Bad Boy Entertainment & Records History
 Puff Daddy (Sean
"Puffy" Combs) was born in Harlem, New York in 1970. The year that Puff
Daddy became a household name was 1997 when Puffy ruled the music
charts with his producing abilities and his own LP. With a sharp eye on
business and hip hop music, Puff Daddy took rap and sampling to new
heights in 1997 - and with this success came criticism as well. Puff
Daddy's mother was a model, and his father (he found out later in life)
was a well-known street hustler who was murdered when Puff was 3. Puff
Daddy's mother had the family stay in Harlem for several years so her
children could experience city life and diversity. Eventually the
family moved to the suburbs of Mount Vernon, New York and where Puff
went to a private school. It was while he was at school and a member of
the football team that he inherited the nickname "Puffy" - because he
would "puff" out his chest to make his body seem bigger. Throughout his
childhood and into college, Puff's entrepreneurial characteristics
became stronger starting with his paper route and into his college
years of house party and concert promotions. After attending Howard
University, Puff Daddy started working in the music industry as an
intern at Uptown Records (thanks to his childhood friend, Heavy
D). His position at the company eventually led him up the
ladder to vice-president and in 1990 Puff Daddy was the executive
producer for an LP by Father MC.
1991
A celebrity
basketball game and benefit Puff had organized turned tragic when a
stampede occurred within the audience and 9 people died of "asphyxia
due to compression of the chest." Poor security and organization were
sited as the cause of the tragedy, and Puff Daddy had been in charge of
both. The event devastated Puff Daddy, but soon he was feeling the
effects of success with work on hit LPs by Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and Heavy D.
After working at
Uptown Records throughout the early 90s and after being let go from the
company, Puff Daddy established Bad Boy Entertainment whose clients
eventually include the late Notorious
B.I.G., 112, Total,Faith Evans,
and Craig Mack. Bad Boy's first major hit came with
the 1994 Craig Mack single, "Flava In Ya Ear." In a
short 4 years, Bad Boy Entertainment sold approximately $100 million
worth of recordings. Bad Boy Entertainment also made a multi-million
dollar deal with Arista Records allowing the support of the label
without impinging on artistic control.
1995
Puff Daddy's
production success with Bad Boy Entertainment continued with the Notorious B.I.G.'s emergence as a well-known rap artist with his
LP Ready To Die and the single "Big Poppa." Bad Boy
Entertainment could now boast an impressive line-up of acts, and
multi-platinum success.
At the same time,
a once friendly relationship with rapper 2Pac and Death Row's Suge Knight had turned into a war of words, comments,
and accusations, especially in 2Pac's song "Hit 'Em Up." The East coast
versus West coast rivalry continued after 2Pac was fatally shot, and
many rumors connected Puff Daddy and the Notorious B.I.G. with his death.
1996
Puff Daddy began
producing for other artists outside his own company including Boyz II Men, SWV, Mariah Carey, Lil'
Kim, Babyface, New Edition, and Aretha Franklin.
Puff topped the
Billboard Rap Singles chart for 9 weeks helping out Lil' Kim with "No Time."
1997
Puff Daddy hit
the Top 40 helped out by Mase with "Can't
Nobody Hold Me Down."
"Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down" topped the Billboard R&B
Singles Sales chart for 12
weeks.
Puff Daddy had
big plans for the up-coming release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s next LP. But Puffy lost his close friend to gunshots.
B.I.G.'s LP, Life After Death, was released 3 weeks later to great commercial
and critical success. Puff Daddy's reaction to B.I.G.'s death (and the
death of rival 2Pac the year before) was to leave the business - but
friends talked him out of it. "When everything happened, I just wanted
to give up. I didn't wanna work, I didn't wanna make music no more."
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for
6 weeks,
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 7 weeks, the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 6 weeks, the Billboard Dance Music
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 6 weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles
chart for 12 weeks.
The single "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" was certified 2x platinum.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the Billboard Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
chart for 11 weeks.
