Rolling Stone recalls Sean "Diddy" Combs' history of violence

[mayjailer]

Sean "Diddy" Combs has attempted to rebrand himself as "Brother Love," but he has a prolonged history of violence dating back to the '90s.

Here's a brief look at Diddy’s history of controversies and allegations: https://t.co/x75Az3jhla pic.twitter.com/Ph8llcZIx2
- Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 20, 2023

On the heels of Sean "Diddy" Combs

Comments

[solira21]

There's something certifiably weird about Rolling Stone gleefully publishing this "history of violence dating back to the 90s" when they were doing fluffy coverage of him well into the 2010s. Like, all you have to do is look up his name in their archive and he's just being covered as a regular musician.

Anyways fuck this guy for being an abusive POS, but this article feels opportunistic and tonally strange coming from this publication.

[bluesforgotten]

I'm not defending RS, or any other publication. there's been so much crazy shit over the years that the pieces have been there, but I also think court records and people otherwise going on the record recently provides much more substance to report on versus rumors that can lead to lawsuits.

i think cassie is opening the floodgates and more and more people will go on the record, which empowers others to speak out. it also empowers people to confirm rumors when RS or whoever comes calling, instead of giving a no comment.

[solira21]

Hmm, maybe you're right. Something about the tone sat weirdly with me but I don't disagree that the whole picture was probably hard to see.

[anterrabre]

Plus, it's a bad idea to write articles based on piecemeal information and street talk; it's a good way to get sued. One of the reasons why Jim DeRogartis was able to start his investigatory articles about R. Kelly was because some families in Chicago went on record with him, and as he printed more articles more and more people came forward. Hopefully, that will happen here.

[bluesforgotten]

yeah i think RS is definitely disingenuous in their presentation of this as they COULD HAVE known and very well probably heard rumors for years, but i also assume a lot of publications are going to have a lot more to work with now that people may be more likely to speak on the record or even just confirm/deny

[callonme_84]

Oooh that’s a good point. Bc I was thinking the same exact solira was thinking.

[bluesforgotten]

yeah i think RS is definitely disingenuous in their presentation of this as they COULD HAVE known and very well probably heard rumors for years, but i also assume a lot of publications are going to have a lot more to work with now that people may be more likely to speak on the record or even just confirm/deny

[pseudonygma]

ITA with you.

At the same time, maybe we're at a place now where people can do their own deep dives and find things that even Rolling Stone couldn't that would corroborate with everything being said. Puff is probably not as trigger happy to sue right now given how much attention it would shed on his past if it's something he's been actively trying to bury from public scrutiny.