Photo by Sandra Rose

Last week I promised that I would write a post detailing how Lloyd Dinwiddie aka Gyant admitted to me that he had “accidentally” recorded an unfinished track while interviewing a local producer. I’ll make this short because I have a lot of work to do:

One day in November 2007, Gyant called me with what he said was big news. He said he was interviewing a very popular Atlanta producer when the producer suddenly asked him if he wanted to hear a track he was working on for a singer that some may say is a superstar (I added that last part). Gyant said the producer walked him into another room in the studio and played the track for him. Gyant claimed he didn’t know at the time that his video camera was on and he recorded part of the song.

I asked him if the song was any good. His answer surprised me: he asked if I wanted the snippet to post on my site. I jumped at the opportunity to post the snippet on my site because I didn’t particularly care for the artist. In fact, I began writing the post in my head when Gyant suddenly retracted his offer. I was very disappointed to say the least.


I selfishly reminded him of the scoops I gave him in the past for his blog on Sohh.com. I reminded him that I could have kept those scoops for myself. He acknowledged that I had helped his career, but he didn’t want to get into trouble because, he thought the producer would easily figure out who did it. I felt bad for trying to talk him into giving me the snippet. So imagine my surprise when, on November 22, the snippet appeared on a popular urban website.

Some time later (I’m not sure if it was a week or two weeks, Gyant called me. He was very upset. He said V-103’s Greg Street had called him to inform him that the producer knew it was Gyant who leaked the snippet and the producer wanted to talk to him. Gyant was frantic. He said he didn’t know what to do. I was still upset that Gyant bypassed me to give the snippet to someone else. So I had no sympathy for him.

I had grown wary of dealing with a grown man who consistently used poor judgment which got him into trouble. Gyant said Greg urged him to call the producer and explain his side of the story.

Later that evening, Gyant called me again. This time he sounded relieved. Gyant said he called the producer and the producer was “very nice” and not angry at all. Gyant said the producer asked him if he did it and Gyant responded no. He said the producer was satisfied with his answer. Gyant was proud of the way he handled himself with the producer. Once again Gyant had dodged another bullet.

In my next installment I will write about how Gyant’s emotions almost jeopardized a relationship with a local music mogul who I’ll just say Gyant was very very fond of.

Oh, before I forget, yesterday I received a cease & desist email from an attorney representing Lloyd Dinwiddie aka Gyant.

The attorney, who I won’t name, accused me of violating Lloyd’s “proprietary” copyrights by posting photos that Lloyd claimed legally belonged to him. Apparently, Lloyd convinced the attorney that he (Lloyd) owned the copyrights to MY photos. Lol.

I was going to post the email from the attorney, but then I changed my mind. It isn’t the attorney’s fault that Gyant lied to him. But it is good to know that I wasn’t the only one suckered in by Gyant’s lies.