Choose Greg Mathis didn’t maintain again when addressing Diddy and the mogul’s alleged road credibility, saying the Hip-Hop government’s tough-guy picture by no means held weight with actual gangsters.
“Road guys don’t worry him as a result of they know he’s by no means been on the street. He was a child, went to Catholic college, after which he was bullied. He tried to hitch up with some little gang in New York, I believe Harlem, that weren’t even partaking in crime,” Choose Mathis mentioned.
Diddy is presently dealing with a wide-ranging federal investigation that features accusations of racketeering, intercourse trafficking, and kidnapping.
Prosecutors allege he led a prison community that enabled years of sexual, bodily and emotional abuse. The costs additionally embody arson, drug offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice.
Mathis, a former Detroit road hustler turned tv choose, mentioned Diddy’s status within the music business was constructed extra on worry and affiliation than precise road credibility.
Diddy’s father, Melvin Earl Combs, was a identified determine in Harlem’s drug scene and had ties to the notorious kingpin Frank Lucas. In 1972, Melvin was shot and killed in his automotive on Central Park West. He was 33.
“His father, who was killed, was a giant gangster in New York. And from my understanding, his mom, you recognize, she wasn’t nothing to play with. And she or he was related along with his mates from the previous. Like, I’m related to my good friend gangsters from the previous,” Choose Mathis defined.
Although rumors swirled that he was an informant, nobody was ever charged with the homicide. Diddy was only a toddler on the time.
“There was a way of worry in New York that the oldsters that have been near his, there was one specifically who was near his dad, and everyone feared. Everyone feared within the nation. And so some say that that’s why he felt such the freedom of being a tricky man,” Choose Mathis mentioned.
Diddy’s former accomplice Cassie Ventura accused him of rape, bodily abuse and sexual slavery throughout their 10-year relationship. One other girl, Mia, mentioned Diddy raped her, threw ice on her head, and chased her out of his house whereas she was menstruating.
Different disturbing claims embody firebombing Child Cudi’s automotive, breaking into his house, and locking his canine in a rest room. Witnesses additionally described being pressured into humiliating intercourse acts often known as “freak-offs.”
Mathis, who turned his life round after serving time as a teen and later turned certainly one of tv’s most revered authorized voices, has lengthy used his platform to talk on justice and redemption.
His syndicated present Choose Mathis ran for over 20 years and earned him a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
Choose Mathis is scheduled to ship the keynote deal with on the BOMESI Summit this weekend (June 6-9).
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