Overview

• Ghostface detailed the allegation on The Bootleg Kev Podcast, describing a late-1990s drop in airplay following Wu‑Tang’s clash with New York’s Hot 97.
• He said the group was cut off after he led an expletive-laced chant at Summer Jam in 1997 and claimed the single “Triumph” received no radio push.
• The account is secondhand, with Ghostface saying RZA told him last year that Combs admitted to using his influence to stop Wu‑Tang records.
• Outlets reporting the remarks note that neither Combs nor Hot 97 has issued a response to the allegation.
• Coverage places the claim in the era’s broader tensions between Bad Boy and Wu‑Tang, referencing incidents like Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s 1998 Grammys interruption, and notes Combs currently awaits October sentencing after a recent trial.