Puff hit the Top
40 with his tribute to Notorious
B.I.G. - "I'll Be Missing You" (with Faith Evans and 112). The track hit the Top
10 by the end of the month.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 11
weeks, the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 9 weeks, the
Billboard R&B Singles chart for 8 weeks, the Billboard R&B
Singles Sales chart for 8 weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles chart
for 8 weeks.
 Puff Daddy
released his own LP, No Way Out (shown as Puff Daddy & The Family) to
equally commercial success, but much less critical enjoyment. Most of
Puff Daddy's appearance on the charts were collaborations: from his own
LP, from B.I.G.'s LP, or as a featured artists on other artist's LPs.
One of Puff Daddy's protegees, Mase, showed up along side many of Puff Daddy's
hits, including his first chart appearance, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down."
But the hit that crossed platforms and put Puff Daddy
in the limelight with his tribute to his slain friend, "I'll Be Missing You" (which also featured Faith Evans and 112). The track also demonstrated a common theme in Puff
Daddy's art of production - sampling a familiar 80s track (in this case The
Police's "Every Breath You
Take") and up-dating the lyrics with rap and hip hop. "I did it as a
tribute to Biggie, so I feel like it came out of my love for him...
whatever else it does, I'm happy," The money from the single was used
to set up a fund for B.I.G.'s children.
The single "I'll Be
Missing You" was certified 3x
platinum.
Puffy hit the Top
40 helping out The
Notorious B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo Money Mo
Problems."
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the UK Singles chart for 5 weeks.
Puffy hit the Top 10
helping out The Notorious
B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo Money Mo
Problems."
No Way Out topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 4 weeks and
the Billboard R&B Album charts for 5 weeks.
Puffy hit #1 for a week
with "I'll Be Missing You."
Puffy hit the Top
40 helping out SWV week with "Someone."
"Mo Money Mo Problems" topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for
2 weeks,
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 4 weeks, the Billboard
R&B Singles Airplay chart for 2 weeks, the Billboard Dance Music
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles
chart for 4 weeks.
Puffy appeared on
the cover of Rolling Stone.
Puff Daddy
performed "I'll Be Missing You" at the MTV
Video Music Awards with Sting and the connection continued at the end of the year when
Puffy remixed The Police classic "Roxanne" for their greatest hits
collection. Puffy also won a MTV
Video Music Award for Best
R&B Video ("I'll Be Missing You") and was also nominated for Viewer's Choice.
Puffy won a
Billboard Music Video Award for Best Clip (R&B/Urban) ("Mo Money Mo Problems").
No Way Out was certified 2x platinum.
Puffy hit #1 helping
out The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo
Money Mo Problems."
Puffy
coulld be heard on Busta Rhymes' LP, When
Disaster Strikes, on the track
"Body Rock."
No Way Out was certified 3x platinum.
No Way Out was certified 4x platinum and the single "Been Around
The World" was certified platinum.
Puff Daddy &
The Family hit the Top 40 with "It's
All About The Benjamins."
SoundScan
proclaimed Puff Daddy's No Way
Out the third best-selling LP
of 1997 - selling over 3.4 million copies in the U.S.
Looking back on
1997, Puff Daddy told Rolling
Stone: "Statistically, this was
one of the best years of my life, but personally, it was one of the
worst..."
Puff Daddy topped
the Billboard Rap Singles chart with "It's
All About The Benjamins / Been
Around The World" for 6 weeks and the Billboard Dance Music
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week.
Readers of Rolling Stone named Puff Daddy the Best Rap Artist of the Year and
critics named him the Artist of the Year.
It is Puff
Daddy's sampling method that has brought him some criticism, not only
for his own music, but for the tracks he has produced for others such
as B.I.G., Busta Rhymes,L.L.
Cool J, and Mariah Carey. Puff Daddy has stated about sampling: "I'm not
afraid of using samples. That's how I started producing. I never played
no instruments. I never programmed no drum machines. So if I was at a
party and heard a record that I loved. I would figure out a way to
bring that record to life. Make it like it was some brand new shit."
