere we, here we, here we go โช
355
00:19:28,125 --> 00:19:29,877
That's the exactsame time
356
00:19:30,544 --> 00:19:32,254
that Sean "Puffy" Combs
357
00:19:32,379 --> 00:19:35,048
was figuring out
who he was going to be.
358
00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:38,635
I was working
with some artists
359
00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:41,096
at a company
called Uptown Records.
360
00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:43,891
I heard that therewas a young guy
361
00:19:43,974 --> 00:19:47,644
helping some of the artists
to define themselves.
362
00:19:48,812 --> 00:19:51,315
His name wasSean "Puffy" Combs.
363
00:19:51,398 --> 00:19:56,278
Uptown Recordswas one of the earlyblack labels.
364
00:19:56,403 --> 00:19:58,572
And Andre Harrellwas at the helm.
365
00:19:58,697 --> 00:20:01,325
I can understand why Puffy
wanted to work with them
366
00:20:01,408 --> 00:20:03,577
because they were
the it back then.
367
00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:06,079
And Puffydropped out of school
368
00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:08,916
to follow his dream.
369
00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,752
When he did hisinternship at Uptown,
370
00:20:11,835 --> 00:20:15,130
he clearly had
a ton of ideas.
371
00:20:15,255 --> 00:20:18,759
And so they gave himan A and R job.
372
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:22,137
Mary J. Blige,who had been at uptown
373
00:20:22,262 --> 00:20:24,181
and had not been
catching on.
374
00:20:24,264 --> 00:20:25,682
They did not know
what to do with her.
375
00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:27,476
Here comes Puff,
376
00:20:27,601 --> 00:20:30,938
and he's putting all these
pieces in place around her.
377
00:20:31,021 --> 00:20:35,108
Also shaping the imagehe gives Mary J. Blige
378
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:37,945
hip hop beats
to sing under "Real Love."
379
00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:41,281
Was this massive hit?
380
00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:44,534
- โช Real love โช
381
00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:48,288
โช I'm searching
for a real love โช
382
00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:51,041
And they called herthe queen of hip hop soul.
383
00:20:51,124 --> 00:20:55,087
But as much as we loved Mary,it was clear right away.
384
00:20:55,963 --> 00:20:57,464
Puff is at the forefront
385
00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,175
of sonicallymaking that happen.
386
00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:02,678
Puff Daddy,
A and R Director from Uptown.
387
00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:03,971
- Let's go! What's up?
- My brother. Let 'em know--
388
00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:06,848
Let 'em know how--
how easy or how difficult
389
00:21:06,974 --> 00:21:09,226
or how flat
or how complicated
390
00:21:09,309 --> 00:21:10,978
it was to put this
jam together?
391
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:13,814
Really, it was no problem
because all my black brothers and sisters came together.
392
00:21:15,482 --> 00:21:17,859
You start to seethe rise of Puff
393
00:21:17,985 --> 00:21:20,195
in the sortof hip hop world,
394
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,990
and he's also doingparty promotion.
395
00:21:23,073 --> 00:21:24,408
Sean says, "Shoot.
396
00:21:24,491 --> 00:21:26,493
I'm gonna have a celebrity
basketball game
397
00:21:26,576 --> 00:21:28,662
with all the famous
people playing
398
00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:31,540
I'm gonna goconvince Heavy Dto be my partner in it,
399
00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:33,834
and we're gonnado it at City College."
400
00:21:39,339 --> 00:21:41,091
My brotherwas at City College.
401
00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:45,846
And so the reasonI came to tell my story today
402
00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:47,347
is because the incident
403
00:21:47,431 --> 00:21:49,433
was simply tucked
under the rug.
404
00:21:51,852 --> 00:21:54,438
I've beentrying to make sense
405
00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:56,857
of such a tragic event
406
00:21:57,524 --> 00:21:58,692
for years.
407
00:22:00,277 --> 00:22:02,696
All right,98.7 Kiss FM.
408
00:22:02,779 --> 00:22:04,448
Did you know, that the bigbasketball game tomorrow,
409
00:22:04,531 --> 00:22:06,116
Are yougoing to be there? - Oh yeah.
