Hard to believe this was nearly 40 years ago.

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Hard to believe this was nearly 40 years ago.

Time flies. I remember like it was yesterday.😁😎

He had know idea how rich and famous he'd become and how much he'd achieve....and what type of trials (literally) he'd end up going through.

I've been a Puffy supporter for decades.
Not because he's the best or most righteous dude in the world, but because of what he represents: Young Black Urban Success.

He represents that flashy Black man who flaunts his wealth and success and you have a lot of people not just in America but around the planet who don't think rich people should be arrogant but rather humble, especially if they're Black.

Which is one of the reasons so many powers target him.

14 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

.... but because of what he represents: Young Black Urban Success

Puffy enriched a few Black people who were around him too.😎

8 hours ago, ProfD said:

Puffy enriched a few Black people who were around him too.😎

I wonder how many stood by his side during his recent trial?

Where was Ma$e?
Where was Mary J Blidge?

23 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I wonder how many stood by his side during his recent trial?

Where was Ma$e?
Where was Mary J Blidge?

Nobody could defend Puffy's lifestyle & actions & choices he made. They knew how he got down. No need to perjure themselves if questions were asked.

Ma$e distanced himself from Puffy a long time ago. That's probably one of the reasons he became a minister at one point.😁

Word on the curb is Mary J. Blige partied early in her career. No need to possiblyto bring up her past.

People lay low when they know there is some truth in the matter. Black folks give it to prayer.🤣😎

Craig Mack?

14 minutes ago, admin said:

Craig Mack?

He distanced himself from Puffy long before he became broke & passed away.😎

On 8/3/2026 at 12:08 AM, ProfD said:

...he became broke

Yeah, I think that was because Puffy did not pay him what he was owed. But that could just be a rumor... I seem to recall learning that in some documentary about Puff.

After seeing him kick that woman's butt in the hotel hallway, it was hard to see him in a positive light again.

I just find it funny and wonder how convenient it is for the racists in power to be able to find "something" convincing to pin on a powerful prominent Black man.

Whether it's a Black politician, Black entertainer, or Black civil rights leader.

I don't care how intelligent, talented, or clean you think a brutha is....they manage to pull out a "video" on him doing something.

Like that Gillum dude down in Florida.

Caught up in drugs and gay sex escapades.

America's "favorite dad" Bill Cosby was convicted and sent to prison.

They even brought up some shit on Martin Luther King and made so many Black folks look at him kinda sideways.

I said it before and I'll continue to say that I don't trust ANYTHING negative coming from this media, about a Black man.

He may or may not be guilty, but if I didn't witness it or a respectable reputable Black person didn't witness it....I won't believe it.

It's too convenient to be merely a coincidence that nearly every prominent Black man is painted as some sort of moral degenerate.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I just find it funny and wonder how convenient it is for the racists in power to be able to find "something" convincing to pin on a powerful prominent Black man.

It's relatively easy to do when one controls power.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Like that Gillum dude down in Florida.

Caught up in drugs and gay sex escapades.

The question becomes why is Andrew Gillum putting himself in compromising positions literally.🤣

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

America's "favorite dad" Bill Cosby was convicted and sent to prison.

That was a hit job by white power.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

They even brought up some shit on Martin Luther King and made so many Black folks look at him kinda sideways.

J. Edgar Hoover put a whole task force on trying to catch Dr. MLK Jr. slipping. They really couldn't do it.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I said it before and I'll continue to say that I don't trust ANYTHING negative coming from this media, about a Black man.

The media is an arm of racism white supremacy.

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

It's too convenient to be merely a coincidence that nearly every prominent Black man is painted as some sort of moral degenerate.

At some point, Black folks have to stop believing they can get away with the same degenerate sh8t white folks do. It never ends well for our people.😎

What!? @Pioneer1 here too you’re a reasoning, escapes me.

You know there are actual black, billionaires people like Robert Smith and others who have not been taken down as part of a white racist conspiracy. Maybe it is because they’re not beating drugging, and raping women?

