Jake (Disgraceland Host) (3:09)
hey discos, need a little more Disgraceland in your life? Just a touch to get you through. Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. Welcome to Disgraceland. The. Foreign. Welcome to the Disgraceland bonus episode, a little thing we like to call the After Party. This is the show after the show, the party after the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode of Disgraceland to the other, the backyard. To dig into the dirt on this bonus episode, we are talking about this week's subject of the Disgrace Landfold episode, Brandon Lee, from the excellent movie the Crow with the most excellent soundtrack, more from the Sean Combs story, and some special announcements from the world of Disgraceland. And of course, we are diving into your voicemails, texts and more. And as always, a whole lot of Rosie. All right, discos, let's get into it. And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. The sinners are much more fun, you know that. Only the good die young. That, of course, is Billy joel from his 1978 hit, Only the Good Die Young. Brandon Lee, the subject of this week's Disgraceland afterparty, died young at 28 years old. By all accounts, Brandon Lee was one of the good ones. His father, Bruce Lee, died young, too, at the age of 32 years old. Lisa Lopez, Bob Marley, Amy Winehouse, Nipsey Hussle, all previous Disgraceland subjects, they all died young. And despite being complicated and sometimes problematic individuals, I believe them all to be good at heart. Other Disgraceland subjects, some real bastards are either still breathing or lived long, full lives. Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Lurch, Varg Vikennes, Ike Turner, to name just a few. They, of course, not Good people. They were or are bad, bad men. But Billy Joel was onto something, though. That statement, only the good die young. It isn't absolute. Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. they died, okay? Tupac was 25, Biggie was just 24. I'm not saying either were good. Tupac especially was at times a horrendous human being. And Biggie had his issues too. But still, they were young men. Had they lived, you can make the case that they could have probably redeemed themselves. Who knows? 24 and 25. Far too young to go, though, okay? Tupac and Biggie had a lot in common. They were, of course, friends, then famously enemies, and now a part of the same unsolved murder mystery conspiracy theory. They also shared a common friend at one time, anyway. And Sean Puff Daddy, Diddy Combs. Biggie was Diddy's meal ticket. The start that helped Diddy, then Puffy forever. Sean Combs to launch his career into the stratosphere. And Tupac was. If we're to believe the recent theories floating around TikTok, Tupac was allegedly Sean Combs lover. I'm emphasizing allegedly because as far as I can tell, this is just a rumor. That said, I'm not discounting it. This is a credible source alleging that at the very least, Sean Combs up until the right now is and always has been obsessed with Tupac. It should be noted that there are less credible sources claiming right now that Tupac's family has hired new legal representation to investigate Diddy's involvement in Tupac's death. But again, like I said, less credible sources. I'm not so sure Sean Combs killed Tupac. It's just too neat. It's too tidy of an ending. It's too Hollywood. But a lot of other presumed good people in Sean Combs's orbit have died youngish. And it's kind of weird and worth mentioning. Okay? Kim Porter, Sean Combs girlfriend, the mother of three of his children and former Uptown Records employee and co worker of Sean Combs. She died, some would say very mysteriously at the age of 48 from pneumonia back in 2018. Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records, the label where Diddy and Kim Porter started out. He died back in 2020, a healthy man from sudden heart problems. Uptown Records artist Heavy D. Remember Heavy D and the Boys? Heavy D. He died back in 2011 from a pulmonary embolism after Sean Combs and Andre Forell had a vicious falling out. Combs, of course, then went on to start Bad Boy Records, where he signed among Other artists, Craig Mack. Craig Mack died and in 2018 at the age of just 47. Like Andre Harrell from heart problems, Bad boy artist Black Rob. He died in 2021 from cardiac arrest. Okay, There's a lot of conjecture around the deaths of all these music industry professionals and artists connected to Sean Combs. Now, lots of people die from heart problems. Lots of people die young. But given the individual that we are talking about here, Sean Combs, Diddy, this amount of people, all of whom were financially entangled one way or another with Sean Combs via his record label business, you have to pause to wonder. Okay, it's pretty, pretty. I'm channeling my inner Larry David. It's just too damn coincidental. And I'm not saying that there's some grand conspiracy at play here. I'm saying that this deserves a little more research, a little more than I've been able to give it. I have seen this conspiracy theory pop up numerous times on TikTok. Jaguar Wright is all over it, but I have seen nothing to substantiate it. I've seen nothing that actually ties a thread of credible sourcing through all of this. That makes me go, hmm, there's something there. There's motive, there's intent, there's will, all that stuff. I have not seen any of that yet. I've only seen, like I said, conjecture. But still, I'm a grown man with my big boy pants on, okay? I'm not going to shy from a conspiracy theory just because it's a conspiracy theory. At the same time, I'm not going to promote it as being fact. This, despite there not being any proof that I've seen