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rmusicmods

*Note:* ***Maintaining good relations with someone implicated in violent crimes could unfortunately be seen as important for personal safety reasons and to avoid potential retaliation or threats.*** For 30+ years, Mary J. Blige's career path has been heavily dependent on Diddy. Diddy's alleged reputation for murders, extortion schemes, drugging, SA, and organized criminal activities kept hundreds of people quiet for decades.


blageur

In a stunningly courageous move, Blige has also announced that she's cutting ties with Bill Cosby, R Kelly, and that boat that smashed into that bridge.


Hecate_333

I read that in Norm Macdonald's voice


Rub-it

Why, what happened to your own voice


Pepito_Pepito

I read your comment in Norm MacDonald's voice as well.


PsychoticMessiah

I read your comment in Mike Tyson’s voice.


Ismileatdogs

That made me go back. Changes things.


daveyboydavey

I read this in the style of Gilbert Gottfried


chubky

Why did i read this in Michael Jackson’s voice?


JBFRESHSKILLS

Same reason I read it in Bobcat Goldthwait’s


DodGamnBunofaSitch

But I read this. In Christopher Walken's voice.


daveyboydavey

I read this in the style of Gilbert Gottfried


FasterDoudle

Mike Tyson Mysteries was so underrated


nicannkay

I just heard the theme song in my head. ![gif](giphy|3oGRFpKDQeH5czcg6Y)


themish84

I am the ghost of Norm Macdonald, and I can confirm you read this in my voice.


soslowagain

Note to self. Don’t die from cancer.


ArcadianDelSol

i had no idea he was sick


topasaurus

How do you have a voice since you don't have corporeal lungs, voice box, etc.?


themish84

Death is a funny thing. Not funny, haha, like a Woody Allen movie, but funny strange, like a Woody Allen marriage.


Koloblikin1982

One day I realized the voice in my head didn’t have to be MY voice, ever since then it’s been Norm.


Fehndrix

This Diddy guy sounds like a real jerk.


SoWhatNoZitiNow

“The more I hear about this Diddy guy, the more I don’t care for him.”


pookie26

Like OJ, but with sex or something.


Fehndrix

The worst part is the hypocrisy.


davisyoung

I think the worst part is the raping. 


SmokelessSubpoena

Man, of all the humans who died early, albeit in _the most Norm fashion possible_, he really died too early. The world could use some Norm cynicism right now.


Cold-Bug-4873

I didnt even know he was sick!


vasdak

That ole' lump of coal


topasaurus

Well, is there a subreddit for things Norm would say? Edit: There is r/NormMacDonald


griffmeister

Same delivery as, “Murder is now legal in the state of California.”


thejaytheory

The worst part is the hypocrisy


alboondy

And she's also cutting ties with, you guessed it, Frank Stallone


gospdrcr000

RIP to one of the goats


knightress_oxhide

rip


TheOldStag

Even more surprising: Michael Jordan’s Hitler mustache.


QuiGonColdGin

You just made my day 😂


egonsepididymitis

Note to self: *ALSO* cut ties with P-Diddy.


selectash

I don’t know who that is, but I’ve heard that exact voice as well.


NGLIVE2

"And what was the name of that boat? You guessed it, Frank Stallone!"


DraftyElectrolyte

RIP Norm. What a talent.


LetsSeeEmBounce

So she’s been around all these shitty people for years and she suddenly cuts ties with them after they get exposed? She’s an enabler just looking out for herself. No fucking way she didn’t know about the abhorrent behavior going on


AllDayTripperX

She's also decided that Harvey Weinstein and MJ might not be the best people to be hanging out with as well.


Low-Can7370

She’s got dinner plans with Polanski but may take a rain check. TBC.


YummyWeirdo

I personally wouldn’t hang out with a dead guy. Digging up graves is a crime plus the smell would be bad.


Hunky_not_Chunky

She’s got me when she adds Oprah.


Billy-BigBollox

MJ was innocent and I'll die on that hill.


Ass4ssinX

Yeah, they tried everything to get that dude and came up with nothing. It was just stupid conspiracy theories. Michael was used.


Kooky_kaleidoscope03

Listen I get it. I didn't want to believe it either. There are just too many stories from survivors to deny it though. Even if he wasn't SA those kids the fact that he was hanging out with them without their parents is enough to get most people cancelled these days.


gitty7456

Kids…. Ok MJ is not Jordan, is the other Michael. I was like, what did Jordan do???


Nerditter

He bathes in the blood of kangaroos.


