P-Diddy does the "Leavenworth Shuffle." Photo © Reuters.
LEAVENWORTH, KS -- In what the music industry has hailed	as a landmark deal, hip-hop impresario Sean "P-Diddy" Combs	and American Indian Movement (AIM) activist	Leonard Peltier on Saturday night announced	the formation of a new entertainment,	education, and empowerment	empire from behind the walls of	the federal prison cell they share in	Leavenworth, Kansas.
"Puffy has always been a businessman,	first and foremost," fellow rapper	and producer Dr. Dre told Indian Country Tomorrow.	"This move shows that even in a jail	cell, you can't keep a brother down."
Although financial details are sketchy,	the deal is rumored to be in the	hundreds of millions. Known as P.P. Dogg Productions,	the project aims to marry P-Diddy's	"ghetto fabulous" lifestyle with	Peltier's "red man" spirituality,	representing artists as diverse as	Lil' Snoop Dogg and The Black Lodge Singers.
And judging by the reactions of	their fellow inmates, the compact	is indeed revolutionary. Previously	fractionated prison groups from	Mexican drug lords to White supremacists	joined together in throwing their hands	in the air last night at an introductory	concert performed by P-Diddy proteges	Destiny's Child.
"I give much love to all the prisoners," lead singer Byonce, the only remaining member of	the award-winning group, told Indian Country Tomorrow	after the performance.
Northern Traditional drum group Southern Cree	also performed at the event.
Louis J. Freeh. Photo © Reuters.
FBI agents throughout the country were	less enthusiastic. They protested outside the prison	during the performance, decrying the P-Diddy-Peltier partnership	and promising to prevent the pair from profiting	from the project.
"Peltier is a cold-blooded murderer who	must remain in jail," said FBI Director	Louis J. Freeh, who promised a full-scale	investigation into Peltier's new effort.
But the outspoken Freeh dodged allegations that he	orchestrated the entire affair through	a covert FBI operative harkening	back to the days of their "Reign of Terror" on	the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the 1970s. As revealed by a series of letters published on the website of	Representative Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), it was Freeh who	urged Attorney General John Ashcroft	that Combs be transferred from	a federal prison in Virginia	to the Kansas facility.
In an exclusive interview with BET Television last week,	Combs -- convicted of federal bribery	and obstruction of justice charges stemming from	a special investigation into a $5 million	campaign contribution he made to convince	President George W. Bush to pardon	Peltier -- acknowledged he had never	heard of the imprisoned activist until he attended	a White House tea during which he met Freeh.
According to Combs, Freeh brought up Peltier's	imprisonment and when Combs indicated	he didn't think it was right for the FBI	to oppose Peltier's bid for clemency,	Freeh said the rap star should "put his money where his mouth	is."
"So I did," responded Combs. "I gave mad dough	to the Republican Party because I knew it might	help sway Bush," he continued. "If it worked for Denise Rich, who	hasn't had as many Number 1 hits as I have, I thought	it	would work for me."
P.P. Dogg CEO Wanda Yellow Hair and her executive assistant, James. Photo © NSM.
Production on P.P. Dogg's first big screen movie, an auto-biography	of Peltier and his role in AIM, is going well, said CEO Wanda Yellow Hair. But it has already suffered a setback: Combs' former girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, dropped out of the project last week.
The Daily Variety reports in tomorrow's issue that	Irene Bedard has signed on to replace J-Lo. The role of Peltier has not yet been filled, although Variety reports	Adam Beech and Val Kilmer have read for the part.
However, on her website, Indian movie insider "The Kiowa Scout" says	Oliver Stone, the movie's	producer and director, has already rejected Beech	because "he looked too Indian." Scout also says Kilmer has gained	50 lbs in an attempt to convince Stone he is the right man for	the part.
Yellow Hair would neither confirm nor deny either the Variety	or Scout reports.	But she did confirm that actor Russell Means has been turned down repeatedly for roles, from playing his own self to Richard Wilson, former	Oglala Lakota Tribal Chairman and organizer of the Guardians of	the Oglala Nation (GOON), the government-funded vigilante	group accused of instigating violence against AIM members and	supporters.
"This isn't a cartoon," Yellow Hair told Indian Country Tomorrow. "It's a real movie.	We don't feel our high-quality production would be the right	vehicle for him."
Author, poet, producer, and	LA Laker alternate Sherman Alexie has agreed to	consult with the movie's screenwriters as	soon as he finishes his stand-up comedy	tour opening for Korean comic Margaret	Cho.