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Sean Combs - Wikipedia. Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1. Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, Diddy, and Love a. Brother Love is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was born in Harlem and was raised in Mount Vernon, New York.

He worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his label Bad Boy Entertainment in 1. His debut album No Way Out (1. Forever (1. 99. 9), The Saga Continues..

Press Play (2. 00. In 2. 00. 9 Combs formed the musical group Diddy – Dirty Money and released the critically well- reviewed and commercially successful album Last Train to Paris (2. Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band.

In 2. 01. 7 Forbes estimated his net worth at $8. Early life[edit]Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1. Harlem in Manhattan, New York City, and was raised in Mount Vernon, New York.[7] His mother, Janice (Smalls), was a model and teacher's assistant, and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U. S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.[7][8] At age 3.

Melvin was shot to death while sitting in his car on Central Park West, when Combs was 2 years old. Combs graduated from the Roman Catholic Mount Saint Michael Academy in 1. He played football for the academy, and his team won a division title in 1. Combs said that he was given the nickname "Puff" as a child, because he would "huff and puff" when he was angry.[1. Combs was a business major at Howard University but left after his sophomore year.[1.

In 2. 01. 4, he returned to Howard University to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and deliver the University’s 1. Commencement Address.[1.

Career beginnings[edit]. Bad Boy Entertainment Worldwide headquarters on Broadway near Times Square. A billboard of Combs is in the distance. Combs became an intern at New York's Uptown Records. While talent director at Uptown, he helped develop Jodeci and Mary J. Blige.[1. 5] In his college days Combs had a reputation for throwing parties, some of which attracted up to a thousand participants. In 1. 99. 1, Combs promoted an AIDS fundraiser with Heavy D held at the City College of New York (CCNY) gymnasium, following a charity basketball game.

The event was oversold, and a stampede occurred in which nine people died. In 1. 99. 3, after being fired from Uptown, Combs established his new label Bad Boy Entertainment as a joint venture with Arista Records, taking then- newcomer The Notorious B. I. G. with him.[1. Both The Notorious B. I. G. and Craig Mack quickly released hit singles, followed by successful LPs, particularly Notorious B. I. G.'s Ready to Die.[1.

Combs signed more acts to Bad Boy, including Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, 1. Total, and Father MC.[2.

The Hitmen, his in- house production team, worked with Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil' Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, SWV, Aretha Franklin, and others.[2. Mase and the Lox joined Bad Boy just as a widely publicized rivalry with the West Coast's Death Row Records was beginning. Combs and Notorious B. I. G. were criticized and parodied by Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight in songs and interviews during the mid- 1. During 1. 99. 4–1. Combs produced several songs for TLC's Crazy.

Sexy. Cool, which finished the decade as number 2. Billboard's list of top pop albums of the decade.[2. Puff Daddy" and No Way Out[edit]In 1. Puff Daddy, Combs recorded his first commercial vocal work as a rapper.

His debut single, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", spent 2. Billboard Hot 1. 00 chart, peaking at number one.[2. His debut album, No Way Out, was released on July 1, 1. Bad Boy Records. Originally titled Hell up in Harlem, the album underwent several changes after The Notorious B. I. G. was killed on March 9, 1. Several of the label's artists made guest appearances on the album.

No Way Out was a significant success, particularly in the United States, where it reached number one on the Billboard 2. The album produced five singles: "I'll Be Missing You", a tribute to The Notorious B. I. G., was the first rap song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 1.

Four other singles; "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down", "It's All About the Benjamins", "Been Around the World", and "Victory", were also released. Combs collaborated with Jimmy Page on the song "Come with Me" for the 1. Godzilla.[3. 0]The album earned Combs five nominations at the 4. Grammy Awards in 1. Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.[3. On September 7, 2. Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 7 million copies.[3.

In 1. 99. 7, Combs was sued for landlord neglect by Inge Bongo. Combs denied the charges.[3. By the late 1. 99. Forever and Club New York[edit]In April 1. Combs was charged with assault as a result of an incident with Steve Stoute of Interscope Records. Stoute was the manager for Nas, with whom Combs had filmed a video earlier that year for the song "Hate Me Now".

Combs was concerned that the video, which featured a shot of Nas and Combs being crucified, was blasphemous. He asked for his scenes on the cross to be pulled, but after it aired unedited on MTV on April 1. Combs visited Stoute's offices and injured Stoute.

Combs was charged with second- degree assault and criminal mischief,[3. Forever, Combs' debut solo studio album, was released by Bad Boy Records on August 2. North America, and in the UK on the following day.

It reached number two on the Billboard 2. Top R& B/Hip- Hop Albums chart,[3. Mary J. Blige's fourth album, Mary. The album received positive to mixed reviews from music critics and spawned three singles that have charted on the Billboard charts. It peaked at number four on the Canadian Albums Chart, Combs' highest- charting album in that country.[3. On December 2. 7, 1.

Combs and his then- girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were at Club New York in Manhattan when gunfire broke out. After a police investigation, Combs and fellow rapper Shyne were arrested for weapons violations and other charges.[3.

Combs was charged with four weapons- related charges and bribing his driver, Wardel Fenderson, to claim ownership of his gun.[4. With a gag order in place, the highly publicized trial began.[4. Combs' attorneys were Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. and Benjamin Brafman.[4.

Combs was found not guilty on all charges; Shyne was convicted on five of his eight charges[4. Combs and Lopez broke up shortly after. A lawsuit filed by Fenderson, who said he suffered emotional damage after the shooting, was settled in February 2. Lawyers for both sides, having agreed to keep the settlement terms secret, said that the matter was "resolved to the satisfaction of all parties".[4. P. Diddy" and The Saga Continues[edit]Combs changed his stage name from "Puff Daddy" to "P. Diddy" in 2. The gospel album, Thank You, which had been completed just before the beginning of the weapons trial, was released that March.[4. He appeared as a drug dealer in the film Made and starred with Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball (both in 2.

He was arrested for driving on a suspended license in Florida.[4. Watch An American Tail Online Hoyts. Combs began working with a series of unusual (for him) artists. For a short period of time, he was the manager of Kelis; they have a collaboration titled "Let's Get Ill".[4. He was an opening act for 'N Sync on their Spring 2.

Celebrity Tour,[4. California- based pop girl group. Dream to his record label.[4. Combs was a producer of the soundtrack album for the film Training Day (2. In June 2. 00. 1, Combs ended Bad Boy Entertainment's joint venture with Arista Records, gaining full control of Bad Boy, its catalogue, and its roster of artists.[1. The Saga Continues.., released on July 1.

North America, was the last studio album released by the joint venture. The album reached number 2 on the Billboard 2. Top R& B/Hip- Hop Albums charts,[5. Platinum. It is the only studio album under the P. Diddy name, and the first album by Sean Combs not to feature any guest appearances by Jay- Z or Lil Kim.