410
00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:08,702
- It's gonna be crowded,it's gonna be packed. - Mmm-hmm.
411
00:22:08,785 --> 00:22:10,579
A lot of people coming
412
00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,664
to play in a celebrity
basketball game.
413
00:22:13,206 --> 00:22:16,251
Jodeci, Boyz II Men,
414
00:22:16,376 --> 00:22:18,712
Brand New Being,LL Cool J.
415
00:22:19,713 --> 00:22:22,132
Everyone you knew
in all boroughs
416
00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:24,718
were talking about
City College that night.
417
00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:27,846
I was 17 years old.
418
00:22:28,972 --> 00:22:32,392
My brother Dirkreally wanted to go
419
00:22:34,227 --> 00:22:37,731
I remember Dirkshowing me the ticket.
420
00:22:37,814 --> 00:22:40,400
Dirk was someone
to look up to.
421
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,486
Out of our neighborhood
422
00:22:42,569 --> 00:22:43,820
there was onlya few of us
423
00:22:43,904 --> 00:22:46,490
that actuallywent away to college.
424
00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:51,495
Combs was datingMisa Hylton at the time.
425
00:22:51,578 --> 00:22:55,207
My sister Sonya and Misa
were close friends,
426
00:22:56,416 --> 00:22:57,918
I was the big brother
427
00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,087
because we wereso close in age.
428
00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,798
We had a real
close bond.
429
00:23:02,923 --> 00:23:06,259
She was going to becomea pediatric nurse.
430
00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,638
At the time,I had two young daughters
431
00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:13,600
and she was totallyhands on with her nieces.
432
00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:15,769
She loved them deeply.
433
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:19,606
The day of the event,she said she wasn't going,
434
00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:24,653
but Misa reached outto Sonya and told her
435
00:23:24,778 --> 00:23:26,238
that Puffy
had a ticket for her.
436
00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:29,783
and she decided to go.
437
00:23:33,537 --> 00:23:34,955
Day atCity College comes
438
00:23:35,622 --> 00:23:37,999
I'm a part of Sean's staff.
439
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,044
One thing Sean knewhow to do was promote,
440
00:23:41,128 --> 00:23:44,131
and the buildup
to City College was so phenomenal
441
00:23:44,256 --> 00:23:46,049
was almost like
gods coming to town.
442
00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:47,634
The gym filled up,
443
00:23:48,635 --> 00:23:50,303
in like a blink of an eye.
444
00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:02,566
They were still selling
tickets at the door.
445
00:24:02,649 --> 00:24:06,153
But there's still a huge
crowd outside of people with tickets.
446
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:11,658
The bouncers
or whoever said,
447
00:24:11,741 --> 00:24:14,744
"It's over.
No one else is getting in."
448
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:18,999
And that's when the doorto the gym was closed.
449
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:24,671
So now the crowd that saw
that the doors were closing,
450
00:24:24,754 --> 00:24:26,465
many had tickets in hand.
451
00:24:27,674 --> 00:24:29,551
They decided to push
452
00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:33,763
And it causeda stampede
453
00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:37,184
going down the stairs
with no way
454
00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:40,187
to enter the gymnasium
with the four doors closed.
455
00:24:40,854 --> 00:24:43,857
The crowd went crazy.
456
00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:47,194
They brokethe doors.
457
00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,448
And a bunchof people
458
00:24:51,531 --> 00:24:54,534
just rushed
down those steps.
459
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:56,328
And pushed themagainst those doors.
460
00:24:57,370 --> 00:25:00,040
I'm not quite sure what door
Misa went through.
461
00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:01,708
But she wasn't with Sonya.
462
00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:04,711
My brotherand his friends
463
00:25:04,794 --> 00:25:08,048
are in the staircase already,
getting pushed.
464
00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:11,927
Sonya was behind
465
00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:14,221
one of the young girlsthat was with them.
466
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,390
And her face
was in her back.
467
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,852
Imagine being packed
like sardines.
