I wondered if the Chris Lighty DMX fight would be mentioned in this series on the Life of Chris Lighy, as it was such a big deal in the industry at the time. Salute to you all for mentioning it.
Every super man has their kryptonite, not excusing abuse. But this is about his accomplishments or his entire manhood? If so, no man is without sin......
Reading between the lines, battered women NEVER pop off on men they fear, eg wife beaters. So the event described in the police report was very likely a one-off, isolated , provoked reaction to his wife constantly doing most.
yeah Reggie really made a big deal out of the report that resulted in no arrest, no trial or conviction the wife has not even spoken on it. I guess he needed something dramatic.
To me, Violater Records has always symbolized business & moral rape, E.g. offering dudes to trade their assholes for the deal & then filming it, in addition to taking their publishing, royalties, name & reputation at signing. That's total violation! The videotape traps them. They're in bondage fiscally, physically, forever. They can't renegotiate, get even, get out of the game, nor get get out of line. And the tape can be leveraged against any money they make outside music via blackmail.
He has been working on this story for over a year and this police report comes out at the end. Knowing the industry , maybe the police report was fed to him. I think Nicole handled the situation in a respectful way. However, she knew the relationship was toxic and explosive. She could have shared more than she did because her comments were shared blame.
No disrespect to Reggie, may he Rest In Peace but he was reacting like he doesn't know the complexity of human beings no one just put their pain, dysfunction, issues out for the public to consume esp. in hip hop world. I bet Reggie's ex wives may have a different perspective of him as well then his friends and the general public may know. We won't ever know if Veronica put hands on Chris or inflicted any emotional abuse we see who ended up dead in this situation.
