cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28151673

Timestamps and Generated Summary below:

Video Description:

Whitney Webb talks about her latest investigation into Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Timestamps:

1. 00:00:00 Whitney Webb explains how Sean “P. Diddy” Colms relationship with Naomi Campell led her down a rabbithole
2. 00:02:47 Similarities between the Diddy case and the Epstein Case
3. 00:05:20 Clive Davis and Russell Simons involvement
4. 00:10:25 James Packer, Netanyahu’s friend and neighbor, also tied up in this!

Whitney Webb has been a professional writer, researcher and journalist since 2016. She has written for several websites and, from 2017 to 2020, was a staff writer and senior investigative reporter for Mint Press News. She currently writes for Unlimited Hangout. She is the author of the book One Nation Under Blackmail. Recently her work was referenced by Ian Carroll on the Joe Rogan Podcast. Follow Whitney on X https://x.com/_whitneywebb

Generated Summary:

Main Topic:

Whitney Webb discusses her investigation into Sean "Diddy" Combs, focusing on the broader network of individuals and power structures that enabled his alleged behavior, drawing parallels to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Key Points:

• Diddy's Connections: The investigation explores Diddy's relationships with figures like Naomi Campbell, Clive Davis, Russell Simmons, and the influence of oligarchs like the Bronfman family on the hip-hop industry.
• Similarities to Epstein: Webb draws parallels between the Diddy and Epstein cases, highlighting how both figures are often portrayed as masterminds while their powerful benefactors evade scrutiny.
• Organized Crime Ties: The investigation uncovers potential links between figures in Diddy's orbit and organized crime, including connections to heroin rings, money laundering, and figures like Al Malnik (associated with Meyer Lansky).
• Clive Davis's Role: Clive Davis is credited with enabling Bad Boy Records' success through a distribution deal with Arista Records. He was also allegedly involved in a payola scandal tied to a heroin ring.
• Russell Simmons and Brett Ratner: Russell Simmons, along with Brett Ratner, has been accused of sex crimes. Ratner's connections to Steve Mnuchin, James Packer (involved in the Netanyahu corruption trial), and his current project directing a Melania Trump documentary are highlighted.
• Cultural Shift and Private Prisons: The discussion touches on the alleged engineering of a cultural shift to benefit the private prison industry.
• Industry Consolidation: Legislation passed during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton eras allowed for industry consolidation, benefiting a small group of oligarchs.

Highlights:

• The investigation aims to expose the broader network that enabled Diddy's alleged behavior, similar to how Webb approached the Epstein case.
• The discussion reveals potential connections between figures in the music industry and organized crime, including money laundering schemes.
• The video highlights the surprising connections between Brett Ratner, James Packer, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Trump family.

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Edit: Updated title to "[Political Commentary: Interview with Whitney Webb & Music Industry Ties to Organized Crime] Whitney Webb EXPOSES ALL The Connections Revealed By the P. Diddy Case [13:37 | APR 12 2025 | Katie Halper]" from "[Interview with Whitney Webb, Music Industry Ties to Organized Crime] Whitney Webb EXPOSES ALL The Connections Revealed By the P. Diddy Case [13:37 | APR 12 2025 | Katie Halper]"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28147270

Generated Summary below:

Video Description:

#whitneywebblatest #sabbysabs #seandiddycombs #epsteinconnection #cianadhiphop #progressivepoliticsexplained

Investigative Series: One Label Under Blackmail: The Early Intersections of Diddy and the Epstein Network: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2025/04/investigative-series/one-label-under-blackmail-the-early-intersections-of-diddy-and-the-epstein-network/

Generated Summary:

Main Topic:

The video discusses Whitney Webb's article "One Label Under Blackmail," which explores the connections between Sean "Diddy" Combs, Jeffrey Epstein, and a larger network involving organized crime, intelligence agencies, and the music industry.