468
00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:23,897
And if you're
packed like this,
469
00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:24,981
there's nowhere to go.
470
00:25:27,567 --> 00:25:31,154
They had to literallypull the door open,
471
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:33,073
crush someone
opening the door.
472
00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:37,410
And then start pullingpeople out into the gym
473
00:25:38,161 --> 00:25:40,705
one by onefrom one door.
474
00:25:44,918 --> 00:25:46,753
You see justa wave of people
475
00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:48,255
falling on the floor.
476
00:25:49,589 --> 00:25:50,590
Fighting to breath.
477
00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:21,079
You'll seein the footage Sean Combs
478
00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:23,915
shirt openand walking around.
479
00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:26,042
Just stressed out.
480
00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,087
I look over, he's over there
pumping chests
481
00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:30,880
and breathing
into people's mouths.
482
00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:36,094
And Sonya
was one of the people
483
00:26:37,679 --> 00:26:39,097
well, he was trying
to resuscitate
484
00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:47,105
Dirk wasn't gettingenough oxygen to his brain.
485
00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:49,983
When they were
doing CPR on him,
486
00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:51,735
his chest
was going down.
487
00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:53,278
It hit the floor.
488
00:27:07,417 --> 00:27:08,835
And then
my mother called.
489
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,546
And then that was when
I found out he was dead.
490
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:13,757
She said,
"He's gone, Jason."
491
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:34,861
My momand my dad and myself
492
00:27:34,986 --> 00:27:38,657
went back to City Collegeto identify Sonya's body.
493
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,826
They showed us Polaroids
494
00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:45,455
and someone tried to goover the top of the crowd.
495
00:27:46,456 --> 00:27:48,249
And clearly
in the Polaroid,
496
00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:49,626
you can see
the boot mark
497
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:51,336
in Sonya's head.
498
00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:07,519
I think Puffy bears
a lot of responsibility
499
00:28:07,602 --> 00:28:09,229
for what happened that day
500
00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:11,898
because the doors
remained closed,
501
00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:13,024
they could have been opened.
502
00:28:14,317 --> 00:28:15,235
Dwight Heavy D. Myers,
503
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,028
and Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs
504
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:19,864
pointed the fingersat everyone but themselves.
505
00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,742
Whatever must be done
must be done to ensure
506
00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:25,120
that this never, ever,
ever happens again.
507
00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:28,373
I know thathe and Heavy D
508
00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:32,377
did not intend for that day
to end that way.
509
00:28:32,502 --> 00:28:36,881
Puffy clearly wanted to throw
the biggest best event,
510
00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:38,675
and he promoted
the hell out of it.
511
00:28:39,467 --> 00:28:41,469
But he didn't do enough
512
00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:44,723
to protect the crowdsof people that came out.
513
00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:49,227
There was a lawsuit
514
00:28:49,352 --> 00:28:52,105
for all the things
that happened at City College.
515
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:53,398
This wasa huge case.
516
00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:56,568
The litigation lasted years.
517
00:28:58,236 --> 00:29:00,739
When my mother
called me and told me
518
00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:04,409
that the lawyers were talkingabout a settlement,
519
00:29:04,492 --> 00:29:06,828
it was like take this money
and she didn't shut up.
520
00:29:08,329 --> 00:29:10,165
Really, nothingmattered to me
521
00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:12,709
other than keepingSonya's memory alive.
522
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:14,794
And Puff
wasn't hearing me,
523
00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:16,504
and that created
a lot of tension
524
00:29:17,088 --> 00:29:18,089
between me and him.
525
00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,341
I said, "Was Sonya
your friend?"
526
00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,135
He didn't want
to answer the question.
527
00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:24,053
She got the ticket
from you, man.
528
00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:29,392
These interactions started
to make me physically sick.
529
00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:38,276
Clearly he had nointerest on helping me
530
00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:39,778
keep Sonya's memory alive.
531
00:29:40,445 --> 00:29:41,613
Or the other eight.
532
00:29:48,244 --> 00:29:50,705
The city collegeincident for Puffy
533
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:51,790
was a turning point
534
00:29:51,915 --> 00:29:54,292
in how people began
to feel about him.
