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Part 1: Dirt Rock on Meeting Orlando Anderson, Joining Southside Crips

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Denvonta “Dirt Rock” Lee sits down with Vlad to revisit a tense moment he says he witnessed around Diddy, then known as Puffy, and The Notorious B.I.G. at the MGM around the time of the McNeeley fight. Dirt Rock recalls Biggie interrupting while Diddy was speaking and says Diddy warned him he would slap him, though he clarifies no physical slap happened.

The conversation also moves through Compton street politics, including Mob Piru, Southside Crips, Suge Knight, Big Dre, and the longstanding neighborhood tensions between different sides of the city. Dirt Rock discusses sharing spots in Paramount and Hawthorne, his close relationship with Dre, and his memories of Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson. He also responds to accounts involving Detective Lad, Blondie, and past shooting investigations where Anderson was reportedly investigated but not convicted. A firsthand look at hip-hop history, Los Angeles gang culture, and the Bad Boy era.