Diddy Depravity: How Hip-Hop’s Culture of Silence Helped Hide Its Biggest Bad Boy

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Sean Combs exemplified a hyper-masculine resolve, but did it enable a legacy of intimidation and aggression?

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Sean "Diddy" Combs (Credit: Chris Smith for TheWrap/Getty Images)

Now that Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with multiple felonies in an indictment that alleges rampant drug use, sex trafficking, prostitution and arson, some music industry insiders are bracing for what might come next: a reckoning in the world of hip-hop.

Stories that stretch back decades about Diddy’s violent temper, his sexual proclivities and his mistreatment of women, are suddenly resurfacing across websites and social media platforms, with many commenting that he is finally being held accountable for behavior everyone seems to have known about for years. 

“What has been so confusing and frustrating is this idea that this is not a surprise,” music journalist and author Gerrick Kennedy told TheWrap.

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