The Epstein Chronicles
The Downfall Of Diddy: Former Bad Boy Artist Mark Curry Dishes On Diddy (10/10/24)
Mark Curry, a former artist signed to Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records, recently alleged that Diddy used non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence A-list artists in exchange for returning their music publishing rights. According to Curry, Diddy anticipated legal challenges and offered artists their publishing rights back in exchange for signing NDAs, which would prevent them from discussing him publicly. This move reportedly occurred just before Diddy faced a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Curry himself claims he refused to sign an NDA and has since spoken out about his experience with Bad Boy Records, stating that Diddy's actions were a calculated attempt to cover his tracks amid the looming legal troubles. He shared these allegations during The Trial of Diddy, a podcast that explores the various accusations against the music mogul​.
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Terms and conditions apply. What's up everyone and welcome back to the program as we continue to navigate through the murky Diddy waters. We're getting more information from people that were close to Diddy, people that used to be in his circle, people who know him personally, and people who have some opinions about why Diddy made certain moves before he was arrested. And according to Mark Curry, who is a recording artist, he says that Diddy gave the publishing rights back to people on his label in order for them to keep silent about what Diddy was allegedly up to. And part of getting those publishing rights back was you had to sign an NDA. So let's get to this article from the DailyML.com and let's see what they have for us headline Diddy's drastic move that bought the silence of celebrities before his bombshell arrest. This article was authored by Will Potter. Sean Diddy Combs may have bought the silence of his A-list friends by handing them back the lucrative rights to their music records in exchange for NDA's, a former rapper in his orbit claimed. Seems plausible. And if you know that you're facing what Diddy was facing or is facing, then giving the publishing rights back is small potatoes. You can always make more money, right? If you can beat these charges, you're still Diddy. You can always come back and make some dough one way or the other. However, if people start ratting on you and if people are running to the authorities to tell them what they know about you, things are going to be a lot more difficult and it doesn't matter what your name is at that point. And just to reiterate, that's the whole entire purpose of Rico, right? They want to get everybody around you to turn on you to roll over and to offer up information about your alleged crimes. And if people decide to do that, then the government, well, they'll let them off on their role in the alleged criminal enterprise. So that's the payoff, right? Okay, look, you come and give us information and if you give us that information, we're not going to indict you and we're not going to pursue charges against you. But if you don't roll over on your buddy, forget it, because due to the nature of Rico, you're now looking at a sentence from now till forever. So people are quick to start singing a song. And Diddy, for everything else that he is, is not a stupid businessman. He knew that and he was very aware of trying to get out ahead of it. And according to Mr. Curry, the way he was trying to do that was giving the publishing rights back to his artists. A month before Diddy was hit with a scathing lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, that ultimately resulted in criminal charges, Diddy surprised the music industry by giving back publishing rights under his bad boy label to a host of artists under his control. While the decision was praised at the time, rapper Mark Curry joined the Daily Mail's hit podcast to try a little Diddy this week to offer his thoughts from the inside about what he believes really went down. I mean, it sounds plausible to me. Little quid pro quo. Diddy saying to himself, you know what? Probably a good idea here to make sure that we're cutting this shit off at the knees and we're not going to deal with anybody breaking ranks and talking about what they know, because how many criminal enterprises have we seen get sunk from people on the inside cooperating with the government, just about all of them, right? That's the only way you can take down an operation like this. Nobody's going to come and tell you what's going on. And the people that do come forward, well, they're not believed because of the power imbalance. And Diddy was very aware of that and he utilized that power imbalance to help him with his alleged crimes. He gave all the artists back their publishing rights in exchange for an NDA, not to talk about him. He claimed because I think he had some kind of idea that this was coming down the pipeline, tried to cover up his tracks real quick, but it didn't work. And he definitely knew what was coming. All you have to do is read the court documents to know that. That's why he went to New York early. That's why he made all these other motions before getting arrested. That way that when he did get arrested, he could go to the court and say, look, I've been proactive and I've been cooperative and I'm not somebody who's a risk. However, we all know that so far anyway, that has failed. He's now in front of a new judge for a third bell attempt, but I don't see him having any more success than he did the first two times around. Curry appeared alongside host Marjorie Hernandez, Daily Mail's West Coast News editor for the episode to delve into the legacy of Diddy following his arrest. The rapper told us even years after leaving Bad Boy, he still is not recovered financially or emotionally. After years of touring and writing hits for Diddy, the promise of his debut album never materialized. And the publishing rights to the songs he wrote under Bad Boy brought zero money to his own pocket since