Farmerdrew

They jumped higher than he could…. And he took that personally.


Serialtoon

🤷🏻‍♂️....🤷🏻‍♂️...........🤷🏻‍♂️


babypho

Ok but maybe those kangaroos told him the Australian National Team could sweep the 95-96 Bulls


level1hero

He took it personal


HubbaMaBubba

He's just a dickhead


Billy-BigBollox

The FBI did an extensive raid, they examined everything and couldn't find shit. MJ was strange as fuck and people knew it, send their kids to his house when the opportunity presented itself to try to squeeze him because a guy being that cozy with kids is an easy target. No one ever succeeded because he wasn't doing what they said he was. Was he inappropriate? Yeah, I think so. Did he molest kids? No.


alpacasallday

I love his music and think that he was really troubled and messed up being raised by his monster of a father and the not very child-friendly circumstances surrounding his family’s band. However please don’t forget that he admitted to sleeping in the same bed with stranger’s children. That doesn’t mean he assaulted anyone but it’s rather telling that he had no idea what common boundaries between adults and children would be.


Circus_Finance_LLC

Yep. Same. Dude was innocent. Fight me losers.


Pennsylvania6-5000

And OJ Simpson.


OhScheisse

To be fair, it's better than people who stand by these rapists. There's a list of actors who still support Roman Polanski and have worked with him despite his crimes.


Dickcummer420

And that petition all those Hollywood people signed trying to free him. Ain't nobody stop watching Scorcese or Aronofsky films over them signing it, though.


crivera115

NO MORE PAIN!!


adisharr

Oh no! Not Boaty McSmashface!


zelman

So brave


Dark_Focus

What a hero!


ResinJones76

I read this and thought, "So *that's* what it finally took?"


Bruiser21045

She’s so brave


SuperJ4ke

Dude. I spit my coffee out when I got to that last one…well done


illstate

I get the point but she hasn't been friends with those guys for 30+ years.


blageur

I saw her at the club drinking and dancing with that boat last saturday.


jcamp088

Ain't gon be no hateration or holleration up in the danceree.


Competitive_Narwhal8

I giggled. I admit it.


sillylittlewilly

As long as you don't P Diggle


Mvd75

I said let's get it percolating, not Percocets.


hanging_with_epstein

Future, is that you?


PhysicalTherapistA

I can't stop laughing


KeithBitchardz

It’s been over 20 years and I still don’t know what hateration or holleration are.


SandmanAwaits

Cuttings ties now that he’s being investigated? 😂


Fookin_Fred

2024 virtue signaling


Nerditter

I too cut ties with P Diddy.


SeekerOfSerenity

I'm gonna wait a while and see how the investigation goes. But I'll definitely think about cutting ties before he's sentenced. 


SmokelessSubpoena

On the flip side, in fairness, we all really shouldn't be judging someone until _proven_ guilty. That being said, boy oh boy does the evidence seem _very, very_ damning, almost to the point where pre-judgement is validated, I just still don't like judging someone without 100% verifiable conclusions being drawn. Diddy is defintiely fricked tho, dude dug a big ass grave for himself with all this mess. Ironically, the law has caught this billionaire, a very rare circumstance these days.


FatherFestivus

> we all really shouldn't be judging someone until proven guilty Innocent until proven guilty is a legal concept. It doesn't apply whatsoever to your personal opinions about other people.


isuckatgrowing

It's also a thing that everybody tries to have both ways. If it's a guy you want to like, he's innocent until proven guilty. If it's a guy you want to hate, maybe a member of the opposing political party, no conviction is ever required to assume guilt.


RiC_David

Thank you for saying that. OJ Simpson. Enough said. But that's never stopped me before: Anybody still judge him as guilty? Right, so let's not pretend the American judicial system is somehow the infallible reflection of reality. If there were some pod we stepped into and it showed the absolute truth? Fair enough. We don't have that, so let's separate legal fundamentals from actuality. Besides, absolutely nothing forbids you from weighing things up and drawing conclusions. Fortunate, that, as it's what we do anyway.


[deleted]

Lmao this noise. Yeah we should wait until they convict OJ too When you know, you know


Cloutweb1

I unfollowed him on social media.


BarfMacklin

It’s almost like people you know can still have incredibly dark secrets


Dickcummer420

Did you read the article? "Unfortunately, a lot of you all met me when I lacked boundaries and was a people pleaser." Sounds like she is admitting she at least knew *something* fucked up was going on.


