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ATC Plus *Preview*: Diddy, Mally Mall, and the Culture of Exploitation in American Pop Culture

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This is a preview of our recent ATC Plus episode. To listen to the whole episode, you can click here and subscribe now to ATC Plus and get your first week free on Apple Podcasts.As rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs sits in a Brooklyn jail facing criminal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering and at least seven civil suits alleging sexual assault, we talk to investigative journalist Brian Joseph, who spent many years writing about the relationship between hip hop culture and sexual exploitation. Brian recently released a book called Vegas Concierge: Sex Trafficking, Hip-Hop and Corruption in America.In the book, he focuses on the so-called pimp and prostitute culture that's been glamorised and normalised in the media. Specifically, Brian reports on the case of Jamal Rashid, known professionally as Mally Mall, an American hip hop producer who worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa, among many others.You can purchase Brian's book "Vegas Concierge Sex Trafficking, Hip-Hop and Corruption