Brian Buckmeyer

Yeah. So first, thanks for having me here. And I think you got to go back to when he started with Uptown Records with Mr. Harrell and then left to start Bad Boy Records. And he was the producer for Notorious B.I.G. And then he had his own kind of music that influenced as well and started with other rappers and creating careers.

Yeah. So first, thanks for having me here. And I think you got to go back to when he started with Uptown Records with Mr. Harrell and then left to start Bad Boy Records. And he was the producer for Notorious B.I.G. And then he had his own kind of music that influenced as well and started with other rappers and creating careers.

And it wasn't just about the music. Bad Boys artists had an era-defining style, a look, baggy, bold, flashy clothes.

And it wasn't just about the music. Bad Boys artists had an era-defining style, a look, baggy, bold, flashy clothes.

I mean, not to be the lawyer here, but I would argue he wasn't at the forefront. He was the forefront, right? And I have a brother and sister who were in their early twenties. And so when I talked to them about hip hop and rap, they're like, no, it was always a thing. That genre of music has always been popular. And I'm like, no, there was a time where you weren't supposed to listen to this music.

I mean, not to be the lawyer here, but I would argue he wasn't at the forefront. He was the forefront, right? And I have a brother and sister who were in their early twenties. And so when I talked to them about hip hop and rap, they're like, no, it was always a thing. That genre of music has always been popular. And I'm like, no, there was a time where you weren't supposed to listen to this music.

It was underground. There was a time that it wasn't mainstream, that it wasn't cool. It was considered a fad that it would come and go and be gone in the next day. And then all of a sudden, you have this guy named Puffy, and I'm still getting used to calling him Diddy. But you have this guy named Puffy who's making it not only cool, but making it into an industry.

It was underground. There was a time that it wasn't mainstream, that it wasn't cool. It was considered a fad that it would come and go and be gone in the next day. And then all of a sudden, you have this guy named Puffy, and I'm still getting used to calling him Diddy. But you have this guy named Puffy who's making it not only cool, but making it into an industry.

Not just through his music and his catalog of music and his artists, but also through getting into the liquor industry and getting into MTV. I mean, MTV was huge, making the band, 106 and Park, his artists, like they shaped our culture and our music in a massive way.

Not just through his music and his catalog of music and his artists, but also through getting into the liquor industry and getting into MTV. I mean, MTV was huge, making the band, 106 and Park, his artists, like they shaped our culture and our music in a massive way.

So you can go through the small stuff like the allegations of Sean Combs hitting his son's UCLA football coach with a kettle belt, right? That kind of popped up and we touched more about it in the podcast and then just kind of went away. You can talk about the City College stampede where he is accused of civilly, not criminally, of overpacking this area.

So you can go through the small stuff like the allegations of Sean Combs hitting his son's UCLA football coach with a kettle belt, right? That kind of popped up and we touched more about it in the podcast and then just kind of went away. You can talk about the City College stampede where he is accused of civilly, not criminally, of overpacking this area.

You heard whispers about keeping people's catalog of music and not giving it to them. And that's maybe more so in the business and criminal and civil side. But you also heard about Puffy. And I always find this astounding when people hear, why is his name Puffy? His name is Puffy because he supposedly had a temper, and supposedly still does, and he would puff out his chest and get angry.

You heard whispers about keeping people's catalog of music and not giving it to them. And that's maybe more so in the business and criminal and civil side. But you also heard about Puffy. And I always find this astounding when people hear, why is his name Puffy? His name is Puffy because he supposedly had a temper, and supposedly still does, and he would puff out his chest and get angry.

So even that, like the name that we've been calling him literally talks about his potential anger issues. And then now we're all like, oh, okay, that dot's been connected. It makes sense now. But it's always been there and glaring. But I think we look past it in light of... He was, in many ways, a representation of Black excellence.

So even that, like the name that we've been calling him literally talks about his potential anger issues. And then now we're all like, oh, okay, that dot's been connected. It makes sense now. But it's always been there and glaring. But I think we look past it in light of... He was, in many ways, a representation of Black excellence.

He was, in many ways, a person who could take something that was very much of the culture of Black and African American people and bring it to the forefront of being rich in culture, but also rich in the sense of how to take yourself from rags to riches to achieve that American dream. And I think everyone, regardless of social status, race, ethnicity, religion, looked at it and admired it.

He was, in many ways, a person who could take something that was very much of the culture of Black and African American people and bring it to the forefront of being rich in culture, but also rich in the sense of how to take yourself from rags to riches to achieve that American dream. And I think everyone, regardless of social status, race, ethnicity, religion, looked at it and admired it.

So I think the first major thing that changed those whispers would be the lawsuit from Cassie Ventura. Cassie Ventura, she's often referred to as Cassie just by the single name as an artist and also a model. And a long time, as we understood it, but are learning a little bit more, I think, through these lawsuits and these criminal cases,

So I think the first major thing that changed those whispers would be the lawsuit from Cassie Ventura. Cassie Ventura, she's often referred to as Cassie just by the single name as an artist and also a model. And a long time, as we understood it, but are learning a little bit more, I think, through these lawsuits and these criminal cases,