535
00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:56,377
He asked one time,
536
00:29:56,461 --> 00:29:58,505
"When is this evergoing to be behind me?"
537
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,548
And I said,
"The more good you do,
538
00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,467
this will get further
and further down
539
00:30:02,550 --> 00:30:04,385
on the list of questions
that you're asked.
540
00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:08,973
Diddy was ableto put it behind him
541
00:30:09,057 --> 00:30:12,644
because he was good
at creating stars
542
00:30:12,727 --> 00:30:14,103
and making hits.
543
00:30:15,438 --> 00:30:17,482
He was succeeding.He was thriving.
544
00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:18,566
He was winning.
545
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:22,529
In time,
he becomes too big
546
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,114
to be working
with Andre.
547
00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:28,827
And so Andre fired him.
548
00:30:30,245 --> 00:30:32,080
His gearwas placed in the hallway,
549
00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:33,498
and they said,"Come get your gear."
550
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,376
And I was like,
"Whoa! So I guess
551
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,169
I won't be hearing
from him anymore."
552
00:30:39,462 --> 00:30:41,381
When you become
a millionaire at 19,
553
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,174
you probably go crazy.
554
00:30:43,258 --> 00:30:44,884
Act a little obnoxious.
555
00:30:45,009 --> 00:30:47,011
It was such
a disappointment to me
556
00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:50,515
because I got firedby the first personthat believed in me.
557
00:30:50,598 --> 00:30:53,017
And then I remember
somebody saying
558
00:30:53,101 --> 00:30:55,270
Puff is having a meeting
559
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:57,689
with Clive Davisabout starting a label.
560
00:30:58,356 --> 00:31:00,066
It was said
in a way of like
561
00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:02,360
That is so ridiculous.
562
00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:04,571
He's likethe white godfather
563
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:07,282
of black musicfor the last 50 years.
564
00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:10,368
He sees an opportunityto bring Sean Combs' energy
565
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,413
and gives him his
own signature label,
566
00:31:14,831 --> 00:31:19,544
It was incredibly significant
for a young black man,
567
00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:21,546
to have his own label,
568
00:31:22,338 --> 00:31:24,799
and Puffy was in his 20s.
569
00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,719
That was incredible.
570
00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:32,640
Right away,
Bad Boy is different than other labels,
571
00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:37,312
and this is coming
from the energy of the guy at the top,
572
00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:39,731
I remembergoing into Bad Boy
573
00:31:39,814 --> 00:31:42,483
and there was words
painted on the wall.
574
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,486
Sleeping is for losers.
575
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:46,905
Yo, yo, yo, yo
bust your asses.
576
00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:48,323
I'll go back in the studio
577
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:50,074
and you'll just pay for me
to go back in the studio
578
00:31:50,199 --> 00:31:51,910
and tell me exactly
what you want.
579
00:31:53,202 --> 00:31:55,788
I was his first publicist.
580
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:59,042
One day, Mr. Daviscalled me at my desk,
581
00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:01,461
he said, "Lajoyce,
582
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:03,254
from this day forward,
583
00:32:03,338 --> 00:32:05,757
I want you to garner
press for Puffy."
584
00:32:05,882 --> 00:32:10,261
And I also understoodthe assignment
585
00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:14,098
to protect
the black boy genius.
586
00:32:14,223 --> 00:32:15,850
Puffy was sucha visionary.
587
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:18,895
Everything that he touchedwould eventually turn to gold.
588
00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:20,772
And platinum.
589
00:32:20,897 --> 00:32:22,273
And it is gone.
It's on dog.
590
00:32:22,357 --> 00:32:23,691
Every single day,
591
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:26,277
and I meanwith no exaggeration.
592
00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,113
Puffy would call me
between 02:15 and 04:00 o'clock.
593
00:32:29,739 --> 00:32:31,282
"What's going on?
594
00:32:31,366 --> 00:32:32,784
What's happeningwith the artist?
595
00:32:32,909 --> 00:32:35,203
Who's going to be appearingon what television show?
