DX: I spoke to 8Ball & MJG a little while ago, and 8Ball told me that they didn�t really feel like they are a part of the Bad Boy family. How much family is there really in the industry?

CD: As far as Bad Boy, we�re definitely one big family. Of course every artist is always gonna want a great amount of attention, especially from Puff. You know, maybe that�s what I�m here for, what Harve [Pierre] is here for. Puff is the chairman, but he has other companies. So you�re gonna get that from artists sometimes, if maybe they feel like they didn�t get enough attention and it becomes a Puffy thing, but really there�s people in place. I was very involved in their project and I�m sure [8Ball] would agree to that. I�m not sure why he would say that. ...

DX: Address the critics that say Bad Boy has gotten away from real Hip Hop with artists like Danity Kane and the new solo artist Donny�

CD: What is that? Man! We�re a record company. What record company just wants to stay in one genre of music. It doesn�t make sense financially. It doesn�t make sense to limit yourself in terms of what kind of music you�re going to put out and what type of artist you�re going to sign. We gotta spread our wings and really grow as a company�which we�ve been doing.