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Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault. A new BBC documentary investigates how allegations of assault and abuse against women are dealt with in the music industry. Music s Dirty Secrets: Women Fight Back is available to watch for free now via BBC iPlayer. It investigates reported cases of assault and abuse involving Erick Morillo, Octavian and grime MC Solo 45, who was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison on four charges of rape and holding women against their will. The documentary features an interview with Kristen Knight, who brought rape charges against Erick Morillo in September 2020, following a reported incident in Morillo’s Miami home in December 2019. Speaking to reporter Tamanna Rahman, the 32-year-old DJ describes Morillo’s behaviour on the night of the incident as being “like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”. “He immediately started coming on to me and I told him, I m not comfortable ,” she continues, “an ....
The documentary also scrutinizes the behavior of the rapper Octavian, whose debut album release was scrapped by record label Black Butter, a joint venture with Sony Music. And the investigation details the pattern of sexual abuse by grime artist Solo 45, who is currently serving 30 years in prison after being convicted of 21 counts of rape and other offenses, including imprisonment and torture, against four women. The industry doesn’t escape the tough questions. Two of the world’s leading music companies, Sony Music and Universal Music Group, whose division Island Records had signed Solo 45 in 2014, come under scrutiny in the show based on what they knew about Octavian and Solo 45, and when. ....
BBC Three Documentary Looks At Prevalence Of Sexual Assault In Music Industry The documentary looks at Octavian, Erick Morillo and Solo 45 and the wider music industry that enabled them. Author: BBC Three has released a new documentary titled Music’s Dirty Secrets: Women Fight Back about sexual assault in the music industry. Taking a close look at a few artists and the people who have enabled them, it shows the rise and fall, to varying degrees, of Erick Morillo, Octavian, Solo 45 and others, their abusive patterns and how they were able to abuse people for so long. Over the 44 minutes, BBC reporter Tamanna Rahman says she uncovers “a story the music industry might not want to hear. It’s shocking, it’s traumatic, and it’s about the abuse of women.” ....
Loud And Quiet “Bossin’ up”, wrote Snoop Dogg beneath his first ever Instagram post – a grainy shot of the rapper in a suit, dimmed by a sunset filter. This was in January 2011, when what would become the world’s most popular photo-sharing app had only just been born. With only a handful of employees in its early days, the app needed big backers to get it off the ground. Together with his company co-founder Mike Krieger, Kevin Systrom reached out to a curated line-up of content creators and pop stars. When not doing his computing homework, Systrom would fill his hours DJ-ing, sneaking into Boston clubs to try to open for established acts. Even from his own music-making circles he could understand the potential clicks, shares and profit that musicians could bring to a mobile app. Snoop Dogg was among the very first celebrities chosen to push the hype around Instagram. His first photo alone earned him 2.5 million followers. ....
Shia LaBeouf, FKA Twigs & Male Accountability Domestic Abuse Is Not a Women s Issue Getty Images / Steve Granitz Warning: This piece contains details of domestic abuse. Since The New York Times hit publish on a story detailing the lawsuit FKA Twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, filed against ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf at the end of last week, other accounts of the actor s history of inflicting emotional and physical abuse on his partners have surfaced and recirculated. All of these accounts were brought forward by women. The singer Sia, who worked with LaBeouf on 2015 s Elastic Heart, took to Twitter to reveal how he had conned her into an adulterous relationship claiming to be single. At the time, unbeknownst to her, the ....