+1. L.A. Reid is another allegedly closeted gay male flunky turned urban music executive also seeded by Clive Davis. Reid was personally involved in teenage Usher and teenage Justin Bieber's career launches. For some very strange reason both young boys were sent to live with Diddy? ![]() Other names higher up the pyramid: David Geffen Jimmy Iovine Lucian Grainge Lyor Cohen "Scooter" Braun |
JLo's long-time manager turned executive Benny Medina is very tight with Diddy. Diddy and JLo's relationship in '99-01 was probably fake and orchestrated by Benny and Diddy to give her street cred and raise Diddy's profile. Actor Alleges Mogul Benny Medina Tried to Rape Him https://www.advocate.com/crime/2017/11/10/sordid-lives-actor-alleges-mogul-benny-medina-tried-rape-him |
Seems this modus operandi with a closed gay Black frontman executive has been going on for a very long time. Berry Gordon and Motown Records was 65 years ago. |
Getting talent hooked on hard drugs and getting sexual blackmail on them to extort them has been a mafia tactic for a hundred years. The talentless bosses at the top steal all the money and rights to the music and the talent are discarded when they wash up. |
Suge Knight Claims Jimmy Iovine Told Him Diddy & Clive Davis Were 'Lovers' https://hiphopdx.com/news/suge-knight-jimmy-iovine-diddy-clive-davis-lovers |
Benny is the exec behind "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" TV show. He was Will Smith's manager. He allegedly set up the also totally not closeted gay Will Smith and Jada Pinkett... |
So, is it that gay and bisexual men are more likely to be predatory and dangerous, or why do all of these predators always turn out to be gay or bisexual? Even Harvey Weinstein had male victims, as did Epstein. Considering all the studies showing male homosexuality and male bisexuality are linked to being more sensation seeking and promiscuous, men having sex with men seems to be a red flag of male dangerousness. |
Because the closet is a dangerous place. Secrets breed reckless behavior. |
There are valid reasons why sex deviations were historically mental health issues — totally unrelated to your spiritual values. |
I don’t think that’s true at all, but I do think being closeted and likely self-hating is correlated with bad stuff. I’m Catholic and I think the problem with predatory priests totally arose from the hypocrisy around gay stigma. Once you’ve said that same-sex relationships are transgressive and bad, you start to lose focus on what actually is transgressive and bad (abuse of power or lack of consent). I think urban Black rap culture historically stigmatized gay male behavior much like the Catholic Church did, so they ended up with a similar problem. Stigmatizing gay men is NOT the solution to the problem. Gay men who are out and comfortable with their sexuality are probably the least likely men to be predatory. |
There is also Lou Pearlman. He and Sean Combs were both involved in Making the Band - putting together teen boy groups. |
Sounds like what happened to Britney and maybe what is happening to Tom Cruise. |
And the boy bands were signed to Clive Davis's record label. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Making_the_Band |
Benny Medina is not closeted. Neither is Clive Davis. |
Thank you for a bit of rational thought. |