A once, and powerful giant has indeed fallen. A power player has succumbed to a devastating avalanche of accusations reawakening past tales of some of Hollywood’s most lurid, darkest moments, and one individual's precipitous starlight impending descent into the abyss of obscurity. Over the years, Sean “Diddy” Combs, a media mogul, with a grandiose rise in the 1990s, was an influential media darling. So public was his image that there was no shadow to hide in. Diddy’s, very public, stumbling has opened the floodgates to multiple accusations, lawsuits, and videos pounding the headlines like shrapnel from a grenade explosion.

Looking at those grenade fragments, it is alleged that Rolling Stone Magazine went into a six-month investigation into the whole Diddy affair, looking to interview some 300 people, where only about 50 talked on the record. The allegations hit the moon so hard that they bounced back. Out-of-control rage, violence towards women, Jekyll and Hyde persona, roofie-laced champagne, and “freak off” parties with debauchery so raw it would make Caligula blush. Question…did Diddy…do it? Did The Diddy do it?

With the video release of Diddy assaulting a woman in a hotel hallway in 2016, and the multiple sexual abuse lawsuits levied against him, things are looking pretty dire. With many in the Hollywood elite refraining from showing any support; Diddy has found himself isolated. Some critics have allegedly even hinted that Diddy may be worse than the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein given the scope of the allegations.

Now with the FBI and Homeland Security raids on his properties, in Los Angeles and Miami, the exposure is so great that celebrities are, for sure, distancing themselves from him. The silence would be eerie except for some lashing out on YouTube and social. I don’t know if there is any truth to it, but there’s even talk of 50 Cent coming out with a documentary on Daddy’s fall. 

The raids have also revealed even more sinister information like every room in the house being wired with hidden cameras in a Jeffrey Epstein-style honeypot trap. FBI agents have retrieved servers, computers, and multiple videos. This sort of evidence will, if damning, bring down prominent people in the Babylon limelight, from major stars, princes, politicians, athletes, and preachers. I don’t need to name names, but hey; one only needs to open one’s eyes to those tap dancing around the allegations like dodging a hot messy baby diaper.

With all of this madness in motion, Diddy’s media empire has taken some big hits. His radio airplay has taken a dump with analytics showing a sharp decline in popularity, and audience impressions.

Once a giant in the music industry, Sean “Diddy” Combs was the go-to dude. But now the spotlight has changed into another color. A “color-me-bad” kind of color. The alleged misconduct and legal tribulations are now coming to a head, and everyone will soon know the truth or the ugly picture about to be painted all over the media. 

I’m sure as I write this thing up, there are a few script writers out there, finishing up on their final drafts for an epic movie. If they do it right, it will be a cautionary tale for those climbing the ladder to fame and fortune within the Babylonian system called Hollywood. It will be a gripping story of reaching ridiculous heights of notoriety only to reach the precipitous descent into a darker paradoxical world.  

As the saying goes… know thyself.

Mo-Zed Dupree

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Using AI Tech in the Recording Industry

The Pros & Cons for Up-and-Coming Artists

The AI boom has revolutionized countless industries, including the music industry. Particularly, raising the integration of various AI aspects, from music production, composition, and marketing, down to the analysis of audience participation. Also, with the opportunities emerging for up-and-coming artists, more concerns breach the surface. So, we’ll be looking at several pros and cons of the uses of AI technology in the recording process and the industry from the perspective of a recording artist about to emerge on the scene.

The Pros

The Enhancement of the Creative Process

Artists using AI tools, such as (machine-learned) generative algorithms, can be inspired or assisted in exploring compositions and ideas outside their relative musical norms. With fresh chord progressions, melodies, or even lyrical ideas, these AI tools can help spark the creative vein that an artist can build on.

 Reduced Production Cost

Using AI-powered plugins and virtual instruments, the process involved in producing professional-quality tracks can be achieved without the overheads of hiring producers, and engineers, or logging in some studio time. It’s crazy, to think, that the democratization of music production through the various means of AI for the emerging artist has come to a level where polished recordings can be done on such a small and limited budget.

Streamlined Workflow

Repetitive tasks can be automated by streamlining the recording process. Amazing! When it comes to audio editing, mixing, and even mastering the final tracks, the algorithms used by AI can assist in bringing it all together. As an artist, this enables more time to be creative and productive in creating music, not being bogged down with the technical aspects, or the learning curves involved in working with complex UI programs.

 Using AI to Target Audience Insights

The amount of data involved in analyzing valuable audience insights is immense. AI technology can target and analyze listening patterns, audience preferences, and demographics to help an artist customize their music and or strategies for effective marketing campaigns. Also, to help tailor a look and feel to gain a higher visibility to connect with fans.

 The Cons

 That Personal Touch or Expression

Some will argue that the potential loss of the “human equation” for unique artist expression can kill, an up-and-coming artist. Taking away, the refined compositions created individually if a heavy reliance on AI-generated content is used. This will create a soul-killing event for authenticity and originality in the ears of critics. 

 Homogenization and Overemphasis on Commercial

Artistic exploration could be sidelined.  With the integration and distraction of AI in the music industry the focus could be centered and focused on commercial successes. The need to cater to popular trending styles or algorithms will run the risk of homogenization killing experimentation and diversity. Artist beware.

 Considerations for Ethics

In considering, the case of infringements in the music industry.  Copyright and intellectual property rights raise a butt-load of… read more.

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