On Monday, the embattled rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested and charged with intercourse trafficking and racketeering. He is been denied bail twice, and is dealing with a sentence of 15 years to life in jail. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR Music editor Sidney Madden and authorized affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff to grasp what this indictment means for Combs and if this may very well be the start of a #MeToo motion in hip-hop.

Then, Brittany is joined by Tony Tulathimutte, creator of Rejection, to speak a few rising tradition round rejection, his e-book and why on-line life can allow rejections to curdle inside us.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain and Alexis Williams, with extra assist from Corey Antonio Rose and Barton Girdwood. This episode was edited by Jessica Placzek. We had engineering assist from Ted Mebane and Josephine Nyounai. Our Govt Producer is Jasmine Romero. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.