This Week in Dulture…

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👾 Retro is far from strange

👮 Diddy on Netflix

⚽️ WC2026

💅 Women & and their crime stories

Dulture weekly mix

It dawned on me the other day: we get winter twice a year.

Like wtf. Every other season happens only once, sometimes for an even shorter time because winter gets in the way.

This week’s mix is technically from Winter 2025 but we’re talking about all the way back at the beginning of the year winter, not current day winter…which I guess is still fall but if you live on the east coast you’re like F-this, it’s winter!

The Diddy Documentary

Did-he?  Or did-he not?  50Cent finally got to show us on Netflix this week.

Did Diddy diddle - that’s all we wanted to know.

Actually I probably wouldn’t have cared if the doc wasn’t exec produced by 50Cent, who vehemently trolled Diddy as the allegations and lawsuits popped up quicker than virus ads during an illegal UFC stream.

Where do I even begin with Sean Combs: The Reckoning?

So firstly I will say, unless Diddy is one of the most conniving, cunning, ruthless people in the entertainment industry, let alone the world, there’s a bit of bias in the doc.

(He definitely, DEFINITELY could be)

I mean, I get it.  The doc portrays Diddy as this monster before, leading up to and after what he did to Cassie - which it gets into grand detail with numerous stories from the likes of Capricorn Clark (ex-assistant) to one of the male prostitutes he hired for like 8 years to do all kinds of freaky things with him and Cassie.

From business, to friendships, to his family and love life, Sean Combs does a lot of weirdo sh*t that makes you just wonder WHY(???) throughout the whole thing. 

The thing is, because of the one sided nature of the doc, you kinda start to believe all of it - which really doesn’t end up being that hard.  

To me, if you hear enough stories about someone from people who were in his inner circle, it becomes pretty hard not to believe them.

From the flurry of artists throughout the years, to the way he was with his staff, to his partner who helped him get Bad Boy Records started, Kirk Burrowes, they all got royally screwed over by Diddy.

Somehow Diddy got away with literally everything, EVERYTIME.

The one part of the doc that I didn’t expect, but I thought shed new light on the situation, is the whole Biggie and Tupac / East Coast vs West Coast feud.  I had heard things in the past where Puff (as he went by back then) and Biggie weren’t actually that close of friends and the doc more or less confirms that.

And honestly, he must’ve been involved in getting at least one of them shot, if not both. Yup - if not BOTH. Go watch the doc, if only for that part - I think episode 2? It’s worth it.

Ohhhh - and the Kid Cudi story!

Where he essentially breaks into Kid Cudi’s house when he finds out Cudi was with Cassie. And then holds his assistant hostage telling her to call Cassie and come home otherwise…well, who knows otherwise - BUT WHO DOES THIS???

If you’re a fan of hiphop, if you followed along as Bad Boy Records became a massive thing, or if you just like a good documentary with a ton of wild things, you’ll enjoy all 4 episodes.

No, but for real, dude does some super weirdo stuff - I didn’t expect as much as they showed and talked about in the doc - it's a firm reminder of what the media can do for you when they’re on your side.

Today’s World Cup Draw

So for all you footy fans, today’s a pretty big day for you as you find out who you’re either going to crush or get crushed by in the group stages of the World Cup.

If you don’t like soccer just continue to scroll to the last story

World Cup 2026 could go down as one of the craziest World Cups in history, for the sheer simple fact that it will have the most teams ever competing (48) and a bunch of unsuspecting countries qualifying like Curaçao, Cape Verde, and Haiti.

This year’s draw is a lil funky and not as straight forward as just picking a ball out of a lottery machine thing and putting it on a board where the groups are divided.

So I had ChatGPT figure it out for me:

That last point on the knockout path is super interesting - essentially FIFA doing the most to try to get the top 4 countries, Spain, Argentina, France, and England, in the semi-finals.

Also in case you were wondering, ChatGPT thinks Spain will win it all given their ranking.

But then this man will be there with this 16 goals in 8 qualifying games - I think Norway could do some serious damage, Haaland is a cyborg scoring machine.

As for Canada and the US:

Canada has a shot at the round of 16 if they get a favourable draw - they had the group of death last WC and did WAY better than anyone expected - aka no blowouts.

The U.S. has a good shot at making a Quarterfinals run - ChatGPT is American after all so I know where that’s coming from.

To All My Murder Mystery Lovers

Mainly to the women who read this aka my wife - here’s your storyyyyy.

So firstly, congratulations on having the #4 podcast on YouTube this year with Rotten Mango.

I honestly don’t know what it is with women and murder mysteries but y’all love to hear about a good homicide story while either doing your make up or watching someone else do their make up.

My wife will be like DiD yOu HeAr AbOuT tHe KiD wHo’S pArEnTs…LA LA LA LA LA LA LA…I’m not trying to hear thattttt at all…but I love you 🙂 

I had to do some research on why women really love true crime and what better place than OprahDaily.com LOL.

OH - and ladies!! While I have you, go check out the ad at the top - I hear a good hot plushie can help with period cramping and pains.

GUYS - go check out the ad too - your woman will love you for thinking about her period for once.

Firstly over 60% of true crime fans out there are women - absolutely no suprise to me.

Secondly, women love a good whodunnit story and why did they do it.

And lastly, there’s this emotional / psychological connection that women form to these stories - maybe not all of you, I’m just going by my research from OprahDaily.com, the only source for women’s research.

Overall I think some of you just really enjoy a messed up story. Listen, I really enjoyed the Diddy documentary so I understand where you’re coming from.

And let’s be honest - we all love a good storyteller. YouTubers like Rotten Mango have built audiences in the millions at this point because the woman can tell a story like the best of them.

I’d actually be curious how she’d do if she told a fun, normal story just to shake things up one day. 🤷