Diddy and the label on the lion's share of the publishing rights. And again, that's a major theme with everybody who's brought issue against Diddy, that he doesn't pay them. Now look, I could understand if you didn't have any dough, right? But bro, you have billions of dollars or at least a billion dollars, that's what you always tell us. And you can't pay your artists, you can't pay your chef. And we're not talking about one person here, we're talking about multiple, multiple people coming out saying the same things about Diddy time and time again. Collusion, Curry said he made the decision to step away from his rap career and went back to Georgia. To make ends meet, he became a carpenter, but the ups and downs of his career with Bad Boy and dealing with the devil, what he often calls Diddy, continues to haunt him. In 2009, Curry wrote a book titled Dancing with the Devil, How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip Hop, detailing his oftentimes tumultuous experiences working under combs. And when you work under a chaos agent like Diddy, it's gonna be nothing but chaos. That's the only way an operation like this can survive. It has to survive amongst the chaos. And that's exactly what it did according to all these reports. And not only survive, but this operation that Diddy was allegedly heading, well it thrived. He said that the last time he spoke to Diddy was around September 2023, a month before Cassie would file her bombshell lawsuit. Diddy was then that Diddy made his move that surprised the music industry by returning the publishing rights that Bad Boy owned from its original artist, including Curry, rapper Mace, Cameron, Faith Evans, The Locks, 112, and others. And this has always been a big point of contention with a lot of artists that work for Bad Boy that were signed to Bad Boy without restrictive the rights were when it comes to their music. So that's certainly a win for the artist, right? Whenever you control your own craft, your own art, certainly a win for you. And if you're the one making all the money on it, so much the better. But let's not act like Diddy was coming from a place of altruism, okay? He was trying to protect himself, at least according to these reports, and it makes sense. Self-preservation has to be priority number one for Diddy at this point, right? 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No NDA's going to protect you from the government's subpoenaing information from you. Curry equated getting his publishing rights back as like giving you back a Nissan Sentra. When it was brand new in 2024, when it was not even valued in the junkyard, they got smart cars now, battery operated Teslas and stuff he added. I felt like he gave me back a female that I used to love that he abused, took advantage of her, then gave her back to me. I used to love her. That's how I felt about it. I used to love her. Then he did that. He's talking about the rights to his music. And there's must be a lot that goes into that, right? After the artist, you create these songs, this music, and then somebody pilfers it? Can't be a good feeling. When asked by Hernandez, if he signed an NDA, Curry responded, "Did he can't tell me not to do anything? Because we had a contract when we first got into business and it said that you was going to help me further my career. That didn't work. So now, any other contract that you have for me, I'm avoiding it too." So since we're going to be disrespectful, we're going to be disrespectful all the way around the table. You just ain't going to be you telling me, and me listening, so I'll be like, "Cool, that ain't going to stop me from doing nothing." And good for him. I wouldn't sign one single thing, put in front of me by "Did he no matter what?" Or by any of these people, honestly, I had one company, try and make me sign a non-compete, and sign an NDA when I left, and I laughed directly in their face. Curry's appearance comes after Hernandez, was joined last time by Greg Cading, one of the investigators who was assigned to the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. He explored Diddy's alleged connection to the slaying, which was said to have been rooted in beef between Diddy's Bad Boy Records on the East Coast and Marion Shugnite's death row records on the West Coast, and I think at some point soon we're going to do an origin story on where the beef between Tupac, Diddy, Biggie, Shugnite, Death Row and Bad Boy all originated from, because it's a pretty interesting story. So we'll definitely dive into that at some point as well, maybe over the weekend. Tupac's murder came on September 13, 1996, when he was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip in a car driven by Shugnite. Six months later, as he was leaving a party in LA after the 1997 Soul Train Awards, the notorious B.I.G., was shot and killed. Getting claimed combs hired members from the notorious Crip Street Gang in 1995 during a stop of the Summer Jam's tour in Anaheim, California to carry out the hit. So look, it's very possible that Diddy might have something to do with what went down. We just don't have that evidence for us to dive into yet, it's all speculation, but when you have all this other stuff going on, is it too far of a leap for us to make? That Mr. Cading might be on point when he's talking about Diddy having some role in what happened to Tupac? So it's going to be pretty interesting as we continue to move forward following along with the information as it comes out, and to see which way all of this breaks. So we're going to be here the whole entire time following along every single day as this story continues to evolve. As for this episode, well that's going to do it. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. Hey Amazon Prime members, why pay more for groceries when you can save big on thousands of items at Amazon Fresh? Shop Prime exclusive deals and save up to 50% on weekly grocery favorites. Plus save 10% on Amazon brands, like our new brand Amazon Saver, 365 by Whole Foods Market, a plenty and more. 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