596
00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:36,955
I have an idea."
597
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,998
And he'd leave it to you
to execute.
598
00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:40,625
"By the way,
in 48 hours."
599
00:32:42,585 --> 00:32:43,503
Bad Boy, you know
what I'm saying?
600
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,546
Your brand
is all big
601
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:47,548
Yeah,
we got Craig Mack.
602
00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:49,842
The year
for Bad Boy's, 1994.
603
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:53,513
Craig Mack, drops"Flava in Ya Ear".
604
00:32:53,638 --> 00:32:56,057
"Flava in Ya Ear"
was something that I made up.
605
00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,185
Yeah, I sampled
some crazy sound
606
00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:00,561
and listen at that.
607
00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:04,232
I was like,
โช Dum dum dum dum โช
608
00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:05,775
โช Dum dum โช
609
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,324
Then on the hook,
I threw that loud siren in
610
00:33:15,952 --> 00:33:18,496
It's special.
I knew it was special.
611
00:33:18,621 --> 00:33:20,331
Puff was like,
"Yo, I need some tracks
612
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:23,001
for my new artist,
Craig Mack."
613
00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:24,460
So I showed up
with this tape.
614
00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:32,010
He played it and he said,
"Yo, I will cut you a check for that right now."
615
00:33:33,594 --> 00:33:34,637
You know
what I said, right?
616
00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:36,889
Sold.
617
00:33:38,266 --> 00:33:41,269
โช Here comes the brand newflava in ya ear โช
618
00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:43,187
โช Time for newflava in ya ear โช
619
00:33:43,271 --> 00:33:46,107
โช I'm kickingnew flava in ya ear โช
620
00:33:47,817 --> 00:33:50,862
And thenNotorious B.I.G putsBad Boy on the map.
621
00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:53,865
What Biggie does
is it gives the label,
622
00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:56,784
and it gives
Sean Combs, street cred.
623
00:33:58,369 --> 00:34:00,747
So Combs'ideas with Biggie
624
00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:03,875
was how can wemake something
625
00:34:03,958 --> 00:34:07,295
that's very rowdyand of the streets
626
00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:10,548
but make it so
that everyone likes it.
627
00:34:10,631 --> 00:34:12,759
How can we do that
within one song?
628
00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,719
And then
you go to "Juicy".
629
00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:16,387
โช I never thoughtit could happen โช
630
00:34:16,512 --> 00:34:17,764
โช This rappin' stuff โช
631
00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:20,266
โช I was to usethe packing jets and stuff โช
632
00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,310
Even though
he's rhyming about
633
00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:24,645
standing on the corner
selling dope.
634
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,397
We might beat a pool party.
635
00:34:26,522 --> 00:34:30,568
We're gonna make it lookgood and glamorous and fun.
636
00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:32,904
Those mini juxtapositions
637
00:34:32,987 --> 00:34:34,989
in Biggies, repertoire
638
00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,159
to me are whatmade him work.
639
00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:43,414
Puff was definitely like,
"Let's elevate the culture."
640
00:34:43,498 --> 00:34:47,502
A lot of it, in retrospect,
was about elevating himself.
641
00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:50,588
He's in the videos.
642
00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:52,673
He's on the songs.
643
00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:54,175
โช How ya livin'Biggie Smallz? โช
644
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:56,010
โช In mansionand Benz's, givin'... โช
645
00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:00,640
In the concerts,on the stage.
646
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:03,684
He's very muchpart of the story.
647
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:05,269
He understood
648
00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:08,272
that I represent
the brand.
649
00:35:08,356 --> 00:35:12,610
So when you see me,you see the Bad Boy brand.
650
00:35:12,735 --> 00:35:14,946
But the West Coastwas a legitimate threat
651
00:35:15,571 --> 00:35:17,657
to East Coast hip hop.
652
00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:20,618
The West Coast folksare selling many more records.
653
00:35:21,869 --> 00:35:24,122
This momentis where we start
654
00:35:24,205 --> 00:35:26,499
to see thisintercoastal battle.
