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The only reason he kept it running with them is because they actually got a big hit unlike Da Band or O-Town. OT did have a rather popular hit, but it didn't get him the money "Showstopper" did.
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Minor correction: Diddy was never involved with O-Town. That was Lou Perlman's group, originally.
I am convinced that Diddy is involved in something illegal that must require some kind of money laundering, and that the label is a front. I say this b/c Rico has a point, if you look at Bad Boy in the 90's, he knew how to do SOMETHING right. He had Biggie, Mase, Faith Evans, 112, and of course, himself, and all those acts were successful (and for more than two albums each). But then in the 2000's something changed. Of course Mase had left by then, but the 2000's is when Faith and 112 pretty much fell off the map, and we've seen the rest of his roster listed here...all made of fail. Diddy is of course, screwing Cassie, and that is the only reason she's still around. He really doesn't promote her so even if she flops he'd make a profit off the few sales she does get. (You didn't hear it from me but he's probably screwing Yung Joc and at least one of the Day26 dudes too...just saying.)
Why would Diddy suddenly decide, several years into running his label, that he truly doesn't want even ONE good, solid ongterm artist on his roster? All the large labels have high turnover but they also have vets on their roster. Diddy absolutely refuses to have a star besides himself *rolls eyes*. And I know his ego is ridiculous but is it really so huge that he doesn't realize, when all his artists fail it is a sign that HE fails? I'm convinced, he's fronting for something. The label is just a necessary cover, and that is why he doesn't need 'real' success from it, b/c successful artists need time and money to be maintained, and his time and money are being used elsewhere.
And as for DK signing with another label, that would be nice but Diddy is just the kind of a-hole who would probably blackball them within the industry (just b/c he can) so that they don't end up becoming a bigger success than when they were signed with him. If he can't handle a more successful artist than him ON HIS OWN LABEL WHERE HE'D AT LEAST MAKE MONEY FROM THEM, you know damn well his ego can't handle an artist leaving him and then becoming even better.