50 Cent, Revenge Porn & The Price of Fame

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It's a proven fact that every
person in the world comes from a

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black woman, but we're still the
most disrespected.

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We hold it down to public and
fight storms in private.

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This one's for the missing, the
silenced, and the sisters and

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sons we still speaking for We
here count the names, hold the

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line.
We don't vote.

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We design.
No tears for black girls.

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We turn prayers into plants,
turn them up, say your name.

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Whole space.
We don't live where we stand.

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No tears for.
Before we begin a content

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warning, this episode discusses
revenge porn, non consensual

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distribution of intimate images,
online harassment, and sexual

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violence.
We will not show explicit

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content, but we will discuss
these topics in detail.

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If you are a survivor of revenge
porn, intimate partner violence,

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or online abuse, please take
care of yourself while

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listening.
Resources are available in our

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show notes.
If you need to pause, skip or

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stop, do what's best for you.
Your well-being matters.

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If you're ready, let's begin
Part 1.

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When trauma becomes content.
In 2018, a young Black woman's

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most intimate moment was stolen.
Posted online, mocked by

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millions.
The man who spread it?

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One of the most powerful figures
in hip hop.

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A man with 30 million followers.
A man who turned her trauma into

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a meme.
Tiara Marie.

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Her name is Tiara Marie, and
when she fought back, the system

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made her pay.
Literally.

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This is the story of how revenge
porn industry power and

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misogynoir destroyed a career,
how a lawsuit meant to protect

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her became another weapon, and
how the entertainment industry

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profits from black women's pain
while offering them no

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protection.
This is no Tears for Black Girls

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Part 2.
Who is Tiara Marie?

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Before the scandal, before the
memes, before $0.50 made her a

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punchline, Tiara Marie was a
rising star.

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Born Tiara Marie A Thomas on
December 2nd, 1987 in Detroit,

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MI, she grew up surrounded by
music.

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Her grandmother was a gospel
singer.

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By age 5, Tiara was performing
in church.

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By her teens, she was writing
songs and dreaming of stardom.

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In 2004, at just 16 years old,
Tiara caught the attention of

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Jay-Z.
He signed her to Def Jam and

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Rockefeller Records, the same
label that launched Rihanna,

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Kanye West, and Neo.
Her debut single, Make Her Feel

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Good, dropped in 2005.
It peaked at #35 on the

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Billboard Hot 100.
The album Rockefeller Records

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presents.
Tiara Marie Star sold over

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69,000 copies in its first week.
She was 17 years old, a child,

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and the industry was already
packaging her as a sex symbol.

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But behind the scenes, things
were falling apart.

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Jay-Z left Def Jam in 2007.
Tiara's second album was

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shelved.
She was dropped from the label.

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By 2008.
She was unsigned, struggling to

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book shows and watching her
peers, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Kiara

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soar.
While she faded, she pivoted to

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reality TV love and hip hop
Hollywood in 2014.

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It gave her a paycheck, but it
also locked her into a

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narrative.
The has been the cautionary tale

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The Girl Who Couldn't Make It
and then in 2017, her life was

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shattered.
Part 3 The relationship and the

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leak In 2017, Tiara Marie was in
a relationship with Akbar

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Abdullah, had a man she met
through mutual friends in Los

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Angeles.
The relationship was turbulent.

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Friends later described it as
controlling, volatile.

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But Tiara stayed, and like many
couples, they recorded intimate

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moments, private videos meant
for no one else.

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On May 1st, 2018, those videos
were posted online.

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Not by a hacker, not by a
stranger, by Akbar Abdullah had

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himself.
He uploaded explicit footage of

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Tiara to Instagram.
Her face, her body.

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Her most vulnerable moments
exposed to the world within

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hours.
The videos spread across

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Twitter, Facebook and gossip
blogs.

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The Shade Room, Baller Alert,
Media Takeout.

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They all posted it.
Some blurred the images.

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Some didn't.
Tiara was at home when she found

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out.
She called friends crying.

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She called her lawyer.
She deactivated her social

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media.
But it was too late.

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Millions had already seen it.
And then $0.50 got involved.

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Curtis Jackson, known as $0.50,
had no relationship with Tiara

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Marie.
No beef, no history.

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But he had 23 million Instagram
followers, and he saw an

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opportunity.
On May 2nd, 2018, $0.50 reposted

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the explicit images to his
Instagram account.

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He added his own caption,
mocking Tiara, making jokes,

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turning her trauma into content.
His post got millions of views,

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thousands of comments.
People laughed, people shared,

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people made memes.
Tiara Marie's name was trending,

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but not for her music, for her
humiliation.

