Why I’ll Never Want Diddy’s Version Of Success

Dec 7, 2025

In a raw monologue, Marvyn Harrison analyzes a Netflix documentary on Diddy, exposing decades of alleged abuse and exploitation. He details troubling incidents, from a deadly basketball event to serious accusations of drugging and sexual assault. Marvyn highlights the neglect of artists like Craig Mack and the insidious culture that allowed such behavior to thrive. He candidly reflects on the misleading role models in the industry and rejects a toxic leadership style, ultimately reaffirming his values as a father.

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INSIGHT

Longstanding Unchecked Harm

Marvyn Harrison realises Diddy's alleged abuses span decades and were never fully categorised or interrupted.
He argues this prolonged protection enabled continuous harm and public celebration.

ANECDOTE

Early Events And Alleged Exploitation

Marvyn narrates events like a mismanaged basketball event that allegedly caused multiple deaths and early rape recordings.
He links these incidents to a pattern of violence, intimidation, and financial manipulation of artists.

INSIGHT

Coercion As Business Model

Marvyn connects Diddy's alleged business coercion to figures like Suge Knight and describes threats with bats and stolen publishing.
He frames Diddy's conduct as a mixture of bullying, theft, and intimidation across business relationships.

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Did he do it?

In this raw, unplanned monologue, Marvyn Harrison picks up the mic with no notes and processes the new Netflix documentary on Sean “Diddy” Combs in real time. Across almost four decades of alleged abuse, violence, exploitation and terror, he tracks how one man was turned into the “blueprint” for Black male success while victims, communities and even whole events were left in pieces.

Project 1 (5)

Drawing on the documentary executive produced by 50 Cent, Marvyn walks through the timeline of allegations and patterns described on screen:

A deadly basketball event allegedly over-promoted and under-protected
Early accusations of drugging, rape and recording assaults
Financial games with labels, advances and putting companies in other people’s names
Violence and intimidation of business partners
Artists like Craig Mack allegedly left broke while their music topped charts
The jealous orbit around Biggie and Tupac and claims of set-ups, beef and murder-for-hire energy
Long-running allegations of abuse towards women, including Cassie, and a wider pattern of trafficking-style behaviour
Robbing artists of publishing and blocking them from their own work

But this episode isn’t gossip. It’s a post-mortem on the culture that let it all slide.

Marvyn goes deeper into:

How older gatekeepers, executives and media kept co-signing him as a hero
How young Black men were told to worship men who were dead, in jail or alleged abusers
How his own leadership style as a young promoter was briefly shaped by “Making The Band”-style bullying before he rejected it
The cost of building success on coercion, fear and manipulation instead of strategy, wisdom and genuine leadership
Why he wants no part of a fame, wealth and masculinity model that comes bundled with this level of alleged harm

This is not a polished think piece. It’s a man in his 40s, a father, broadcaster and community builder, processing the grief of realising the “idols” sold to Black boys were either monsters or protected by monsters.

If you’ve ever looked up to industry titans only to later find out about the allegations around them, this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar – and necessary.

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