Suge Knight claims JAY-Z, Dr. Dre and other industry people were privy to Diddy’s alleged criminal activities

Diddy’s recent arrest for alleged conspiracy and sex trafficking has sparked a witch hunt in the music industry. Celebrities and fans have spoken out about who else could possibly be involved or know about everything that happened to the Bad Boy co-founder. Suge Knight recently claimed that several notable people like JAY-Z and Dr. Dre were in on Puff’s crimes.

The former CEO of Death Row Records spoke to Chris Cuomo about it News Nation and clarified that he “doesn’t jump up and down and cheer when a black man doesn’t go to prison.” Knight acknowledged that while some people deserve prison time for their crimes, that’s not always the solution and for those with children and families can cause difficulties.

While he took this empathetic approach, he also didn’t hold back any punches and called out several rappers who had remained silent. “There are facts,” he said. “Where we are now, I don’t care if it’s TI, I don’t care if it’s Rick Ross, I don’t care if it’s (JAY-Z) (…) I don’t care if it (Snoop Dogg), I don’t care if it’s (The Game), I don’t care if it’s (Dr. Dre). Nobody emphasizes the fact that you know what’s going on.”

Suge Knight also focused his energy on some major forces within the music industry, some of whom have their own public skeletons, such as Russell Simmons, Clive Davis and Jimmy Iovine. Knight claimed that Diddy was taught this behavior by “people before him,” supporting claims made by the former REVOLT chairman’s security guard, Gene Deal, in a conversation with him The art of dialogue.

“You have to realize that he learned from Andre Harrell,” Deal claimed. “He learned from Russell Simmons. He learned from Clive Davis. (…) When these people tell you that they were heavily addicted to drugs (…) They were heavily affected by hitting women and doing things in that crazy phase. That will make him think he can get away with the same thing.”

Deal specifically stated that he refused to use the word “alleged” in his allegations because he witnessed these behaviors firsthand. “It can turn a human into a monster, and that’s exactly what it did,” Deal claimed.

Diddy is currently in jail awaiting trial after being denied bail twice. According to his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, he was arrested last week in New York City and was intentionally staying in his hometown to cooperate with authorities. Although he couldn’t escape his inevitable arrest, both were first Form the band Star and his legal team maintain he is innocent.

“We are disappointed by the decision to pursue what we believe to be an unjustified prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, idolizing his children and working to strengthen the black community,” explained Agnifolo. “He is an imperfect human being, but he is not a criminal (…) Please reserve judgment until you have all the facts.” These are the actions of an innocent man who has nothing to hide, and he looks forward to to clear his name in court.”

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