655
00:35:26,624 --> 00:35:30,711
Puff realized that
now hip hop is war.
656
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:33,005
We're fightingfor number one,
657
00:35:33,131 --> 00:35:34,132
and we're playingreal dirty.
658
00:35:35,424 --> 00:35:36,467
And a lot
of people got hurt.
659
00:35:43,558 --> 00:35:46,561
Bad Boy was as hotas fish grease.
660
00:35:47,478 --> 00:35:48,604
He couldn't be touched,
661
00:35:48,729 --> 00:35:51,065
but more money,
more problems, right?
662
00:35:51,190 --> 00:35:52,733
Everything was heightened.
663
00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:54,735
Backstabbing
was heightened.
664
00:35:54,861 --> 00:35:56,946
Dishonesty to distrust,
unloyalty
665
00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:59,740
All of that just
started to unravel.
666
00:35:59,824 --> 00:36:03,911
Suge Knighthe ran Death Row Recordson the West Coast.
667
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:07,748
Two very, very different
versions of moguls.
668
00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:11,502
Suge Knight,who was a legitimate,scary figure.
669
00:36:11,586 --> 00:36:13,087
Suge Knightgoes back to jail.
670
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:15,173
Knight had beenon probation for a 1992...
671
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:16,757
. ..with assaultand battery...
672
00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:19,594
And Sean Combs,
who felt a little bit more cuddly...
673
00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:22,513
...to people, right.
674
00:36:22,597 --> 00:36:25,516
The East CoastWest Coast beef at that time
675
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,602
took on epic proportions.
676
00:36:27,727 --> 00:36:31,522
And the two stars that we
think about in that moment,
677
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,858
who represents these two
very different coasts.
678
00:36:33,941 --> 00:36:36,235
Are really,The Notorious B.I.G.
679
00:36:36,777 --> 00:36:38,279
and Tupac Shakur.
680
00:36:38,404 --> 00:36:40,615
Tupac was a megastar,
681
00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,533
rapper, icon.
682
00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:45,620
What a lotof people don't realize
683
00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:50,249
is that Death Row was trying
to set up Death Row East.
684
00:36:53,044 --> 00:36:55,254
They reallythought they could comeand take New York.
685
00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,840
And they tried.
686
00:36:57,965 --> 00:37:01,010
It's unsettlingto watch this Tupac video,
687
00:37:01,135 --> 00:37:03,846
knowing a short time later
what would happen.
688
00:37:03,971 --> 00:37:04,972
We're comingto the East Coast
689
00:37:05,097 --> 00:37:06,140
to overthrow
the government
690
00:37:06,265 --> 00:37:08,392
y'all got right now,
which is Bad Boy.
691
00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:10,061
Believe in Death Row East.
692
00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:12,230
Believe in that, for real.
693
00:37:12,313 --> 00:37:14,482
That wasa bold move.
694
00:37:14,607 --> 00:37:17,860
The feud was so bad
at that time
695
00:37:17,985 --> 00:37:19,362
that you might be
in trouble
696
00:37:19,487 --> 00:37:21,989
throwing up the W
on the East Coast.
697
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,536
I couldhave been a casualty
698
00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:30,081
of the East Coast
West Coast beef.
699
00:37:31,666 --> 00:37:33,501
I came upin the music industry
700
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:35,044
as a concert promoter.
701
00:37:35,169 --> 00:37:38,089
And one nighI was at a placecalled PJs,
702
00:37:38,172 --> 00:37:39,173
up in Harlem.
703
00:37:39,298 --> 00:37:42,843
Some cat comes in promoting
"Death Row East."
704
00:37:44,178 --> 00:37:46,514
He has thesebright white T-shirts
705
00:37:47,181 --> 00:37:49,016
and he's giving them away.
706
00:37:49,141 --> 00:37:51,352
And I was like,
"Okay, I like that. Let me get one."
707
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:53,771
And I-- I just--
I threw it on.
708
00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:56,941
Later, we're going downtown.
709
00:37:57,024 --> 00:38:00,027
I'm with Lance Coffey,
who is my security.