Key Points:

• Diddy & Epstein as Fall Guys: The article suggests Diddy and Epstein are not the heads of the snake, but rather figures being sacrificed to protect more powerful individuals.
• Clive Davis's Influence & Scandal: Clive Davis, a key figure in Diddy's career, had a prior scandal involving embezzlement and alleged connections to procuring drugs and prostitutes. Despite this, he quickly rebounded in the music industry.
• Compromising of Artists: Allegations that Davis, Andre Harrell, and Russell Simmons used drugs and alcohol to compromise Diddy, and that Diddy then used similar tactics to control younger artists like Usher and Justin Bieber.
• Blackmail & Recording: Diddy's obsessive drive to record everything, potentially for blackmail purposes, possibly influenced by Clive Davis.
• Mob Ties & Private Prisons: The article highlights alleged mob ties within MCA Records and connections to the private prison system. The video references an anonymous industry insider's account of a meeting where record labels were encouraged to promote crime in hip-hop to fill private prisons.
• CIA Involvement & Drug Trafficking: Allegations that MCA Records had ties to the CIA and that the CIA was involved in drug trafficking in black communities.
• Political Connections: Lou Wasserman of MCA had close ties to Bill Clinton, with the Wasserman Foundation becoming a major donor to the Clinton Foundation.
• Death Row as an Intelligence Front: The video mentions that part two of the series will examine the East vs. West Rap feud and the deaths of Tupac and Biggie, and that Death Row Records was an intelligence front.
• Corporations Profiting from Inmate Labor: Companies like Walmart and Microsoft are mentioned as having profited from inmate labor.

Highlights:

• Whitney Webb's detailed investigation linking Diddy and Epstein to a broader network of corruption.
• The allegation that record labels conspired to promote criminal behavior in rap music to benefit from private prison investments.
• The suggestion that Diddy and Epstein are taking the fall to protect more powerful figures within the network.
• The historical context of alleged CIA involvement in drug trafficking and its impact on black communities.

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Leftist news commentary and interviews. Fighting for political and social change. Sabby Sabs podcast is a part of Revolutionary Blackout Network.

From their last album in 2016. RIP Plug 2.

Dude this is obviously a big coming out letter right? He's bi. It's literally right on the cover. My BIDAR (it's like LIDAR but cooler and people pretend it doesn't exist) is going off in like every song, the album is about the duality of the mask we present and the emotional reality of our inner lives, framed as two parts: "Bravado + Intimo". Everything about it is bi and it's like that scene with Eminem in that stupid movie where he's like "yeah I'm gay, I've been leaving breadcrumbs the whole time." And the chiron reads "HECTOR'S RECTUM REAL???!!" lol. Tell me you don't immediately see what I mean listening to this:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4dtaAiAxN9PTAULU37y9dG

(IDK - Mario Coins)

If this is supposed to be a secret I'll delete this lol cuz yeah I don't see anyone saying this but I am not super into social media so IDK (😜) but it doesn't seem like a secret at all to me, he even says this is supposed to be the album that is like a reintroduction to him, which sounds exactly like a coming out album to me in yet another way. It all lines up, to me at least. Not trying to blow up his spot but I honestly think that's the intended interpretation. Am I late to the discussion and just my search engine sucks? Because I already think it does (pretty sure that's endemic) so I may be. Either way I absolutely love it. I've not been keeping up much with music and I'm trying to catch up and this guy and his album is my part of my latest round of discovery.

Maybe I'm just being weird and projecting. That has happened at least once.

Bonita, Bonita, Bonita

Sometimes the algorithm knows what's up

There were 2 hiphop groups in the 90s that came out with almost the same song at the same time.

IIRC, one group was from around Atlanta, the other group somewhere in or near the Midwest like Indiana or Chicago.

Again IIRC, they sued each other in court for plagiarism, and the Midwest group was ruled to have been first.

Again IIRC, one of the groups had a number in their name.

I'm thinking that this was some kind of dance craze that was circulating through HBCUs at the time, and these groups just recorded their tracks to reflect the music.

Both songs' refrains were very similar, with the difference of 1 or 2 vowels or letters.

Again IIRC, the refrain was similar to the "Hey... Ho..." refrain in "Hip Hop Hooray" from Naughty By Nature is used there, but I'm almost positive that that was not it.

Does anyone remember what those songs and groups were?

Did you guys see this? What do you think about Kendrick popping up on the Carti album?