Diddy Says He Never Robbed Or Mistreated His Former Artist

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Bad Boy CEO Sean” Diddy” Combs recently sat down in an interview with Vibe magazine to discuss the bad rap that he has received as a label head.

In the interview Diddy states that contrary to popular reports, he has never cheated or robbed any of the artists on his label nor mistreated them.

“There’s an off perception that needs to be addressed about me that I have ever robbed somebody or mistreated somebody,” Diddy said in the interview. “Or tried to be ruthless or whatever in this game. Like, all this year I’ve heard people say, “Where’s Carl Thomas, where’s Black Rob, where’s G.Dep? Where are these artists?”

And for some reason they go ahead and equate that, cause those artists aren’t with me, that I’ve done something wrong or malicious or conniving. It’s something that I do have a problem with because they don’t have no proof that I’ve ever done nothing like that.”

Diddy also discussed the misconception that he doesn’t help out the artists on his label or give new artists a chance.

“It’s a misconception. Especially someone who’s been brought up like me,” Diddy continued. “I’ve been brought up to work hard for mine and never take from nobody. And to always try and help people. But people don’t understand this game that were in. You have a short life expectancy. It’s rare to a me, to be a Jay-Z, an LL, a Nas.

That sh*t is a rarity. That’s not even one percent of the rappers. If you look at any artists that were on Ruff Ryders, where they at? If you look at any artist that was on Def Jam at the time we started, where they at? If you look at any artist that was on Roc-A-Fella, Jive, where they at? It’s not like anything was wong with them. It’s just that you have a four, five-year average in this game. That’s just something I wanted to address.

To read the full interview be sure to pick up the new issue of Vibe
http://hoodhollywood.com/blog/2010/08/23/diddy-says-he-never-robbed-or-mistreated-his-former-artist/
 
his track record speaks for itself,,, majority of bad boy artist have gotten chewed up & spit out,,, what diddy means is, he didn't fuck anybody over because all the artist willfully signed the contract (which was designed to fuck them over),,, dude is basically the don king of rap
 
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:lol::lol:@DjMorpheus posted all them:hmm: pics you could find huh:lol:
 
The best place to hide a lie is between or next to the truth.

[lie]I've never mistreated my artist.[/lie]

[truth]Longevity for a rapper is a rarity.[/truth]

To me, Carl Thomas had real potential. Dude was hardly a run-of-the-mill artist.

The rest of the Bad Boy artists? :eek:
 
his track record speaks for itself,,, majority of bad boy artist have gotten chewed up & spit out,,, what diddy means is, he didn't fuck anybody over because all the artist willfully signed the contract (which was designed to fuck them over),,, dude is basically the don king of rap

:yes: :itsawrap:

:lol::lol::lol: @DjMorpheus. I wonder what idiot is going to quote that shit :smh:
 
his track record speaks for itself,,, majority of bad boy artist have gotten chewed up & spit out,,,

but point to a label that DOESN'T do that. all labels are the same. they bankroll an artist and try to get as much out of the project as possible. then they move on to the next one. it's not just rap. happens in pop, rock, r&b, jazz. most dudes point to puff as being crooked cause they feel comfortable doing that. but NOBODY on here has ever made a post about clive davis and artists he's worked with over the years that fell to the wayside or ended up broke. . . . imo cause he's white and older.

young black folks are preconditioned to clown other black folks, while ignoring the same stuff white folks do. the music industry is angled to fuk the artist regardless of race or gender
 
but point to a label that DOESN'T do that. all labels are the same. they bankroll an artist and try to get as much out of the project as possible. then they move on to the next one. it's not just rap. happens in pop, rock, r&b, jazz. most dudes point to puff as being crooked cause they feel comfortable doing that. but NOBODY on here has ever made a post about clive davis and artists he's worked with over the years that fell to the wayside or ended up broke. . . . imo cause he's white and older.

young black folks are preconditioned to clown other black folks, while ignoring the same stuff white folks do. the music industry is angled to fuk the artist regardless of race or gender

Uh-oh, logic is a dangerous device my friend. Be careful
 
but point to a label that DOESN'T do that. all labels are the same. they bankroll an artist and try to get as much out of the project as possible. then they move on to the next one. it's not just rap. happens in pop, rock, r&b, jazz. most dudes point to puff as being crooked cause they feel comfortable doing that. but NOBODY on here has ever made a post about clive davis and artists he's worked with over the years that fell to the wayside or ended up broke. . . . imo cause he's white and older.

young black folks are preconditioned to clown other black folks, while ignoring the same stuff white folks do. the music industry is angled to fuk the artist regardless of race or gender

Exactly I have posted this like 50 times. The only difference with Diddy is that people finally could put a face on it. Its not to cool to make a "Fuck Clive Davis" record. Unless you have leverage, there is no such thing as an initial deal that is in the artist favor. To be honest the first deal is to make you famous, its YOUR JOB to make you rich. I dont know why these artists still to this day really think "All I gotta do is rap, and everything will be fine." Diddy gave shine $900,000 to sign and a S600 Benz, plus advance....notice Shyne always talks about Diddys shadyness pertaining to trial, not his deal.

