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Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of The

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Diddy Diaries. In this episode, we're going to pick up

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where he left off with the lawsuit filed by Sarah

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Rivers against Didty MTB, Season two, episode six, the y

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Cleft episode. Plaintiff in the group travel with defendant Ditty

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to d C, an event he is hosting. Plaintiff works

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with a vocal coach, where she reveals that she is

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her worst enemy. Plaintiff is working on songs with the group,

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and defendant do Fat wants plaintiff to rap sing. Plaintiff,

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who is an R and B singer and not a

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rap singer, is unfamiliar with how to comply with Defendant

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Doufat's request. Defendant Doufat is ill equipped to adequately convey

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what he wants plaintiff to do so that she can

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remotely attempt to comply. Defendandu Fat then goes to defendant Allison,

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the faming plaintiff because she was unfamiliar with how to

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rap sing defendan do Fat accuse plaintiff of being inexperienced

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and lacking formal vocal lessons to justify why plaintiff was

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unable to write while working with music artists why Cliff

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Jean Plaintiff is seen drinking cobous amounts of tea in

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an effort to save her voice. Plaintiff complains or voice

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isn't working. Wycliff then does some vocal coaching with plaintiff,

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where then plaintiff returns to sing in line with their

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natural voice. While recording individuals in the studio, executives for

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Defendant bbe mock the way plaintiff said all right, visibly

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causing the plaintiff further anxiety and stress. MTB Season two,

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episode seven, shut Down Studio. Defending Ditty tells plaintiff in

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group that they are not that hot, don't have a

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hit record, and don't have a hit single. Defending Ditty

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tells plaintiff in group that he is considering putting their

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music on the Bad Boy Too soundtrack. Defending Ditty tells

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plaintiff in group that they are one group among twenty

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other acts on the label, upset due to fighting between

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group members. Defendan Ditty breaks the plaintiff in group that

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people dream to have this chance, and when they get it,

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they treat it like this. Defendan Ditty tells plaintiff and

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gris that anybody who got really big had to sacrifice something.

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Defendan Diddy then names Madonna, Michael Jordan, jay Z, Biggie Tupac,

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and himself as individuals who got really big and had

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to sacrifice something. Defendan Diddy tells plaintiff and group that

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eighty percent of his day is doing stuff he doesn't

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want to do. Defendan Diddy describes that he would prefer

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to watch Scarface fifty times, eat a turkey sandwich, and

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have sex all day. Defending Diddy tells plaintiff and group

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that he tried talking to them and anything else gone

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by an altercation as he shut down the studio despite

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the album deadline readily approaching. MTB two Season two, episode eight,

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Reopen Studio. Defending Phil tells the group that Defendan Diddy

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wants to cancel the MTB two show and the album

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and asked him to speak with defendant Diddy. Defending Phil

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tells the group he couldn't get in touch with defendant

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MTV until Monday, so that the group had until Monday

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to change Defendan Diddy's mind. Plaintiff called spouse to inform

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them that if they do not have the music completed

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by Monday, she will come home with nothing. Plaintiff and

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group begin to interview potential managers. Plaintiff refers her personal attorney,

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Howard Hurtz, who was interviewed by the group to be

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a manager. Defendant Lou was interviewed by the group to

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be a manager. Defendant Lou was asked about defend and

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Phil's potential conflict as manager for Defendan Didty and manager

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for the group. Defendant Lou stated he did not see

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any direct potential conflict between defend and Phil's serving as

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both Defendan Ditty and the group's manager. Defendent Phil also

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interviewed and was ultimately selected predominantly because he had been

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filling that role in enacting capacity until that point. Defend

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and Phil remarks that Defendant Didty as creative control as

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executive producer over the television show MTB two. Plaintiff group

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eventually begged Defendan Didty to reopen the studio so they

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can complete the album, and he reopens the studio so

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they can comply with his deadline to produce the album.

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Defending Ditty says he thinks the group is talented and

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a great addition to bad boy and that he's excited

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to make some history together. MTB two, Season two, episode nine,

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group named the band. Plaintiff and group have a meeting

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with defendant Phil at defendant BBE Offices in relation to

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their contract with defendants BBE. Defendant Phil informs plaintiff in

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the group that they will split three of one hundred

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points on their debut album as mechanical royalties, approximately a

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half point per person per album sell. Plaintiff is at

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our boiling point, stating she can take fighting and negative

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environment anymore. Defendant Fawnsworth tells the group they're fighting makes

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white people nervous, and that when white people get nervous,

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they make laws called Jim Crow. Defending Ditty states that

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rule one in reality TV is keep the cameras rolling.

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Defendant Shawn is introduced to group as director of promotions

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at defendant BBE. Defendant Ditty tells plaintiff and group are

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obligated to make the album. MTB two, Season two, Episode ten,

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Plaintiff spouse versus the group. Plaintiff attempts to address her

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grievances regarding working and living conditions with defendant Allison. Plaintiff

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continued to struggle with her voice due to a myriad

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of unaddressed issues, primarily stress. Plaintiff's primary frustration is that

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defendants want her to do the Beyonce vibrato when she

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is not Beyonce. Plaintiff becomes so stressed and disheartened with

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the process she asks her spouse for a ticket to

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return home. Plaintiff then leaves the home for error because

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she's feeling crazy, irritated, and wanted to punch a wall.