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Part 4 The Lawsuit On May 3rd,
2018, one day after 50 Cent's

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post, Tiara Marie filed a
lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior

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Court.
She sued Akbar Abdullah had for

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invasion of privacy, intentional
infliction of emotional

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distress, and violation of
California's revenge porn law,

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and she sued $0.50 for the same
charges.

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Her legal team argued that $0.50
repost was not commentary or

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news, it was harassment, it was
distribution of non consensual

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pornography and under California
Civil Code section 1708.85 it

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was illegal.
The law is clear anyone who

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intentionally distributes
intimate images of another

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person without consent, knowing
the person will suffer emotional

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distress, can be held liable.
Tiara asked for damages.

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She asked for an injunction to
stop further distribution.

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She asked for accountability.
$0.50 response.

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He mocked her.
He posted more memes.

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He called her a thought.
He told his followers she was

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broke and desperate.
And then he filed a motion to

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dismiss.
His lawyers argued that his post

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was protected by the 1st
Amendment, that he was

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commenting on a newsworthy
event, that Tiara was a public

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figure who had put herself out
there on reality TV.

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In other words, she deserved it.
In July 2019, a judge ruled in

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$0.50's favor.
The court found that Tiara had

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failed to prove that $0.50 acted
with actual malice or that his

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post caused her specific,
quantifiable harm beyond what

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Akbar had already caused.
The lawsuit was dismissed, but

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it didn't end there. $0.50's
legal team filed a motion for

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attorneys fees.
They argued that Tiara's lawsuit

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was frivolous, that she had
wasted the court's time.

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The judge agreed.
Tiara Marie was ordered to pay

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50 Cent, $30,618.24 in legal
fees.

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She didn't have it.
She was already in debt, already

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struggling.
So $0.50 lawyers filed for wage

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garnishment.
They went after her love and hip

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hop paychecks, her appearance
fees, anything she earned and

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$0.50.
He posted about it.

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He bragged he turned her
financial ruin into content.

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As of 2025, Tiara Marie has not
paid the full amount.

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The debt remains Part 5.
The systemic issue revenge porn

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and black women Tiara Marie's
case is not unique.

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According to the Cyber Civil
Rights Initiative, one in 12

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adults in the United States has
been threatened with or

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victimized by non consensual
pornography, commonly called

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revenge porn.
For women, the rate is higher.

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For women of color, it's even
worse.

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A 2016 study by Data and Society
found that Black women and

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Latina women are
disproportionately targeted by

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online harassment, including
revenge porn, doxing, and cyber

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stalking.
And for Black women in

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entertainment, the numbers are
staggering.

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Why?
Because the industry has always

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treated Black women's bodies as
public property.

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From slavery to segregation to
the present day, Black women

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have been hyper sexualized,
dehumanized and denied autonomy

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over their own images.
In hip hop and R&B, this takes

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specific forms.
Video vixens are paid to be

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objectified, then shamed when
they speak out.

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Female artists are pressured to
be sexy to sell records, then

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called thoughts when intimate
images leak.

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Reality TV stars are edited into
villains, their trauma turned

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into ratings.
And when revenge porn happens,

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the industry profits.
Gossip blogs get clicks.

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Social media platforms get
engagement.

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Record labels distance
themselves and the woman she's

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left to rebuild alone.
Let's be clear.

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Revenge porn is not about sex.
It's about power.

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It's about punishing women for
leaving, for saying no, for

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having autonomy.
And when a man with 30 million

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followers amplifies that
punishment, it's not commentary,

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it's violence.
California passed its revenge

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porn law in 2013.
As of 2020, five, 48 states have

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similar laws.
But enforcement is inconsistent,

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penalties are weak, and
platforms like Instagram,

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Twitter and Facebook are
protected by Section 230 of the

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Communications Decency Act,
meaning they can't be held

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liable for user generated
content, even if it's illegal.

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So the images stay up, the
trauma continues, and the women

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are told to move on.
Part 6.

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Parallel cases.
A pattern of abuse.

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Tiara Marie is not alone.
In 2020, Megan Thee Stallion was

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shot by Tory Lanez.
When she spoke out, she was

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mocked, called a liar, turned
into a meme. $0.50 posted about

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that too.
He sided with Tory.

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He made jokes.
In 2016, Cassie Ventura was

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allegedly abused by Sean Diddy
Combs.

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For years.
She signed an NDA.

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She stayed silent.
In 2023, she filed A lawsuit.

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Within 24 hours, Diddy settled.
The terms are confidential, but

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the abuse documented on video
and the industry new.

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In 2018, Kalani was stalked by a
man who broke into her home.

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She got a restraining order.
She spoke about her trauma

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publicly.
The response?

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Victim blaming.
She's doing it for attention.

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She's lying.
In 2017, Blac Chyna's intimate

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images were leaked by her ex Rob
Kardashian.

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He posted them on Instagram.
He called her names.

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He tried to destroy her.
She sued.

