Wow, Sean. I Looked Up To You.

The first rap song I ever learned was

‘Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems,’ first grade, it was all over the radio,

I heard it so much and I would rap it on the daily, bro,

I asked my mom and dad if I could get a little boombox for my room, had it on Z100 for a while, but then I found Hot 97 on the dial,

It was wild! I was a huge hip hop fan since I was a young child.

Bad Boy Records dominated NYC, MTV, and everything else hip hop that you’d see,

I learned ‘I’ll Be Missing You’ before I ever heard of the band The Police

I was PROUD that Puff Daddy went to Mount Saint Michael in my neighborhood

and how he lifted up so many other artists all the way up beyond the stars, this,

Super fly business savvy young dude from Harlem and Mount Vernon

Putting on for the city and the culture, but I’ve learned,

That what once was “cool” in the past often changes

The same way every generation has their entertainment favorites,

Bad Boy Records was the door that opened into my love for hip hop

and my whole life I was motivated by the phrase “CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP!(Eh-eh, Eh-eh)” 

I joined the track team in the 6th grade, around the same time that Diddy ran the city,

Ran through Biggie’s whole catalogue – took it on my OG white brick iPod to school with me,

“Everybody sing it now PASS THE CARVOURSIER!”

Oh sure, yeah, dude, I still love all the music, 

But truly, how does hip hop culture get through this?!

He’s not the only one for sure, just look at Hollywood,

there are far more media moguls making mad shady happenings happen and for decades it’s been happening 

So how was I so naïve to think that the rumors may not have been true,

about one of the most successful dudes from around where I grew?!

The rumors aren’t true – because the truth is actually far WORSE

And it’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of an entertainment industry that’s so perverse,

And now here I am, a true student of the game, and I’m looking at Diddy, like, 

“What a fucking shame.” – RSM