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Content warning: This article contains information relating to sexual assault.  A new BBC documentary investigates how allegations of assault and abuse against women are dealt with in the music industry.  Music's Dirty Secrets: Women Fight Back is available to watch for free now via BBC iPlayer. It investigates reported cases of assault and abuse involving Erick Morillo, Octavian and grime MC Solo 45, who was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison on four charges of rape and holding women against their will.  The documentary features an interview with Kristen Knight, who brought rape cha...

Music's Dirty Secrets: 'I was offered £20,000 to never speak on our relationship' How safe is the music industry for women? A new BBC Three documentary investigates how the music industry deals with assault allegations and, in an exclusive, speaks to the ex-girlfriend of rapper Octavian. Tamanna Rahman "[He] kicked me [and] threw me into the balcony door. "My lip was burst and I had several bruises." Hana, 23, is the ex-girlfriend of London rapper Octavian, the winner of BBC Music’s Sound of 2019 award. Octavian has worked with major international artists like Diplo, Skepta and Gorillaz �...

The documentary also scrutinizes the behavior of the rapper Octavian, whose debut album release was scrapped by record label Black Butter, a joint venture with Sony Music. And the investigation details the pattern of sexual abuse by grime artist Solo 45, who is currently serving 30 years in prison after being convicted of 21 counts of rape and other offenses, including imprisonment and torture, against four women. The industry doesn’t escape the tough questions. Two of the world’s leading music companies, Sony Music and Universal Music Group, whose division Island Records had signed Solo ...

BBC Three Documentary Looks At Prevalence Of Sexual Assault In Music Industry The documentary looks at Octavian, Erick Morillo and Solo 45 and the wider music industry that enabled them. Author: BBC Three has released a new documentary titled Music’s Dirty Secrets: Women Fight Back about sexual assault in the music industry. Taking a close look at a few artists and the people who have enabled them, it shows the rise and fall, to varying degrees, of Erick Morillo, Octavian, Solo 45 and others, their abusive patterns and how they were able to abuse people for so long. Over the 44 minutes, B...