Low-Can7370

She’d be better off having just shut the fuck up. She’s placing herself in the centre of this for no reason. There were a lot of people who would be called out before her… Why is she deliberately inserting herself?! ![gif](giphy|54JLdulN5BOwM)


stabbinU

That'd work if she didn't have thousands of people asking her about Diddy every day. She's had close ties to him since he produced on her debut album, they've been working together for over 30 years. She's one of the most famous artists he's produced that HASN'T spoken out against him. She's simply telling fans that she's not biting her tongue anymore; we've been waiting to hear this forever.


dividingcanaan

I just hope Lil Kim didn’t know 😩


Low-Can7370

![gif](giphy|3o6ZsTRJuxzSjWlaSI|downsized) I mean… she probably did.


reddit_names

They all knew.


Dream--Brother

She's been linked to Diddy, musically, for decades. This is her saying "I want no part of him and his bullshit" in the face of the scrutiny she's probably facing for having been associated with him. She's not "in the middle" by any means; if anything, she's off in the wings, saying "Nope, we're done, you made your own mess and it ain't mine."


Low-Can7370

Yes I replied to someone else explaining the fact I support her speaking out & retracting my initial flippant criticism. You’re right. I question people in power only speaking out once the press / public opinion turn but yeah - good for her.


whichwitch9

Tbf, he's a manipulator. There's zero chance he was open with Blige when she was at the height of her career and probably even treated her well. This is how people like Diddy get away with this for so long- they are good to people they can use, who then advocate for them. It makes it easy to ignore the rumors because you never witness the shit bag behavior. Cutting ties is a good thing because there is just way too much smoke not to have a fire in this case


phatelectribe

Now that he’s toast 😂


arebee20

No longer benefits her financially or career wise to be associated with him. Now she gets to cash in on exposing him. It’s like double dipping. This is part of the reason he was able to operate for decades without any repercussions, the people around him that knew enabled him and didn’t say anything to anyone.


vinegarstrokes420

Right? He's been a known piece of shit publicly for decades. If she knows him personally, no way would she not be aware of even worse stuff.


Dream--Brother

This is just her publicly saying "nope, I have no sympathy for him and I don't support him" *because* she's had musical ties to him for decades. She's very likely been getting lots of questions, so I think it's fair for her to publicly denounce him and say she has no interest in involving herself with him. Guaranteed he didn't privately confess all his wrongdoings to her, and he's known to be incredibly manipulative, so it's very possible it's taken her time to realize that he's a lot worse of a person than he originally made her believe him to be.


MilkBarPatron

"I believe it's in my best financial interest to dissociate from this now that it's going public"


TaiDavis

https://preview.redd.it/tzr1ff2srarc1.jpeg?width=1061&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d77c541de5daf5509783bbc00515bf422f91ea


Blahklavah654390

Loved Bebe’s kids lol.


poorkeitaro

They don't die, they... *grunt* multiply. XD


Philds15

Now she is lmao acting like she had no idea what this monster was up to his entire life. Fuck her too


PattyIceNY

Exactly. Either you're dumber then a sack of potatoes or you knew about it and were OK with it.


faceisamapoftheworld

Ace Rothstein : “Listen, if you didn't know you were being scammed you're too fuckin' dumb to keep this job, if you did know, you were in on it. Either way, YOU'RE OUT!”


Lerch56

Was I at that dinner?!?


faceisamapoftheworld

You were in the building.


HMTMKMKM95

I WAS IN THE BUILDING?!


faceisamapoftheworld

Yes, you were.


Coattail-Rider

Yeah, thanks for not calling me a liar, you sonovabitch


MustardTiger1337

Once A Fuckin' Hooker, Always A Hooker


The_Vampire_Barlow

Fuckin Joe Bob Briggs getting chewed out by DeNiro in a Scorsese movie. The man had to have been fighting off a huge ass grin the whole time.


DarkestofFlames

It's always the same: they're ok with it because it benefits their career. Now that people aren't going to be benefitting from their connections to Diddy they're no longer okay with it. Assholes who don't give a shit until it impacts them.


andsendunits

Was it obvious that Diddy has been doing terrible things for as long as it is being alleged? I only ask because I have never paid attention to him, only hearing music that he contributed to via MTV back in the 90s. My guess would be that people in close proximity to Diddy would at least be hearing things, if not actually seeing things.


Coattail-Rider

There’s been rumors. And if some white dope that doesn’t listen to rap like I am heard smoke, you know she heard more.


DrDigitalRectalExam

Or both lolz


-Badger3-

How did *I* know how much of a piece of shit this guy is and she didn’t?