1998
Puff Daddy was
nominated for 5 American
Music Awards including
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist,
Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, and
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.
Puff Daddy hit
the Top 40 with "Been Around The
World."
"Been Around The World" topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 2
weeks.
Puff Daddy won 2 Grammy Awards for Best
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("I'll Be Missing You" (with Faith Evans and 112)) and Best Rap Album (No
Way Out).
It was reported
that Puff Daddy would settle several wrongful death suits resulting
from a 1991 stampede incident that caused the deaths of 9 celebrity
basketball fans. Puff Daddy had helped stage the event and will pay
about 20% of the $3 million dollar settlement. One family has refused
to settle the case and their court case.
Puffy spoke about
the incident when he testified in New York for the lawsuit and said
"...we were pleading with people to move back. It's almost hard to
explain in words the hysteria... you could see panic on everybody's
face." Puffy later told reporters that the incident is "...something
that I deal with every day of my life."
Puff hit the Top
40 with The Notorious B.I.G. and& Busta
Rhymes with "Victory"
which also was certified gold.
 No Way Out was certified 5x platinum.
Puffy hit the Top
40 with Jimmy Page with "Come With Me" from the Godzilla soundtrack.
Puffy topped the
Billboard Rap Singles chart with Jimmy Page with "Come With Me"
for 5 weeks.
The single "Come With Me"
was certified gold.
Puffy hit the Top
40 helping out Mase with "Lookin'
At Me."
The single "Come With Me"
was certified platinum.
It was reported
that Puffy would receive between $40 and $45 million from the
parent-company of Bad Boy Entertainment, BMG.
Puffy topped the
Billboard Rap Singles chart with Mase with "Lookin' At Me"
for 10
weeks.
Puffy chatted to
fans via SonicNet: "My goal is to make people happy by making
great music... I make music for a lot of people to hear it... I can
make you dance in the most hard-core club to the most pop club... that
is my job, that is what I do." Puffy also addressed criticism of his
sampling: "I don't pay attention to the critics, I pay attention to the
fans... If you look at the volume of music I have created, sampling
isn't dominating the music I create."
Puff Daddy won a MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice Award ("It's All About The Benjamins") and was also nominated for Video Of The Year
("It's All About The Benjamins"), Best Video From A Film ("Come With Me"),
and
Best Rap Video ("Mo Money Mo Problems").
No Way Out was certified 6x platinum.
A judge
determined that Puff Daddy and Heavy D were negligent for a 1991
charity basketball game that resulted in a stampede and 9 deaths. The
event was determined to be overbooked. The decision could affect
on-going civil suits against Puff Daddy.
Throughout the
year, Puffy won 2 Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Duo or Rap
Music Video ("I'll Be Missing You") and the Sammy Davis, Jr. Award for
'Entertainer of the Year,' 2 Kid's Choice Awards for Best Dresser and
Favorite Singer, and 2 World Music Awards for World's Best-Selling Rap
Artist/Group and World's Best-Selling New Artist.
1999
At the American Music Awards, Puff Daddy was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock
Male Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist.
Puffy hit the Top
40 by helping out Faith Evans on her hit "All Night Long"
for her LP Keep The Faith.
Puff Daddy turned
himself into New York City police and was charged with 2nd degree
assault and criminal mischief in connection with an alleged assault of
a label executive over the airing of "Hate Me Now" by Nas. The previous day, the manager of Nas was allegedly assaulted in his office by 3 men possibly because of the
video's inclusion of Puff Daddy.
 A new Puff Daddy
LP, Forever, hit stores.
Puff Daddy was
nominated for a MTV Video
Music Award for
Best Rap Video ("Hate Me Now" (with Nas)).
Puffy plead
guilty to 2nd-degree harassment charges stemming from an alleged attack
on a record label executive last April - and ordered into anger
management counseling.
Puffy was
nominated for a VH1 Fashion Award for Most Fashionable Artist (Male).
