Diddy’s Bad Boy Rapper Got Away With Murder For 17 Years — Then Confessed
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Why did G. Dep finally confess to the 1993 murder?
I had a gun. I was riding around on a bike. I thought maybe I was gonna get a jackpot. I was just trying to scare him and I just shot. Bad. And that's when he fell. And then I looked back, he was on the ground. And when I signed the bad boy, I kinda was at the point where it was like, Okay, move on. As time went on, it was haunting me. You know, that should be bothering me, man. I might, I might, you know, turn myself in for that, man. I needed help. I used the justice system for my benefit.
In December of 2010, a man walked into a New York City police precinct and confessed to a murder that he'd committed in Harlem back in 1993. That man's name was G Depp, a best-selling rapper under Sean Diddy Combs's record label, Bad Boy Entertainment. Today I sit down with G Depp to hear his life story of how he went from small-time crack dealer to a successful rapper. On the biggest music label in the world at the time. And why, after getting away with a murder, did he decide to turn himself in 17 years later? And for a bonus episode with Depp, where he tells wild prison stories and yes, what it's actually like working for Diddy, head over to Patreon.com slash the Connect Show. And of course, don't forget to subscribe to the channel so that you never miss an episode.
Ladies and gentlemen, this man and his story are a part of hip hop history. It's G Depp right here on the Connect with Johnny Mitchell. It seems like a lot of the dudes that caught bodies from New York during the crack era, like yourself, it seems like a lot of those guys got out. Yeah. You know, because you they had the indeterminate You know, fifteen to life, twenty to life. And New York, obviously, as things started to thaw out and y they realized this was a phenomena, the crack era. These were sixteen, seventeen year olds. Right.
How did G. Dep’s Harlem upbringing influence his early life and spark his interest in rap?
You know, it's they're completely different people now. They're grown men.
That's what I think happened too.
Yeah. Yeah. Well, cause back then, you know, like you know how it was. Yeah, it was just like knock 'em up. But everybody was it everybody had a body. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that's a fact. It was like it was a whole wild it was a wild, wild west out here, man. Literally, you know what I mean? Not and yeah, this is the wild, wild west, literally. I like I like Texas though, man. The vibe of it is kinda like, you know, it reminds me almost kinda like New York in a funny way.
Texas is the New York of the South іна. These people think they're just the best. Yeah. You know the New York attitude? Yeah. Nobody You can feel it though. You
can feel it. Yeah, it's it's cool. Yeah, it is what it is.
But I understand the New York attitude 'cause that really is the best city in the world. So you can have a little bit of ego, but come on, cowboys.
Uh, I get it, I get it. I you know, I I would I would I would probably feel kinda kinda on a you know, a high horse, for lack of a better word, if I lived in Texas too though. You know, it's such a it's such an iconic place. You know what I mean? Houston. Yeah, Houston. Just saying Texas. You know, you know, you think about, you know, I I was when I woke up this morning, I was looking out the window. All I thought about was like the Alamo and shit like that. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like it's this is a historic place too, though. Totally. You know what I'm saying? So it's like Totally. You know. Yeah, it's its own universe down there.
Yeah, like, you know, so. You know, I could I get it. Yeah. G Depp, it's kind of surreal sitting across from you. All my people from the early two thousands, I all I told them you were coming on and they all were like, Oh good for you. Oh, that's just from the bad boy era and the the special delivery. I mean, you were really like popping. Thanks, man. Those are the days, man. And y what's interesting is I looked into you more and it's like you're not just the bad boy era. Like you're a real artist. You you were putting in work and putting out you've put out a lot of music. I appreciate
it. Yeah, I I love it. I love, you know, I'm a hip hop fan, you know? So it's like.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did G. Dep finally confess to the 1993 murder?
0:00–1:55
2
How did G. Dep’s Harlem upbringing influence his early life and spark his interest in rap?
1:55–5:19
3
What impact did drug dealing and the crack era have on G. Dep’s path to Bad Boy Records?
5:19–12:02
4
How did G. Dep secure his first Bad Boy deal and what were the terms of the contract?
12:02–1:12:49
5
How did G. Dep’s relationship with Diddy shape his early Bad Boy career?
1:12:49–1:31:33
6
What role did PCP (“dust”) play in G. Dep’s life, music, and mindset?
1:31:33–1:49:12
7
What moment made G. Dep finally decide to turn himself in after 17 years?
1:49:12–2:06:25
8
How did the trial, clemency process, and eventual release unfold for G. Dep?
2:06:25–2:22:29
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