The Audacity of Diddy

Last month Byron Allen, Ice Cube and other Black-owned media companies took out a full page ad accusing General Motors CEO Mary Barra of being racist over her refusal to discuss why GM consistantly refuses to advertise with Black media outlets at the same level as white outlets [click here if you missed that]. 

Over the weekend Revolt TV  CEO Sean 'Diddy' Combs tried to jump on the bandwagon calling out corporate America for underpaying Black media outlets, but instead was met with backlash over his notorious habit of not paying his artists...

We’re done letting corporations manipulate our culture into believing incremental progress is acceptable action.

IF YOU LOVE US, PAY US.

Here’s my letter to corporate America.https://t.co/zm0zNtaX7p

— Diddy (@Diddy) April 8, 2021

and then this happened.