G-Dep admitted Diddy gave him $350k but he blew it on drugs and bitches in the hood. He let Ma$e out of his deal, labels dont do that shit, especially while the artists is still successful. Mark Curry story always strikes me as funny because you got a book worth of foul shit, yet you stayed around 10 years? Like come on man. Diddy actually is one of the best label heads. Dude will make you famous as hell, but its up to you to get rich..
 
My thing is,#1 do these rappers hire a lawyer before signing to go thru their contract? #2. Don't they know going in that signing to Bad Boy or Aftermath that your chances of putting out a album anytime soon are slim to none? Plus these are grown ass adults who know the music biz is shady and they're so happy to get in the game they sign there publishing and lives away! They need to refer to Industry Rule #4,080!!!
 
Well, to be fair, if they signed a fucked contract without consultation, then technically, he didn't rob them. They signed it away. As for the man himself, don't know him. However; him suggesting that his artists use his Bentleys and homes in their videos, and then charging them for it is fucked up.
 
My thing is,#1 do these rappers hire a lawyer before signing to go thru their contract? #2. Don't they know going in that signing to Bad Boy or Aftermath that your chances of putting out a album anytime soon are slim to none? Plus these are grown ass adults who know the music biz is shady and they're so happy to get in the game they sign there publishing and lives away! They need to refer to Industry Rule #4,080!!!

Again thats where people lose it. ITS NOT JUST BAD BOY, or AFTERMATH. There are 10,000 artists signed to major labels RIGHT now, how many actually come out? Honestly man if you arent coming into the label with a buzz, you have to give them a reason to put you out.
 
but point to a label that DOESN'T do that. all labels are the same. they bankroll an artist and try to get as much out of the project as possible. then they move on to the next one. it's not just rap. happens in pop, rock, r&b, jazz. most dudes point to puff as being crooked cause they feel comfortable doing that. but NOBODY on here has ever made a post about clive davis and artists he's worked with over the years that fell to the wayside or ended up broke. . . . imo cause he's white and older.

young black folks are preconditioned to clown other black folks, while ignoring the same stuff white folks do. the music industry is angled to fuk the artist regardless of race or gender

^this...

youu think niggas would get ono the radio and shit on clive davis? nope...but they feel very comfortable doing it to a black man...

the shit is a business...the record company is there to make $$$...the ownwer ia always gonna cone out on top
 
but point to a label that DOESN'T do that. all labels are the same. they bankroll an artist and try to get as much out of the project as possible. then they move on to the next one. it's not just rap. happens in pop, rock, r&b, jazz. most dudes point to puff as being crooked cause they feel comfortable doing that. but NOBODY on here has ever made a post about clive davis and artists he's worked with over the years that fell to the wayside or ended up broke. . . . imo cause he's white and older.

young black folks are preconditioned to clown other black folks, while ignoring the same stuff white folks do. the music industry is angled to fuk the artist regardless of race or gender

Pretty much.Its business and Puff's job is to make as much as he can from his artists.The only differences between him and others in his position is that he is so accessible and that he presents himself as an artist so his artists see them as on the same level or as a family.Other label heads are alot more isolated from their artists so they don't seem as tangible to blame when things go aren't going the artist's way.
 
everybody wants to blame the labels for the fail of these artist but these artist have no one to blame but themselves. when these rappers are tying to "get on" they are extra hungry and extra thirsty but as soon as the label signs them throws a little cash their way they become lazy. you will spit fire on a mixtape for a bag of weed and some blunts but as soon as your shit drops it is pure garbage
 
everybody wants to blame the labels for the fail of these artist but these artist have no one to blame but themselves. when these rappers are tying to "get on" they are extra hungry and extra thirsty but as soon as the label signs them throws a little cash their way they become lazy. you will spit fire on a mixtape for a bag of weed and some blunts but as soon as your shit drops it is pure garbage

You just dont know how lazy these dudes are man....shit sickens me thats why I always be talking about that shit . Thats why I HATE when niggas get on here talking about Joe Budden being done dirty I be wanting to slap them..
 
Son when you in the studio laying down vocals and got a smash on your hands..the boss man walks into the room goes uhuh yeah on a track charges you $60,000 for saying that (not that you asked him to)...then it's time shoot the video..you got a budget of 300,000 the boss man shows up with his new whip (unannounced) drives his car onto the set..tells the direct to record starts dancing waving his hands and says uhuh yeah once...leaves...the song goes out, video get's played and you get your first royalty check here's the breakdown.

-$60,000 (Sean Combs feature)
-$50,000 (Sean Combs video cameo)
-$25,000 (Sean Combs usage of car in video)

You'd be fucked up in the game and robbing hotel rooms too.
 

