Diddy in Video Being Mean to Singer Cassie

May 17th, 2024

A singer named Sean "Diddy" Combs was seen in a video that showed him being mean to another singer named Cassie. They were in a hotel when it happened in 2016. In the video, Diddy was wearing a towel and was pushing, pulling, and throwing things at Cassie, who used to be his girlfriend. Cassie said this bad thing was part of many wrong things that Diddy did to her over a long time. Cassie told her story to people to try to stop Diddy from doing this to others. She was very brave to talk about her experiences. Diddy's people did not speak about the video, but before, Diddy said he did not do anything wrong. Cassie tried to leave the hotel, but Diddy got mad and followed her. The video showed him being rough with her. She escaped and went to hide with a friend in another state. Because this happened a long time ago, it might be too late for Diddy to be in trouble with the law for this attack. But now the government is looking into other bad things that Diddy might have done. Diddy is a famous music maker and has a big business. He's won awards and started a music company. He's been successful in other businesses too. But now he is not doing some of his business jobs because of these stories. Diddy and Cassie were together for many years and broke up sometimes. Cassie is known for her music and has been in TV shows and movies. This story is still developing as people look more into what Diddy did.

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💭 Discussion Questions

. What did Diddy do to Cassie in the video from 2016?

. Why is Cassie talking about her past with Diddy?

. What kind of work is Diddy known for in the music industry?

📖 Vocabulary

🌐 Cultural context

Sean "Diddy" Combs is a well-known American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur. Cassie is an American R&B singer. They were a celebrity couple, which attracts public interest in the U.S. Domestic abuse is a serious issue globally and often discussed openly in American society.

🧠 Further reading

Social influence

People often change how they act or what they think to fit in with others. This can happen in different ways. For example, when someone acts like they agree with people, but inside they don't, that's one kind. When someone changes because they admire someone famous, that's another kind. Sometimes, people really believe in what they are doing or saying and agree inside and out. We change to fit in for two main reasons. We want to be correct and we want people to like us. When we are not sure what's right, we look at what others do or say to help us decide. This is because we want to make smart choices. Other times, we just want to be part of the group and make others happy, so we go along with what they expect. There are many ways how this happens, and people who study how we interact with each other - social psychologists - have a lot to say about this. One famous psychologist divided the ways we change into three groups. Remember, we sometimes change just a little, and sometimes a lot, depending on who is around us and what we want to achieve by fitting in.

MeToo movement

"Me Too" is a powerful phrase that people use to share their bad experiences with sexual abuse and harassment. It started when Tarana Burke, who survived sexual assault, used "Me Too" on the internet in 2006. Later, in 2017, many people began to use #MeToo on social media to show how big the problem is. The movement helps support those who have been hurt, by showing them that they are not alone and that many others have gone through similar experiences, especially at work. The movement got really big in 2017 when a lot of people accused a famous movie maker, Harvey Weinstein, of doing bad things. An actress named Alyssa Milano asked people on Twitter to write "Me too" if they had been harassed or hurt. This idea came from her friend. Many famous people, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lawrence, also shared their stories. Newspapers and TV talked a lot about harassment, especially in Hollywood, and some people lost their jobs because of it. Millions of people have used the phrase "Me Too" in English and other languages all over the world. Now, it's not just about sharing stories; it's also about getting justice for people who don't have much power. After #MeToo got popular, a big social media place called Facebook said that many people there knew at least one friend who said they had been hurt in a sexual way.

Satanic panic

A long time ago, in the 1980s, in the United States, people started to worry a lot about something called "Satanic panic". This was when many people believed in stories about bad things happening that involved the devil, but these stories were not true. A book called "Michelle Remembers" written by a man named Lawrence Pazder and a woman named Michelle Smith, who he later married, started these worries. They said that Michelle remembered bad things happening to her that had to do with the devil, but the way they said she remembered it is not trusted by people today. People then started to say that there were secret groups that hurt children in bad ways as part of devil rituals. They thought that even rich and important people were in these groups, and they did very bad things like hurting children on purpose, making them be in adult movies, or selling them. Many people, like lawyers, therapists, and people who worked with kids who were hurt, were involved in this. Different kinds of people who didn't usually work together, like religious people, police, and therapists, also got involved. The idea changed over time and got mixed up with other ideas about the mind and about people not trusting the government. The whole thing got more attention because of the book "Michelle Remembers". Even today, people still talk about it, but everyone does not agree if these bad things really happened or not.