710
00:38:00,820 --> 00:38:01,862
We get to the club.
711
00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:03,698
Me and myDeath Row East T-shirt.
712
00:38:04,699 --> 00:38:05,825
It was packed.
713
00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:11,330
An hour later,I come out of the club.
714
00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,959
We go acrossthe street to my jeep.
715
00:38:16,377 --> 00:38:19,297
We get in,I'm in the driver's seat.
716
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,968
And Puffy pulls up
in a sports car.
717
00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:25,469
He's in the passenger seat.
718
00:38:27,888 --> 00:38:29,974
And then he said to me,
"What's up, bitch?"
719
00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:34,103
I said, "Puff, man,
I don't want nothing to do with you, man.
720
00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:35,229
Keep your
drama to yourself."
721
00:38:35,354 --> 00:38:38,941
I really tried
to deescalate the situation.
722
00:38:39,066 --> 00:38:41,736
He said,
"Nah, you're a bitch."
723
00:38:44,905 --> 00:38:49,327
He aligned his beefwith Suge Knight
724
00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:51,746
and Death Rowin the West Coast
725
00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:53,289
with that T shirt.
726
00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:55,458
So it's like,"How dare you
727
00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:56,834
jump to the other side?
728
00:38:56,917 --> 00:38:59,837
How dare you
promote Death Row?"
729
00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:03,341
And we proceeddown the block.
730
00:39:03,424 --> 00:39:08,095
His car veers overand cuts me off.
731
00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,931
And forces meinto an island.
732
00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:14,894
Lance and I both
jumped out of the car.
733
00:39:15,603 --> 00:39:16,937
A shot blasted off.
734
00:39:17,688 --> 00:39:19,440
Lance yells, "Gun, gun!"
735
00:39:20,399 --> 00:39:22,526
And I don't knowwho shot it.
736
00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:26,781
I leap over the island
and now it's a car chase
737
00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:31,994
and um, I'm-- I'm fighting
for my life at this point.
738
00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:34,955
All I know
is that I need to get away.
739
00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:36,957
And so I'm driving.
740
00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,210
I'm going down
a one way streets.
741
00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:41,045
I'm on the sidewalk
at one point.
742
00:39:41,128 --> 00:39:43,464
It's a high speed chase
through Manhattan.
743
00:39:51,972 --> 00:39:54,600
I just thank God
I escaped that situation.
744
00:39:57,144 --> 00:40:01,065
What we see is this
massive overreaction
745
00:40:01,148 --> 00:40:04,485
and tendency towards
brutal violence.
746
00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:07,530
If he could fly offthe handle that easily.
747
00:40:07,655 --> 00:40:10,491
Over such a smallperceived slight.
748
00:40:10,616 --> 00:40:12,701
What elsewas he capable of?
749
00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,078
You askedme earlier
750
00:40:14,161 --> 00:40:16,122
like, why I'm here?
751
00:40:17,331 --> 00:40:19,333
Like I almost
wouldn't be here, period.
752
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:25,631
My whole future
would be erased.
753
00:40:29,927 --> 00:40:31,595
Dude, you're a menace...
754
00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:33,931
to society.
755
00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:37,393
My story
is just a piece
756
00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:41,272
of the bigger puzzle
of his mayhem.
757
00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:47,278
Sean Combshas been the figure
758
00:40:47,361 --> 00:40:49,780
more associated
with death,
759
00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:53,033
tragedy and brokenness
760
00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:54,952
than any mogul.
761
00:40:55,035 --> 00:40:58,706
He ran on fear
and intimidation. It was abused.
762
00:40:58,789 --> 00:41:02,543
Combs wants
what he wants when he wants it.
763
00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:05,546
He was saying things
like, turn around, let me see that ass.
764
00:41:05,671 --> 00:41:07,965
All of a sudden,
I just seen him out of nowhere
765
00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:09,633
just punching.
766
00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:12,720
And God said to me,
be still you're about to get hit.
767
00:41:14,513 --> 00:41:17,057
I truly believemonsters are not born...
768
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:18,559
...they're made
61700
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.