Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Rapper Who Spent 10 Years in Jail for Diddy Finally Speaks: “I was absolutely set up to be the fall guy”

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Shyne Barrow was an up and coming rapper when he went to Club New York in 1999 with P Diddy aka Sean Puffy Combs and Jennifer Lopez.

After a wild shooting, and a trial, Barrow went to jail for ten years. Diddy went scot-free.

Now Barrow tells his story in “The Honorable Shyne,” coming to Hulu. He says, “I was absolutely set up to be the fall guy.”

Barrow’s story has a happy ending. He became a respected politician in Belize. But still, he lost a decade of his life because of Combs. The timing of this documentary is essential as Combs sits in jail waiting for a trial that won’t start until May 2025. He’s been hit with dozens of lawsuits and hundreds of accusations concerning rape of men, women, and children. Every day brings new and alarming revelations for the former music mogul.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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