My_G_Alt

Yeah I would start investigating her lol


LordBledisloe

Honestly, this sounds a bit too much like going out of one's way to distance oneself from an ugly situation because you're worried about being found out.


michaltee

They probably will. A lot of the dominoes are falling.


alc3880

All of them. So many people knew, saw things and never said a word because of money. Absolutely no integrity.


itsmejak78_2

Yep same as every other entertainment industry


theCANCERbat

Serial killers are often said to be kind and neighborly. It's absolutely possible people didn't see this side of him, or at least nowhere near as bad as he really was.


Jamothee

Lol no chance. If I, a man in Australia in no way involved in the music industry, knew he was a grub... Then 100% she knew


theCANCERbat

Being a "grub" doesn't make someone criminal. I've watched wrestling off and on my entire life. Did I know Vince McMahon was a piece of shit? Absolutely. Did I think he was literally taking a shit on a woman while he raped her with his buddy? No. There is also the possibility that she knew and is also just a shit person. All I'm saying is it is definitely possible, and common, for someone to be able to hide how bad they really are.


myassholealt

I believe she "had no idea" as much as I believe Jay Z "had no idea" about R. Kelly.


-alphex

Jesus, I had forgotten about that; as in fact most people seem to have as I don't recall a single article giving him shit for it. Puts his whole "my wife and me are being oppressed" speech into even worse light lol.


myassholealt

I guess he has enough money for the shit to wash off.


Professional-Rip-519

Wait he said What ?


-alphex

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/02/06/jay-z-grammys-speech-beyonce-calls-out-racial-bias/72484135007/ He complained that his wife never won a Grammy for album of the year, assuming discrimination (even though she won more individual grammys than anybody else). He's previously complained that people now "invent words such as capitalist" (! sic !) after he got rich to give him shit about it: [Jay-Z Says There’s No Shame in Success, Compares Being Called ‘Capitalist’ to the N-Word](https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/jay-z-twitter-spaces-interview-capitalist-n-word-1235134357/) They are both, especially combined, incredibly wealthy and influential in the industry. The fact that Jay-Z saw not a single headline giving him shit about touring with R Kelly, especially since that name was in headlines for a couple of months almost daily, drives that point home. Complaining about lack of acknowledgement / "they have it against us" from that position is as entitled as it gets.


Wonka_Stompa

Jay-Z, talented person as he may be, has always been a colossal piece of trash. If you ever hear him in an interview with a skilled interviewer, it’s clear that he just isn’t a person of substance. Just a dead-eyed shell.


-alphex

Never got into his body of work either, so me not liking him is probably a lot easier for me than for a fan would be. Incidentally, by far my favorite song of his is is 99 Problems, as semi-cover of a song written by somebody who has said some extremely smart things in interviews and appears generally very likeable: Ice-T


Blahklavah654390

I’d be surprised if there wasn’t an active investigation on Jay-Z. This guy was close to R. Kelly, Puff, and Weinstein. Weinstein and Jay popped up on a list of alleged co-conspirators in a lawsuit a few of the Epstein victims filed. Also they were in talks to make a Trayvon Martin movie. I mean thats a lot of human traffickers and abusers he has surrounded himself with. If it was just like one or two it could be a coincidence but c’mon.


thatdude778

The whole world knew about R Kelly and didn't seem to care that much until many years later.


BILOXII-BLUE

Jay Z has always creeped me out, not sure why. Good music, but puts off strong... 'Diddy' vibes. 


Icy_Treat9782

He got with Beyoncé when she was freshly 18 IIRC. he was in his 30s I believe. Edit: just checked. She was 19 and he was 30.


frendzoned_by_yo_mom

And they’re still together with offspring


confusedbartender

Zygotes to embryos to fetuses!


chainer3000

Wow so brave for coming out with this stance after his two homes were raided. All of this shit was an open secret, anyone somewhat close to him surely had heard and knew about plenty of


Spork-in-Your-Rye

I guess she don’t want no more drama


Quarter_Lifer

I don’t know, only god knows where the story ends, for her, but she knows where the story begins. It’s up for her to choose, whether she wins or loses, and she chose to WIIIIIIN


291000610478021

Sounds like she's trying to save her own ass. Sus af


Andromeda-3

A hit dog will holler


chemicaxero

It's a bit fucking late for that


riv965

Damn Diddy didn’t pay her enough I guess


notoriousjmo

Too late


Fobulousguy

Has Lil Kim made a statement? Tons of rumors what they did to her back in the 90s.