yet, deserves a little more research. So I'm going to dive into this for you guys and I will report back. And I'm not sure how I'm going to do that. Maybe I'll do it in an after party. Maybe there'll be a full episode on this. I'm not sure, but something's coming. I'm going to look into this a little more fully, okay? Like I said, lots of conjecture around the deaths of all these music industry professionals and artists connected to Combs. Lots of people, like I said, they die from heart problems. They die young. I'm going to get into these deaths in the coming weeks. But I'm also, I'm very compelled by this one here. The allegations surrounding Diddy, Jay Z and the death of Kathy White, AKA Becky with the good hair, who died. Okay, another one dying young while pregnant at just the age of 28 suddenly from a brain aneurysm wasn't heart related brain aneurysm. I'm gonna look into this as well. This is incredibly salacious and I'm gonna report back to you guys on what I can find. As always, I will give you the straight dirt on the sourcing. Okay, Who I think is credible, who I think is not credible, and why. Now I'm talking about these deaths because like it or not, they're part of the Sean Combs story, which is vast. And this story is unfurling in real time. And it's all coming to light publicly. He's not even near trial yet. Every day new news breaks and I suspect that by the time you hear this episode, more news will have broken on Sean Combs, perhaps rendering this particular subject that I'm discussing with you right now, the deaths around Combs. Perhaps new news breaks before you hear this that renders this subject to be a little less relevant. I say this because I'm recording this bonus episode for you early. I'm recording on Tuesday. I usually do it on Wednesday. Get it out to you on Thursday so that I can be as close to the episode as possible. And the information while you're hearing it, however, some of you may have heard there's a massive hurricane coming my way. I'm in Florida and I need tomorrow, Wednesday, the day I would normally record this episode to. You know, basically hunker down and there's a good chance I'm gonna lose power. So you're getting it. Now, I hope everyone else there who's a little, a little more fully in the line of the hurricane, I hope you guys are getting out of Dodge. I hope you're safe. But anyways, that's why I think there might be a chance of what I'm saying to you now being a little less relevant by the time you hear it two days later because of the hurricane. And we know the Sean Combs story is a hurricane. Nothing is going to stop it. There's been some news over the last week since we last talked the big news. I suspect that we're gonna get in the coming days, though, in the coming weeks is the story that I mentioned last week with the quote, unquote, more high profile individual featured in the sex video with Combs, if you recall, attorney Ariel Mitchell Kidd has claimed publicly that the owners of this video of the alleged more high profile participant has been shopping a catch and kill deal. Well, now this news has developed slightly and Ariel Mitchell Kidd, again, the attorney, she's back on News Nation. And she's making this news, okay, that the high profile person in the video is trying, is trying to catch and kill this themselves, trying to purchase this. But they are bidding for ownership of the video. They are bidding against two major news networks to gain control of this video, to keep it from coming out. Okay? We shall see. Even if this is an A list celebrity on the video, who really cares, okay? It's not against the law to have sex. It's not against the law to have sex on video. Even if you're a very short, very funny comedian who not only stars in commercials with LeBron James, but who also emcees Diddy parties and Tom Brady roast, Even if you're that guy, it's not illegal to have sex, okay? So if you show up on this video, if your heart gets broken and you show up on this video, perhaps even if you're having sex with Sean Combs in this video, end of the day, who really cares? Now, if there's a minor in the room, if there's a minor in this video with you, well, then you're fucked, okay? You got more than a broken heart to worry about, all right? And if you were to then say, I don't know, die young, of, say, a sudden heart issue, I'm not so sure Billy Joel will be singing you any songs. All right? You get what I'm saying here? All right, switching gears. We have an episode on the band the Cramps coming next week. And as you listening, guys, you'll hear that this is a story about a rock and roll band. A real rock and roll band. Real rock and roll, not rock. Rock and roll. You'll hear the difference in the episode. And when you're listening to this episode, please be thinking about what band, what, what band out there made the greatest rock and roll of all time? Gotta be a band. And I'm not talking about rock music. I get into the difference. I get into the difference in definition between rock and roll and rock in the episode. I don't want to do it here, okay? But just know, rock and roll down dirty, fun, guitar driven music for teenagers. Music that makes you feel like a teenager. Okay, so loosely based on that definition, I guess what band, in your estimation, made the greatest rock and roll music of all time and why? I already know my answer. It's a pretty basic one, but I want to know your answer, so hit me back. 617-906-6638. Voicemail and text. Disgracelandpod on the socials. Disgracelandpodgmail.com on email and I will answer you guys here in the next afterparty bonus episode. But right now I'm take a quick break. Back in the flash with some of your voicemails and texts and DMs from last week.