- nah cmon man...

there is a dude here that was signed and lost his deal

as quiet as it's kept, the label gave him 10k just to have to invest in his music...didn't have to pay it back or anything.

but all you hear about are the stories of the label wanting their money back for this or that, or how they fucked people over blah blah blah...
 
Son when you in the studio laying down vocals and got a smash on your hands..the boss man walks into the room goes uhuh yeah on a track charges you $60,000 for saying that (not that you asked him to)...then it's time shoot the video..you got a budget of 300,000 the boss man shows up with his new whip (unannounced) drives his car onto the set..tells the direct to record starts dancing waving his hands and says uhuh yeah once...leaves...the song goes out, video get's played and you get your first royalty check here's the breakdown.

-$60,000 (Sean Combs feature)
-$50,000 (Sean Combs video cameo)
-$25,000 (Sean Combs usage of car in video)

You'd be fucked up in the game and robbing hotel rooms too.


Do realize that every label does this? Only difference is instead of "Sean Combs features" It will say "production costs" to which all debts are seemingly attributed.
 
In the interview Diddy states that contrary to popular reports, he has never cheated or robbed any of the artists on his label nor mistreated them.

Unhunh, yeah...

Also George Bush and Dick Cheney claimed that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.


Either way we have got to stop believing people, who clearly have a history of lying. :smh: :smh: :smh:
 
Look, I've been in the business. From 01 - 07. Everyone knows signing with Diddy was like singing with the devil. Whereas most majors will fuck you over in front of your face, Diddy was more like slow fucking you without you even realizing it.


Half his artists ended up owing Bad Boy money after the recoupment.


Puffy was triple, quadrupling, and quintuple dipping them.
You see he knew the mechanics and dollars and cents of the business better than his artists, using this knowledge to profit immensely from their naivety.

I want you to follow the dips with me:

(1) If the track was going to be hot, he'd force them to write in a part for himself or he would do that angry babbling, talking, and screaming shit so Puffy could be on the track "to make it hotter." But then Puffy would charge a performance fee to his artist budget; the same budget he provided, but which in most cases was money he got from his distributor/major label Bad Boy signed to (i.e. Jive, Sony, etc.)!

(2) As perfromer, Puffy would then collect a performance royalty on every record sold or played on the radio, at a club (through BMG commerical license), in a movie, etc. whether his part aired or not.

(3) Since Puffy took executive producer credit for anything coming out of Bad Boy, he would also take executive producer royalty points on each album sold.

(4) If there were cars or location shoots, Puffy would make his artist use the cars or boats he owned and then charge the rental fee back to his artist's budget.

(5) Puffy made most Bad Boy artists sign to his publishing company, and as such he'd retained exclusive publishing and performance rights to all songs and the profit and royalties generated from it after the artist got their %.

Lox even said, "All About The Benjamins," - Puff Daddy made more money off that song than they did! And they wrote the fucking song and Puff's part! Diddy was still collecting checks long after the release cycle had finished. They even had to get HIS PERMISSION to perform the song at concerts since he retained the rights. Now hows that for some shit. You have to get someone elses permission to do YOUR song.

(6) Since Bad Boy was also the management co. for some of the artists, Puffy was also taking a 10% managers cut.

So right there, that's 6 dips. He was slow fucking his artists and they had no clue until they got wiser. Why do you think most Bad Boy artists only did ONE or TWO albums max on his label before they found out and bounced.

Really, the only "L" Puffy ever took was on Mase's second album when Mase left the business just prior to its launch and Puff had to eat it because there was no promotion or touring.

And then Puffy never let Mase out the contract since he "owed" him an album. He wanted 50 Cent to buy him out when 50 wanted to sign Mase.
 
Exactly I have posted this like 50 times. The only difference with Diddy is that people finally could put a face on it. Its not to cool to make a "Fuck Clive Davis" record. Unless you have leverage, there is no such thing as an initial deal that is in the artist favor. To be honest the first deal is to make you famous, its YOUR JOB to make you rich. I dont know why these artists still to this day really think "All I gotta do is rap, and everything will be fine." Diddy gave shine $900,000 to sign and a S600 Benz, plus advance....notice Shyne always talks about Diddys shadyness pertaining to trial, not his deal.

G-Dep admitted Diddy gave him $350k but he blew it on drugs and bitches in the hood. He let Ma$e out of his deal, labels dont do that shit, especially while the artists is still successful. Mark Curry story always strikes me as funny because you got a book worth of foul shit, yet you stayed around 10 years? Like come on man. Diddy actually is one of the best label heads. Dude will make you famous as hell, but its up to you to get rich..

But Diddy makes it easy to put a face on it.

Clive aint in YouTube videos ripping up $50 bills or laying in seas of cash in Vegas.

Geffen aint in videos trying to get down with the artists.

If they did they would get equally clowned.

This aint a black/white thing cause if Puff stayed in the background with his no shots would be taken.

I've said it before.........discretion, humility.

This nigga has neither and then cries when people take shots at the target he so willfully flosses.
 
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