15 minutes ago, ProfD said:

J. Edgar Hoover put a whole task force on trying to catch Dr. MLK Jr. slipping.

I think it’s pretty well known that J Edgar Hoover caught MLK in an affair—so what? Adultery it’s not a criminal offense, but raping and assaulting women is.

21 minutes ago, ProfD said:

The media is an arm of racism white supremacy.

The media is reflection of culture based on a system of white supremacy, this is indisputable

However, when we behave badly, we can’t blame the media you’ll never ever find a video of me kicking a woman’s butt up and down the hallway of a hotel

You will never ever hear of me, drugging a woman and having sex with her

And I’m pretty sure it’s the same for you guys too because it’s true for most normal human beings.

Being a black celebrity shouldn’t give you special privileges any more than being a white one does, but it does. I believe Tiger Woods is a billionaire. You don’t think that if you or I crashed as many cars while under the influence of drugs that we wouldn’t be in jail—tiger gets special privileges.

All of those guys do by the time their trash hits the media. It is already egregious.

I suspected these guys were treating your daughters like that. You wouldn’t be so willing to give them a pass or claim it was white racism, trying to bring a black man down 🤨

ProfD

The question becomes why is Andrew Gillum putting himself in compromising positions literally

True.

And that would be a good question to ask.

That was a hit job by white power.

I agree.

It was also a justification for erasing his work as a prominent Black figure in American history.

See, R.Kelly was big in the 90s but when he got that sex charge...you don't hear any of his music playing in public anymore.

It's as if he didn't even exist.

The same thing with Michael Jackson....for a while...but the new Michael movie brought him back in good graces with a lot of people.

But going after Cosby was just the excuse they needed to take the Cosby Show off of syndication so that younger generations don't get to see positive and uplifting images of Black America.

They just snatched Family Matters and A Different World off the air with NO explanation....lol.

Every so often the racists get together to erase any traces of Black culture and presence from society and they use various methods to do it.

J. Edgar Hoover put a whole task force on trying to catch Dr. MLK Jr. slipping. They really couldn't do it.

You have a generation of youth....including some Black youth...who now believe that MLK was a communist infiltrator and fraud.

Fake pictures and rumors of him attending some Communist school have been floated around right-wing media for a couple decades now.

At some point, Black folks have to stop believing they can get away with the same degenerate sh8t white folks do. It never ends well for our people

You're right.

A lot of this degenerate shit is LEARNED FROM White people as they come up in their careers.

They either learn it from them in college or in Hollywood and other points in their careers but like you said, they don't have the support networks White people have to protect their image from being destroyed.

Unlike the prominent White politician or actor who uses dope or engages in perverted sexual behavior, they should know that being Black puts a target on their backs.

Troy

You know there are actual black, billionaires people like Robert Smith and others who have not been taken down as part of a white racist conspiracy. Maybe it is because they’re not beating drugging, and raping women?

Perhaps.

And perhaps atleast some of the Black people they've already accused of doing those things haven't done them either.

I think it’s pretty well known that J Edgar Hoover caught MLK in an affair—so what? Adultery it’s not a criminal offense, but raping and assaulting women is.

Whether it was true or not, why should we have believed ANYTHING Hoover said about King?

you’ll never ever find a video of me kicking a woman’s butt up and down the hallway of a hotel

What about that White woman at the dollar store that gave yall a hard time over not having ID???

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

And perhaps atleast some of the Black people they've already accused of doing those things haven't done them either.

We still talkin' 'bout Puffy here?

4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Whether it was true or not, why should we have believed ANYTHING Hoover said about King?

Clearly you are unfamiliar with this story. This is not just based upon hoover statements. Hoover attempted to use this information against MLK.

5 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

What about that White woman at the dollar store that gave yall a hard time over not having ID???

LOL! I'm completely satisfied never giving the entire Dollar store franchise, nationally, another penny. I got a nicer (obviously) bottle later that day from a more respectable establishment 😁

On 8/16/2026 at 6:42 PM, Troy said:

I'm completely satisfied never giving the entire Dollar store franchise, nationally, another penny. I got a nicer (obviously) bottle later that day from a more respectable establishment 😁

Lol....a "more respectable establishment" to by liquor from, than a dollar store?

Let me guess....

The nearest Circle K ???