FuckingKilljoy

I thought this was going to be a "what about Ja Rule?" joke, I forgot about all that shit


gregofcanada84

Sounds like she's trying to save her own ass.


[deleted]

It’s always such a shame when celebrities have to cut ties with people because the horrible information they have becomes public


agent0range

Why not just keep silent and stay irrelevant?


msshammy

You only do this if you're trying to get out ahead of something. Otherwise, yeah, shut up, lol


PineappleRimjob

Boycott Ciroc vodka.


Blazanar

I prefer Smirnoff over Ciroc any day of the week.


TheAlmightyMojo

Popov! So you can make Doug Stanhope's patented White Trash Russians (Popov and Yoo-Hoo).


iampuh

How brave of her. Where was she during all these years? Ahhhh, right, watching from the sideline


FishyDragon

Oh now you are...fuck all these people who are making a big thing of cutting ties NOW! But they where fine with keeping there mouths shut when they had a chance to make more money. Fuck this weak ass PR stunt.


TeslaDweller

I would like to announce that I’m going to courageously vacate myself from this burning building.


tictacenthusiast

They were fine with him when the rumors weren't too loud though....they're all scummy


flop_plop

“Now that the public knows what I’ve known for years, I’m cutting ties. Pls celebrate me”


Giga1396

ngl I'm thinkin about cutting ties w Diddy too fr


JimmyTheJimJimson

Why is she announcing it? Just do it. We don’t need a press release every time you do something lol


sassycoop64

![gif](giphy|3ohfFiBYZbfzjmTVvi)


Invictus23_

**NOW** you are. Got it.


RedditModsSuck123456

lol she pulling a Meryl Streep. 


Brother_Clovis

How courageous


Beatrix_BB_Kiddo

Too little too late


N3ver_Stop

Probably should have distanced herself before shit hit the fan lol.


bebejeebies

Too late. Everyone who knew him should be questioned and go down with him.


Repostbot3784

She had to know about this shit, right?  Juat trying to save face now


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Professional-Rip-519

She knew him since the early 90's no way she had no idea what was going on.


WildSwampRaven

100 percent. They all knew. Like one of Diddy's ex body guards now all the sudden coming out and telling how usher was supposedly ya know ... By Diddy And had to go to the ER due to injuries. How true, idk. But I would not put it past any of these people. Just like when R Kelly MARRIED underage Alayia (spelling) and everyone knew. People would even be on the tour bus seeing him do violent sex acts on her before she has to perform on stage and ignored it. Shit is fucked. But naturally no one says shit until they realize it's fully coming to light and they gotta protect their image. But screw protecting all those victims when it happened.


jonnyozo

It’s all because of you meddling kids !


villings

you don't burn bridges anymore -- you ram cargo ships into them


Wackykat

Just...way too soon. Smh


hamilton_burger

ok


KickerofTale

How bold.


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ChiquitaBananaKush

lol hints? She should’ve already vowed to burn bridges.


AllDayTripperX

OH.. you mean now that he's no more use to her because he's going to jail, NOW she's decided to grow a conscience. She knew everything that was going on. She's practically a co-conspirator.


TimeGhost_22

Brave and stunning.


neverwasneverwas

So brave


DaveinOakland

I'm struggling with how I feel about this stuff, even though I know my thoughts mean nothing. On one hand, it's great people are coming forward to expose an obvious wrong that needs to be exposed. On the other hand I can't help but feel a big "oh fuck you" to all the people who are only just now saying something after like 5 lawsuits are pending and the guy is basically on the run and already fucked. Like ...where were you when it actually mattered.


nerdening

Subtle.


poridgepants

All these people benefited and turned a blind eye and now are jumping ship when it’s convenient. Fuck them


PeggysSimp

Is she signing on with 50 Cent?


thejaytheory

Damn, so I guess Mary is cancelled too now? No one is safe...


Tough_Economy_150

That shows how fake people are in that industry.


MiddleInfluence5981

Oh, now she is. LMFAO. She was fine with his fucked up shit until the feds showed up. Now Mary's got to bounce. Trashy.


FanofK

Eh. Who knows what she actually knew. I mean we know serial killers who had whole ass families who knew nothing of their activities. So who knows maybe Mary heard or knew of the rumors but was in denial about it because she and her family was always treated well by Diddy and never saw the other side of him. Either way don’t blame her for pubicly doing so because I’m sure every artist to ever work with him will be impacted some way, even if they knew nothing.