“When I went to look at the publishing deal, it said everything except that I’m back in good financial health,” O’Day explained. “It basically asked me to no longer have access to my story and my experience. It specifically asked me to remain silent and never speak ill of any human being. So that’s when I realized something really bad was coming.”
“It’s just doing the right thing,” Combs said Variety after announcing in September that he was offering publishing rights to Bad Boy artists. “I think we as an industry and as a people need to look in the mirror and take a step forward. It is about evolving, leading by example and reforming an industry that needs it, in a world that needs reform.”
