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Speaker 1: According to Ditty's defense attorney, Diddy is somewhat of a

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Speaker 1: hero in the prison now. Diddy's attorney told the Associated

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Speaker 1: Press that Diddy got a standing ovation from his fellow

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Speaker 1: inmate when he returned to federal prison following his verdict

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Speaker 1: last week. They all said, quote, we never get to

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Speaker 1: see anyone who beats the government. Did he, as you know,

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Speaker 1: was acquitted of three serious charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering,

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Speaker 1: but convicted on two counts under the Man Act for prostitution.

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Speaker 1: The applause from fellow inmates showed how rare it is

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Speaker 1: to see someone score any type of win in federal court.

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Speaker 1: So was that shocking when you guys heard the verdict?

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Speaker 1: Was it shocking to you?

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Speaker 2: Well?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean because from the very beginning, you know,

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Speaker 3: when the boys which the alphabets come to your house

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Speaker 3: on ay jackets atf FBI Ciada. Anytime the boys come

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Speaker 3: you have a major problem. I thought it would go

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Speaker 3: far worse, but and then when it didn't, it didn't

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Speaker 3: really make me glad or sad. I'm I'm impartial to it.

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Speaker 3: I'm like I said before, I don't relish in the

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Speaker 3: downfall of anybody. I'm just not that person, man, I

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Speaker 3: don't I'm not. Yeah, good, he going away for life.

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Speaker 3: I hate to see that. I hate to see people

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Speaker 3: come to that part where they get written off and

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Speaker 3: thrown away. I hate that for anybody. Now, you know, look,

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Speaker 3: you murdered somebody, you know you got to go. And

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Speaker 3: I'm not saying that what he did wasn't wrong. But

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Speaker 3: what they what he was on trial for, they didn't prove.

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Speaker 3: They didn't prove. Now, if he was on trial for

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Speaker 3: domestic violence, and you could get a lot of time

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Speaker 3: for domestic violence, he'd be he be in prison for

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Speaker 3: a while. Like what they took him in there like that,

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Speaker 3: you didn't like what?

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Speaker 2: Tell me?

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Speaker 3: Jumping on that girl, that and the whole that's what

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Speaker 3: That's what cost him everything. It opened up the Pandora's box,

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Speaker 3: you know, But you it just goes. I just hope

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Speaker 3: that young men who witnessed this don't don't see the

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Speaker 3: part that he's getting away with, because I'm telling you

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Speaker 3: right now, he's not getting away with anything.

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Speaker 2: You still you still have to answer to God. I

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Speaker 2: don't care who you are. You still got to answer

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Speaker 2: to the Creator. You have to you have to.

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Speaker 3: Atone for his life, were living down here. So all

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Speaker 3: the people that he got off easy, they should have

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Speaker 3: did this. That's the system we got in this country.

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Speaker 3: And he and he may get off even more. And

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Speaker 3: and but I want young people, young men out there,

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Speaker 3: to start thinking. Man, if you get fortunate enough to

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Speaker 3: get to where you finally ask God to take you.

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Speaker 3: When you get that, man, act like you got some sense.

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Speaker 1: Don't abuse it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, man, stop stepping on people because you can't. My father,

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Speaker 3: my father in law's favorite quote is just because you

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Speaker 3: can do something, don't mean you should shit, man, You

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Speaker 3: just you just can't because you I got the money,

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Speaker 3: I got the power. Okay, Okay, you know all that

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Speaker 3: can be taken away. Money and power get away from

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Speaker 3: people all the time, all the time.

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Speaker 1: Yea.

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Speaker 2: They just hope young people don't look at this and

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Speaker 2: just learn learn man, you know. Yeah, all right, all right.

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Speaker 1: Moving on to master P. Master P announced his retirement

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Speaker 1: from hip hop with a farewell performance at Essence Vest

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Speaker 1: over the weekend. The concert served as a tribute to

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Speaker 1: master P's legacy that spans almost four decades. At age

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Speaker 1: fifty five, master P told people that he is looking

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Speaker 1: forward to focusing on his role as head coach and

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Speaker 1: president of basketball operations at the University of New Orleans.

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Speaker 1: He said, quote, it's a blessing now to be able

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Speaker 1: to transition into doing something that's bigger than me. Being

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Speaker 1: a servant is my most important job. I feel like

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Speaker 1: hard work got me here, and that chapter closed itself

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Speaker 1: with maturing and growing up and not being afraid to

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Speaker 1: grow unquote. So Steve got to ask you this. You're retired.

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Speaker 1: We were all there. You retired from stand up back

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Speaker 1: in twenty twelve to focus on your many jobs and

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Speaker 1: TV and just to move forward. So on fifteen, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you might be right, it might be fifteen. I'm not sure.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, you retired from stand up and you know,

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Speaker 1: to focus on other things. So do you have any

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Speaker 1: words of encouragement for master p or anyone who's considering.

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Speaker 3: First of all, I've always been a huge Master P fan.

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Speaker 3: I just think he's a great dude, man. I think

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Speaker 3: Pus he's just a good person man, just solid, solid

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Speaker 3: dude man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Man, But like like I say, you know.

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Speaker 3: Your career is what you paid for, but your calling

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Speaker 3: is what you made for. And I think people who

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Speaker 3: are in the public eye who are public figures, who

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Speaker 3: who get famous or well off behind this business that

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Speaker 3: that goes to a certain point in your life. You know,

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Speaker 3: I think you all, all of us have to evolve

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Speaker 3: into something else. I don't want to try to hang

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Speaker 3: on to something until they don't want me no more.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I've always wanted to prepare to myself to get out

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Speaker 3: before they asked me out, you know, And so P

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Speaker 3: has done that as a businessman and all of that,

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Speaker 3: and so I think it's well deserved, and I just reckon.

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Speaker 3: I suggest to everybody think about your future, because where you.

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Speaker 2: Are now, you can't. You will not stay there. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I stay there.

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Speaker 3: Change is inevitable, so you have to participate in it

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Speaker 3: or you can react to it. If you react to it,

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Speaker 3: you're going to be behind eight ball. So you might

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Speaker 3: as well participate in the.

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Speaker 1: Change that's come twenty twelve. It doesn't seem like it

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Speaker 1: was that long ago, but it says twenty twelve. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so there are dates. Congratulations.

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Speaker 2: I know.

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Speaker 1: All right, you're listening. Steve Hardy Morning Show