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Group members go out to the club, leaving plaintiff home

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alone again. While on the phone, Plaintiff's spouse tells plaintiff

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that crying ain't gonna get it and to suck it up.

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Seemingly having nowhere to turn, Plaintiff is still very visibly

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distraught when the group goes to visit defendant Ditty defendan

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Ditty asks plaintiff if everything is okay, Defending Ditty as

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plaintiff to have a private conversation about Plaintiff's issues, where

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defended Diddy tells her, you can't get nothing you really

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want out of life that won't have some level of

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pain involved. It's gonna get worse, but then get better

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than you can ever imagine plaintiff's seriously missing her three

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minor children and spouse said she just wanted to go

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home for a couple hours. Instead, plaintiff's spouse brings her

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young children to visit plaintiff and NYC, where plaintiff is

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able to briefly spend time with her family. MTB two,

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Season two, episode eleven, missing band member. More fights ensued

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between male group members. Plaintiff and group are transported to

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Sir Studios for rehearsal. Rehearsal is canceled because an individual

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was missing from the group. The group is providing a

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bill for rehearsal for one hundred and seventy five hours

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for three hours due to the late booking. Defendan Harfe

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tells Pierre and the group they make money from selling

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records and doing shows. Plaintiff and group meet defendant Janice,

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presumably to sign over their publishing rights to defendant JCP

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and JCPH. Defendant Diddy says its tradition that defendant Janis

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meets all the artists signed to defendant BB. Plaintiff or

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group then do radio promotion at Hot ninety seven with Djkseley,

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who is now deceased. MTB two, Season two, episode twelve,

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Advance Money. Defendant Phil brings plaintiff and group contracts to execute.

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Defendant represents these contracts must be signed so the group

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can be paid advance money on their album. Defendant Phil

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states these contracts are not the final contracts, but are contracts,

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stating that plaintiff and group would be bound to the

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terms of a future contract that has yet to be drafted, presented,

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or reviewed. Defendant Phil went on to attest a plaintiff

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in group that these contracts needed to be signed so

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that the label defendant BB, could pay the group's advances

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in good faith. Defendant Phil also explained that he needed

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the contracts signed then and there immediately because he had

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to turn them into defendant BB for processing checks, then

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had to get it to defendant MTV on Thursday to

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have a check for Friday. Plaintiff, uneasy about signing a

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contract without having an attorney review it, asks Defendant Mickey

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if she has to sign in order to get paid.

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Defendant Mickey tells plaintiff that not only does she have

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to sign to get paid, but her failure to sign

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would cause the other members in the group to forego

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their payments. Defendant Mickey can be seen directing the members

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of the group to the last page for their signature

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bypassing all the contract terms. Plaintiff tries to read the

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contract and contacts her spouse for Reguarding this pressurized environment,

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Plaintiff does not want to sign the contract because she

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wanted to have it reviewed by her attorney first, but

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plaintiff feels pressured not to prevent the other group members

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for payment. An argument ensues between the other group members

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and Defendant Fawnsworth regarding plaintiff's apprehension on signing the contract

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and plaintiff's need to consult her spouse. Outnumbered and under duress,

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Plaintiff signed the contract against her better judgment and without

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the opportunity to have legal counsel mister Hurt to review it.

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Once the contracts are signed, Defendant Ditty arrives with champagne

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and cameras to take photos. Defendant Fwnsworth takes some members

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of the group to a jewelry store owned by Jacob

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the jeweler. Friday arrives in the group has no checks.

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Defending Mickey is contacted by one of the group members

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to inquire on the status of their payment, which Defendant

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Mickey says he had bad news that he did not

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have their checks. Plaintiff remarked that she felt dumb for

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her decision not to get the contract looked at by

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a lawyer before signing it. Other members of the group

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echo plaintiff sentiments. When plaintiff in the group inquired to

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their late payment, defendant Shawn told them that they were

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spoiled and analogized them not getting paid to dad promising

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his child deew bike, a baffling analogy. Defendan Ditty defends

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being in breach contract in failing to provide the checks

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on the agreed upon date, stating that defendant Bbe was

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not homeboy records and checks not being cut out of

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shoe boxes. Defending Ditty continues his lesson that one can

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get success without paying the price, and the key to

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the group being successful is in them being smart. MTB two,

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Season two, episode thirteen, the finale. Defending Phil WARN's plaintiff

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that the group that they could sell a million records

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then fall off like Otown. Defending Ditty tells plaintiff and

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group that they have two days to finish five songs.

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Defending Ditty tells plaintiff In Group that their music careers

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ain't gonna come without paying the price. Defendan Didty sets

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up a listening party with press including Vibe and The

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Source magazines celebrity music producers. Stevie Jay makes a cameo

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at the listening party. Defendan Ditty praises Plaintiff In Group,

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saying they sound like stars. He followed them through their

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dreams of being a recording artist, they made an incredible album,

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an opportunity to work with them with something God bless

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them with. Defending Diddy again attempts to provide context to

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forcing the group to walk for cheesecake as not letting

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anything stand between you and achieving your dream. Plaintiff In

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the Group finally received their check and depart the house

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they were living in and recording in. Plaintiff In the

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Group released their first solo album on September thirtieth, two

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thousand and three, called Too Hot for TV. All Right,

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we're gonna wrap up right here and in the next episode,

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we're gonna pick up with Too Hot for TV album.

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All of the information, including my contact information, can be

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found in the description box.