Stephen A's Take: Stephen A reacts to 50 Cent and the disgraced music mogul's longstanding feud. - podcast episode cover

Stephen A's Take: Stephen A reacts to 50 Cent and the disgraced music mogul's longstanding feud.

Jun 04, 20257 min
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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.  

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Speaker 1

Now let's get to the latest one showing Diddy Comb's federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. A former assistant, testifying under the pseudonym Miya, was back on the stand facing cross examination for combs defense team. Meanwhile, Curtis fifty cent Jackson spoke out this weekend about the trial and any

potential part in Combs could receive from President Trump. Fiddy went to social media following these comments from President Trump last Friday when asked about Ditty in the trial, take a listen, please.

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Backing and listen to the apprentice. You mentioned once in twenty twelve that Ditty was a good friend of yours back then. He has since found himself in some very serious legal trouble. That would you ever consider pardoning him? I well, nobody's asked. You had to be the one to ask, Gator, but nobody's asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they're thinking about it.

I think people have been very close to asking. First of all, I look at what's happening, and I haven't been watching it too closely, although it's certainly getting a lot of coverage. I haven't seen him. I haven't spoken to him in years. He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, he sort of that relationship busted up from what I read. I don't know. He didn't tell me that, but I'd read some little bit nasty statements in the paper. All

of a sudden, you know, it's different. You've become a much different person when you run for politics and you do what's right. I could do other things, and I'm sure he'd like me, and I'm sure other people would like me, but it wouldn't be as good for our country. As we said. Our country's doing really well because of what we're doing, so I can't It's not a popularity contest, so I don't know. I would certainly look at the facts.

If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don't like me, it wouldn't have any impact on me.

Speaker 1

Now Here's what Fitty posted on Instagram this weekend after those comments. Quote, Donald doesn't take well to disrespect and doesn't forget who chooses to go against him while working tirelessly to make America, there is no room for distraction. He would consider pardoning anyone who was being mistreated, not Diddy, Colmbs said some really bad things about Trump. It's not okay. I'm gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy. End quote. First of all, let me

say this because I love me some fifty cent. I love what he's doing. I love what he's doing on Stars Power you know the sequels PowerBook Ghosts, which is my favorite PowerBook Force, which Joseph Sikora plays Tommy Egan. I love that. I love Raising Canaan. You saw what I had. You know you saw I had the star Patina Miller's on the show. She's phenomenal. I love that show. I love everything that fifty cent is doing, even though he's still I'm sure he's gonna still make some music

or whatever. But I just think he's phenomenal. I think he's phenomenal. His executive produced. I think he's an incredible talent, and I think he is the kind of person you do not want against you, because this brother will troll you forever. I mean, he will hit you where it hurts. Ain't no doubt about that, and he clearly has no love for Diddy. My whole point is Trump's willingness to

pardon Ditty potentially whatever. Fifty Cent feels it shouldn't be based on whether Trump what Diddy has said about Trump. It should be based on whether Trump that thinks the charges against him are excessive, the crime that he's being accused of, If he were to be committed of those federal crimes, how valid they are, and whether or not that time served comes into consideration. That clearly is not

going to be the case. I mean, if it's one of those situations where President Trump ended up pardoning P Diddy. P Ditty's on trial now, he hasn't been convicted yet, he's been in jail for a few months, but with some of the things that he's been accused of, sex trafficking and racketeering, as the government continues to make its case, we got to hear what the defense has to say in response to those allegations, those charges, those assertions that

the prosecution has made against him. Ultimately, if you want to look at him right now, clearly he's an individual that nobody wants to have anything to do with. When you consider the video and how it revealed how he was abusing, physically abusing his ex girlfriend Cassie Venturer. When

you hear the assistant give her testimony. When you hear the things that folks have alluded to, when you hear about the details about what he coaxed Cassie Venturer into doing, these are very heinous, disgusting things, to say the least. I'm not gonna even go into detail the heinous and disgusted, you know. And so when you look at it from that standpoint, you know, why are you thinking about pardoning

him before he's even been convicted. Let him get convicted and if he's getting if he gets convicted, let him spend some time in jail, and then after that you want to consider pardoning him, your decision should be based on that, not on whether or not he he has said nasty things about the president. So and fifty cent, I would just like to know for fifty cent specifically what the beef is with Diddy, whatever that may be,

I don't know. I don't follow it like that he does not like this man, he feels whatever it is that he feels about Diddy. This is not my lane, ladies and gentlemen. I don't follow the hip hop. I like my music. I like listening to hip hop, but I don't follow the storylines that come in sociald I know nothing of the history between fifty cent and Diddy, but Diddy has me wanting to find out. I'm sorry, fifty Cent has me wanting to find out what that

history is. Because most people would just not say anything you are saying. If Trump says what he says, all right, no matter what their feelings are, they ain't gonna get involved. Did fifty Cent don't give a damn? You don't give

a damn. He literally is saying he's gonna reach out to Trump to remind Trump of the things that p Diddy has said about him for the soul express purposes of making sure that Trump doesn't part in Diddy any event that Diddy gets convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering. That's what fifty cent is wanted to do. And I

gotta admit to you that's wild. Damn. You know you got an enemy there when a man wanted to go out of his way to contact the president, you know, and clearly he has some kind of inroads where he can get to President Trump so President Trump can hear him. He's basically saying, Yo, brother, need to go down. Brother, need to go down and stay down. That's what he's saying so, if did he didn't have enough problems, Having fifty cent on your ass is a problem. That's a problem.

That's the only thing I can peel from it. At this moment in time, I would love for fifty cent to tell us what exactly is his disgust with Diddy, other than to discuss we all feel from the videos we already saw. It would be real interesting to see that. I'm just saying, I'm just saying, m m mm hm

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