2020 and the Black Lives Movement wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for hip-hop. Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World I: The Foundation, BBC 2023
‘Hip-hop is part of a movement of black music that started in slavery.’ ibid.
‘Hip-hop is like the bastard child of disco.’ ibid.
‘DJs are initially like band leaders.’ ibid.
‘Some years later Lovebug Starski and Chief Rocker Busy Bee started calling it Busy Bee.’ ibid.
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five: The Message. ibid.
Run DMC: Hard Times 1983. Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World II: Under Seige
Public Enemy: Night of the Living Baseheads 1988. ibid.
Public Enemy: Fight the Power 1989. ibid.
Ice T: 6 n the Morning 1987. ibid.
‘Rap music was also becoming a language that brought communality across the world.’ Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World III: Culture Wars
‘But the misogyny just got huge.’ ibid.
‘A whole new sound was coming out of the west coast: it would change hip-hop for ever.’ ibid.
‘Tupac made the hardest records ever to do that people were afraid to touch.’
Snoop Dogg: Gin and Juice
‘The hearings didn’t amount to much. Hip-hop didn’t lose its voice.’
All through the ’90s and then to the millennium hip-hop was taking over America. Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World IV: Still Fighting
A lot of us were asking, What price have we paid to get here? ibid.
[Sean]: I’ve seen the media portray me like I’m a gangster. Sean Combs: The Reckoning I: Pain vs Love, Netflix 2026
Another woman is accusing Sean Diddy Combs of sexual assault. ibid. news
In 2025 Sean Combs was tried in federal court on charges including RICO, sex trafficking, and violations of the Mann Act. He was convicted of two counts of transportation to enage in prostitution under the Mann Act and acquitted on the remaining charges. ibid. caption
In September of 2024 Sean Combs had a videographer follow him in New York City. Around this time, Combs was under federal investigation. The filmmakers obtained this footage after Sean Combs was arrested. ibid.
Whatever I want, I’m going to get! Whatever I want, I have to get! ibid. Angry Sean
He is the best storyteller in hip-hop. ibid. comment
My dad taught me right from wrong. Sean didn’t have that. ibid.
Janice Combs was contacted for comment regarding allegations that she physically harmed Sean Combs. She did not respond to our request. ibid. caption
In November of 2023, Joi Dickerson-Neal sued Sean Combs under the New York State Adult Survivors Act. Her lawsuit, which alleges she was drugged and assaulted by Combs in 1991, was one of the first among more than 100 civil cases filed against Combs. ibid.
All his life he’s been trying to honour a man he believed was a famous Harlem gangster. ibid. comment
The death toll from last week’s stampede at a New York charity basketball game has risen to nine. ibid. TV news
The filmmakers reached out to Sean Combs regarding accusations that he physically harmed his mother. He did not reply. ibid. caption
He is able to sponge from the community and the culture and package it. ibid. comment
Sean Combs has repeatedly and forcefully denied any involvement in the death of Tupac Shakur. ibid. caption
[Tupac’s cousin]: At the time there’s this tension that is going on between Pac and Puff. Puff wanted to work with Pac on a lot of levels business-wise. And Pac wasn’t having it. Sean Combs: The Reckoning II: What Goes Down Must Come Up
Recording artist Tupac Shakur was shot five times last night in a robbery attempt. ibid. news
Puff is in this position where he has all this turmoil … He’s saying to himself, How do I get out of this. ibid. comment
Bad Boy Records didn’t make enough money to explain his wealth. ibid.
He has zero talent musically. ibid. Al B. Sure!
And then there’s a side of him that’s all-out dark. ibid. comment
He [Puff] told me seriously, I need to get rid of these guys. ibid. proffer testimony
According to Keffe D he was never compensated for the murder. ibid. comment
At the time of airing, Keffe D is set to stand trial in 2026 for the murder of Tupac Shakur. He now claims the proffer was made under duress. ibid. caption
He [Sean] ushered Biggie to his death. ibid. comment
[comment]: I’ve never seen him actually punch or hit Kim … but I knew what was going on. Sean Combs: The Reckoning III: Official Girl
He found an attitude that was right for him. ibid.
Alleged attack by rap mogus rocks industry: Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs charged in assault on a competitor. ibid. Los Angeles Time headline
The more we get into Bad Boy, the more people got in trouble by keeping bad company. ibid. comment
I began to see the ugliness in the nature of him as a human being. ibid.
More than 100 civil cases have been filed alleging sexual assault or related misconduct by Sean Combs. As of airing, 77 cases are pending. ibid. caption
[victim]: I was drugged pretty often. Sean Combs: The Reckoning IV: Blink Again
And I was like, Where my money? ibid. victim
I don’t even know if I was raped, and I don’t want to know. ibid.
He had a gun, and he was mad as hell … He kidnapped me. ibid.