Diddy Covers Vibe

Diddy and his Bad Boy fam are set to cover Vibe in their August 2010 issue. Diddy sat down with Vibe Editor-in-chief Jermaine Hall for the cover story.

Dr. Dre said that the last beat that floored him was “All About the Benjamins.”
How does that make you feel?
It’s humbling. I was in the studio with Dre the
other day. He started working on a record for me. Watching him as a producer is
watching greatness. We had a lot of similar traits. It was like looking in the
mirror. He would ask questions like, “How you feel about this?” People don’t
really understand true producers want to know how you feel about things. We are
some of the most observant people on the planet.

What happened during the Martin Bashir interview on Nightline?
There were times in the interview
when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren’t being handled the
right way. In hindsight, when I saw him I shouldn’t had done the interview
because I know the style of interview that he does . . . The whole thing about
giving a Maybach to my son, that’s really like a racist question. You don’t ask
White people what they buy their kids. And they buy ‘em Porsches and convertible
Bentleys and it ain’t no question. It’s really a racist question and put things
back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And
I’m not saying that consciously he’s a racist. But he probably don’t even
realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has
that money and that’s the gift his kid is supposed to get.

Are the comments from Lil’ Kim about Nicki disheartening?
When I heard her say what
she said, it didn’t really affect me. I didn’t get mad at her or anything like
that. I knew how she felt. I ain’t agree with it. But also I know the
motivation. I know that people say, “Oh, he’s trying to get a new Lil’ Kim.” I
guess people will see in time. Yeah, Nicki’s had flavored wigs on, but besides
that it ain’t even the same approach to the writing.

(vibe.com)

The 15th annual Juice issue hits stands on August 6th.