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She won.
But the images are still out

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there, still searchable, still
used against her.

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This is the pattern.
A black woman is violated.

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She speaks out.
She's punished again by the

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abuser, by the public, by the
system and the men.

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They move on.
They keep their careers, they

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keep their power.
Part 7 The industry's

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complicity.
Let's talk about who profits

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when black women are humiliated.
Gossip blogs.

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The Shade Room Baller Alert.
Media Takeout.

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They posted Tiara's images.
They got millions of clicks.

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They sold ads.
They made money.

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Social media platforms.
Instagram allowed $0.50 post to

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stay up for hours.
Twitter allowed the images to

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spread.
Facebook groups shared them

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freely.
Record labels.

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Def Jam dropped Tiara years
before the scandal.

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But when it happened, silence,
no statement, no support.

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Reality TV producers love and
hip hop film Tiara's breakdown.

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They turned her trauma into a
storyline.

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They aired it for ratings and 50
Cent.

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He's still one of the most
followed celebrities on

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Instagram.
He still gets brand deals.

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He's still executive produces
hit TV shows.

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There were no consequences for
anyone except Tiara Part 8.

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Where is Tiara Marie now?
As of November 2025, Tiara Marie

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is still fighting.
She has not paid the full

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$30,618 judgement to $0.50.
Her wages are still subject to

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garnishment.
She has released music

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independently.
She performs at small venues.

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She posts on social media,
though less frequently than

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before.
In interviews, she has spoken

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about the toll the scandal took
on her mental health,

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depression, anxiety, suicidal
thoughts.

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She has also spoken about the
industry's betrayal, how no one

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defended her, how she was left
to fight alone.

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But she's still here, still
creating, still surviving.

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And that in itself is Resistance
Part 9.

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What needs to change?
So what do we do?

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First, we hold platforms
accountable.

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Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.
They need to enforce their own

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policies.
Revenge porn is illegal.

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It should be removed
immediately.

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Not in hours, not in days.
Immediately.

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Second, we strengthen the laws.
California's revenge porn

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statute is a start, but it needs
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Higher penalties, criminal
charges, and it needs to apply

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to anyone who distributes the
images, not just the original

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poster.
Third, we support survivors.

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Legal fees, therapy, career
rebuilding.

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These costs are real, and right
now, survivors bear them alone.

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Organizations like the Cyber
Civil Rights Initiative offer

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resources, but they're
underfunded, overwhelmed.

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They need support. 4th, we
change the culture.

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Stop sharing the images, stop
clicking on the blogs, stop

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making memes out of black
women's trauma.

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And if you're a man with a
platform, especially if you have

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millions of followers, use it
responsibly.

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Your words have power.
Your posts have consequences.

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$0.50 had a choice.
He chose cruelty. 5th, we demand

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accountability from the
industry.

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Record labels need to protect
their artists.

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Current and former reality TV
producers need to stop

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exploiting trauma for ratings.
Gossip blogs need to ask

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themselves, is this story worth
destroying someone's life?

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And we as consumers need to stop
rewarding them when they do.

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Finally, we center Black women's
voices.

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Tiara Marie told her story.
Megan Thee Stallion told hers.

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Cassie told hers.
Believe them, amplify them,

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protect them.
Because if we don't, the cycle

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continues.
Part 10 Say her name.

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Hold space.
Lift where we stand.

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Tiara Marie was 30 years old
when her life was upended.

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She didn't ask for this.
She didn't deserve this.

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She was a young woman who
trusted the wrong person, who

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had her privacy violated, who
fought back and was punished for

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it.
Her story is not unique, but it

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should be unacceptable.
Revenge porn is not a personal

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failing.
It's a crime.

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And when powerful men amplify
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it, when the legal system fails
to protect survivors, that's not

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justice.
That's complicity.

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So here's what you can do.
One, if you see revenge porn

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online, report it.
Don't share it, don't engage

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with it. 2, support
organizations fighting for

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survivors, the Cyber Civil
Rights Initiative without my

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consent, the National Center for
Victims of Crime.

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Three, demand better from the
platforms you use.

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Instagram, Twitter, TikTok.
They have the technology to

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detect and remove this content.
They choose not to prioritize

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it. 4 If you're a survivor, know
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It's not your fault.
You are not alone.

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Resources exist.
Help is available. 5 And if

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you're listening to this and
you've ever shared, liked, or

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laughed at revenge porn, stop,
Apologize.

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Do better.
Tiara Marie is still here, still

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fighting, still creating.
She deserves more than our

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sympathy.
She deserves our solidarity.

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This has been no tears for black
girls.

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I'm Samantha Paul.
Say her name.

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Hold space, lift where we stand.
Stay loved, stay blessed and

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stay safe.
Until next time.

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I'll see you when I see you.