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this successful rapper and entrepreneur
has had multiple stage names throughout
his career welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life
and career of Sean Diddy Combs Sean John
Combs was born November 4th 1969 in
Harlem New York while attending Howard
University in Washington DC’s Kaunas
became an intern at Uptown records in
New York eventually dropping out of
school after he was promoted to vice
president of A&R at the label Combs
helped to develop and produce acts such
as Jodeci and mary j blige after Combs
was fired from uptown he created bad boy
entertainment in 1993 he gained early
success with the release of the
notorious b.i.g s ready to die he also
signed acts such as Faith Evans and 112
and produced for uh sure Mariah Carey
and TLC whose album crazysexycool became
the best-selling R&B album of the 1990s
it was also around this time that the
rivalry between Bad Boy Records and
Death Row Records surfaced this saw the
West Coast labels Tupac Shakur and Suge
Knight publicly making fun of combs and
the notorious b.i.g
in songs and media appearances it was in
1997 that the Puff Daddy and the family
album No Way Out was released this
record spawned the singles can’t nobody
hold me down and I’ll be missing you
which was recorded in memory of the
notorious b.i.g forever
his first album solely under the Puff
Daddy name came out two years later
despite its success hip hop fans
criticized combs for over
commercializing the genre not using
enough original material and
collaborating too much with guests at
the end of 1999
combs was arrested for weapons
violations after gunfire broke out at a
Manhattan nightclub he attended with
then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez though
both combs and fellow rappers shine were
sent to trial combs was found not guilty
on all charges
while shine was convicted and sentenced
to prison for ten years hoping to
distance himself from the negative press
that had built up in 2001 combs changed
his stage name to P Diddy
he made acting appearances in the film’s
made and monsters ball but also got into
trouble with the law again when he was
accused of assault and reckless driving
the same year he released the saga
continues an album that featured the
tracks bad boy for life and I need a
girl
combs then switched it up a bit and
started working with pop artists such as
Britney Spears and NSYNC
he also signed the girl group dream to
Bad Boy Records and took over the second
run of the MTV series making the band in
2002 but don’t say your name that means
you are going home and hopefully you
will continue pursuing your dream 2005
was the year combs announced yet another
name change to simply did a court order
from DJ Richard Diddy dear love however
forced him to continue using P Diddy as
a stage name in the UK showing no signs
of slowing down
combs then sold Bad Boy Records to the
Warner Music Group his fourth album
titled press play was then released in
2006
I’m the dream of the one I’m the reason
you call mama ko a halt I’m a beast on
appeal in the next few years
combs continued to add to his acting and
television credits in 2008 he premiered
his vh1 series I want to work for Diddy
he also reprised the role he had played
on stage in a Raisin in the Sun in its
2008 television adaptation 2010 Psalm
star in the comedy film get him to the
Greek what a hell you been what does he
say her shit how was it amazing he
didn’t forget about his musical career
though it was during this time he left
Warner Music and ultimately signed a
deal with Interscope Records in 2009
with two clothing lines line of men’s
fragrances a movie production company
and an upscale restaurant chain it is
without a doubt that Sean Diddy Combs
has made a solid name for himself in
both the worlds of music and business
Oh
this successful rapper and entrepreneur
has had multiple stage names throughout
his career welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the life
and career of Sean Diddy Combs Sean John
Combs was born November 4th 1969 in
Harlem New York while attending Howard
University in Washington DC’s Kaunas
became an intern at Uptown records in
New York eventually dropping out of
school after he was promoted to vice
president of A&R at the label Combs
helped to develop and produce acts such
as Jodeci and mary j blige after Combs
was fired from uptown he created bad boy
entertainment in 1993 he gained early
success with the release of the
notorious b.i.g s ready to die he also
signed acts such as Faith Evans and 112
and produced for uh sure Mariah Carey
and TLC whose album crazysexycool became
the best-selling R&B album of the 1990s
it was also around this time that the
rivalry between Bad Boy Records and
Death Row Records surfaced this saw the
West Coast labels Tupac Shakur and Suge
Knight publicly making fun of combs and
the notorious b.i.g
in songs and media appearances it was in
1997 that the Puff Daddy and the family
album No Way Out was released this
record spawned the singles can’t nobody
hold me down and I’ll be missing you
which was recorded in memory of the
notorious b.i.g forever
his first album solely under the Puff
Daddy name came out two years later
despite its success hip hop fans
criticized combs for over
commercializing the genre not using
enough original material and
collaborating too much with guests at
the end of 1999
combs was arrested for weapons
violations after gunfire broke out at a
Manhattan nightclub he attended with
then girlfriend Jennifer Lopez though
both combs and fellow rappers shine were
sent to trial combs was found not guilty
on all charges
while shine was convicted and sentenced
to prison for ten years hoping to
distance himself from the negative press
that had built up in 2001 combs changed
his stage name to P Diddy
he made acting appearances in the film’s
made and monsters ball but also got into
trouble with the law again when he was
accused of assault and reckless driving
the same year he released the saga
continues an album that featured the
tracks bad boy for life and I need a
girl
combs then switched it up a bit and
started working with pop artists such as
Britney Spears and NSYNC
he also signed the girl group dream to
Bad Boy Records and took over the second
run of the MTV series making the band in
2002 but don’t say your name that means
you are going home and hopefully you
will continue pursuing your dream 2005
was the year combs announced yet another
name change to simply did a court order
from DJ Richard Diddy dear love however
forced him to continue using P Diddy as
a stage name in the UK showing no signs
of slowing down
combs then sold Bad Boy Records to the
Warner Music Group his fourth album
titled press play was then released in
2006
I’m the dream of the one I’m the reason
you call mama ko a halt I’m a beast on
appeal in the next few years
combs continued to add to his acting and
television credits in 2008 he premiered
his vh1 series I want to work for Diddy
he also reprised the role he had played
on stage in a Raisin in the Sun in its
2008 television adaptation 2010 Psalm
star in the comedy film get him to the
Greek what a hell you been what does he
say her shit how was it amazing he
didn’t forget about his musical career
though it was during this time he left
Warner Music and ultimately signed a
deal with Interscope Records in 2009
with two clothing lines line of men’s
fragrances a movie production company
and an upscale restaurant chain it is
without a doubt that Sean Diddy Combs
has made a solid name for himself in
both the worlds of music and business
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