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Diddy has been blamed by Saigon for being the cause of Hip Hop’s so-called creative downfall.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the rapper and actor laid into the embattled Bad Boy Records founder and put the blame on him for the rise of commercialism within the genre.
He wrote: “This negro Puffy flipped Hip-Hop culture into all about worshipping nothing but $$$… Thats why Im kinda glad they got his ass up outta here.
“Go look at the content in Hip-Hop music before that ‘All About The Benjamins’ song … Creativity mattered.”
After Diddy was accused of rape and sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend Cassie last November, Saigon said on X: “Daaamn…. Who thinks Diddy Did It ???? I told myself years ago if fame and money comes with all this type of ish, they can KEEP it.
“I stepped away from all this shit to raise my babies and I dont regret ONE second of it.”
The Greatest Story Never Told MC also previously slammed the Harlem-bred mogul for promoting alcohol in his videos, saying: “Nobody cares about your music career so now you’re pushing vodka… Ciroc Boys. Every popular rapper you go ‘hold on you need your marketing? We’ll pay for your marketing if you just promote this vodka.’
“Poison, shit that’s killing us and n-ggas do it that’s why Rick Ross is big. That’s why every Rick Ross video you see, before he even comes on you see a bottle of Ciroc pass by the screen.”
Saigon has famously had many issues within the music industry.
After signing to Atlantic Records in 2004 and collaborating with the likes of JAY-Z, Kanye West and Just Blaze, the Brooklyn native found himself in a creative dispute with the record label.
Not long afterwards, he was stabbed in the head in New York, became embroiled in a violent beef with Prodigy from Mobb Deep and announced that he was retiring from rapping.
During his major label struggles, Saigon appeared as himself on Entourage. His highly-touted debut album The Greatest Story Never Told would not be released until 2011 through an independent record label.
Thought it received rave reviews and boasted guest features from JAY-Z, Q-Tip and Black Thought, the album struggled commercially.
Saigon is not wrong about that vodka. Poison. And so is drake promoting gambling. Duck dat
Giving Diddy too much credit. Rappers were bragging about money before All About the Benjamins came out. Ex. Eric B and Rakim’s “Paid In Full” album was a decade before Diddy’s first album. Diddy is trash, and put out an awful lot of bullshit, but he’s not the sole reason hip hop transitioned towards money money money.
I dont agree. Paid in Full is not recognized for birthing the Jiggy Era as its more recognized for Rakim’s slow flow changing the game. Everything went to another level with Puff, Biggie, and Bad Boy. It got worst after Biggie died because guys like Puff and Mase started really started to dumb shit down to the point where they birthed the Jiggy era.
I thought Will Smith was the birth of the Jiggy Era
Sounds like something DJ VLAD would insinuate @ REALLY 😅
NO… HIS CORNY ASS JUST CAPITALIZED ON IT. PUFF DEFINETLY MADE IT ABOUT THE MONEY AND TOOK ALL THE WAY MAINSTREAM
Vlad only helps the police and feds by getting rappers and gangstaz to snitch on themselves.@ Matt Dumb
Diddy is too blame for all the gayness in hip hop.
FUCK GAY BOY RECORDS, AS A STAFF,RECORD LABLE, AND CREW. AND IF YOU WANNA BE DOWN WITH GAY BOY RECORDS 2, THEN FUCK U 2!
MAKAVELI THE DON KILLUMINATI LIVES ON!
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In Puffs defense he also gave us some serious bangers from BIG and Kim, Craig Mack et al too. Tell the story right.💯
You mean he stole and coerced other producers to sign over their production credits to him by threats of sodomy. The only thing Diddy produces is severe rectal trauma for his victims
Since when do we start praising label owners for the talent of the artist they signed.
I’m on Team Diddy. Fvck all you haters
Of course you are because you’re a gay fanboy who wants Diddy to Take That, Take That.
Why are you homos always talking about rapper’s sexual lives? Are you in love with Diddy? I fux with his music, always have and always will
You get butt fxcked to his music by your boyfriend. Diddy is the gayest n**** in hip hop and you’re the gayest groupie that ever existed. Hope you’re proud.
Finally someone said it. New Yorkers throwing shade at the South when that shit started when Pac died, the West fell, and this pillow biter took over with the game in the late 90s. No reason somebody like Saigon shouldn’t have been shining, but he probably got squashed behind the scenes by Sean because he wouldn’t bend it over. Only reason 50 got on was because Eminem came and got him.
If you blame Diddy blame Jay-Z too.
Fuck Jay Z. He wouldve done whatever was hot to blow up.
Yurp. Diddy nothing but a piece of shit.