Forever was certified platinum.
Puff Daddy hit
the Top 40 with "Satisfy You" (featuring R.
Kelly).
Forever topped the Billboard R&B Albums chart for a week.
Puff Daddy was
nominated for a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Artist.
Puffy took part
in NetAid.
"Satisfy You"
topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for 3 weeks, the the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart for 2 weeks, and
the Billboard Rap Singles chart for 4 weeks.
The single "Satisfy You"
was certified gold.
Puff Daddy was
arrested on weapon charges in New York after a night of questioning
(with Jennifer Lopez) by the police related to a stolen gun and a
shooting at a nightclub the couple had left the previous night. Puffy
claimed his innocence and no charges were brought against Lopez. Puffy
and Lopez reportedly left the night club shortly after 3 people were
shot and wounded, and when pulled over, a gun (later said to be
unrelated to the shooting) was found in their car. Puffy told
reporters: "I do not own a gun. I do not carry a gun. The charges and
allegations against me are 100% false. I feel confident that in the
next couple of days, I will be vindicated and everything will be all
right."
MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made includes "Mo Money, Mo
Problems" at # 23.
2000
Puffy's saga
continued when rapper Shyne (aka James Barrow), a
'protege' of Puffy was charged with attempted murder and assault for
the shooting in New York. in mid-January, Puff Daddy and his bodyguard
was indicted on weapons charges alleging that 2 guns were linked to
them. Puffy hired well-known lawyer, Johnnie Cochran to dispute the
charges. Puffy responded to reporters: "The decision to indict me is
wrong. I'm innocent and we will prove it."
Puffy hit the Top
40 again with the song "Satisfy You" featuring R.
Kelly.
Puff Daddy was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Satisfy You"
with Puff Daddy). Puffy was arraigned in court in New York and
plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon charges. Later in
month more claims against Puffy surfaced stating that he attempted to
bribe his driver to lay claim to the gun that was found.
Puff Daddy
reached a financial settlement with a woman who was injured at the 1991
concert stampede in New York.
Puff Daddy was
sued along with Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease for $200
million for invasion of privacy related to a phone conversation used in
the track "Play Around" (on a LP by Lil' Cease produced by Puffy and Lil'
Kim).
No Way Out was certified 7x platinum.
2001
Puffy's trial for
illegal gun possession and bribery began with the prosecution stating
Puffy fired a gun at the ceiling at the nightclub and that a witness
would testify seeing a gun thrown from his vehicle after he fled the
scene with his driver and girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. The bribery charge stems from accusations that Puffy
bribed his driver to state he owned the gun found in the vehicle.
Puff Daddy was
acquitted of the gun and bribery charges from an incident last December.
By the end of the
month, Puff Daddy was saying he wanted to be called "P. Diddy." He told
MTV: "No more Puff Daddy... the first week in June we're gonna have a
name change ceremony.... I'm rockin' with P. Diddy now... my man Biggie
gave me that name."
 Puff Daddy
released The Saga
Continues....
"Bad Boy For
Life" topped the MTV Video Countdown
for 2 weeks.
Puffy teamed up
with David Bowie to rework Bowie's hit "This
Is Not America" into "American Dream" for the Training Day soundtrack.
Puff hit the Top
40 with "Bad Boy For Life" with the help of Black Rob and Marc Curry.
Puffy could be
heard on the All-Star Tribute benefit single "What's Going On"
(with proceeds going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
Puffy took home a
VH1/Vogue Fashion Award for Sharp Dressed Man.
Puffy could be
heard on Janet Jackson's remix of "Son
Of A Gun."
Puffy was
nominated for a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Act.
2002
Puffy
helped host the American
Music Awards.
Puff
Daddy could be seen in the critically acclaimed film Monster's Ball.
Puff
Daddy was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Bad Boy
For Life" with Black Rob & Mark Curry)
Puffy hit the Top
40 with help from Usher & Loon with "I Need A Girl (Part One)."
Puffy hit the Top
40 helping out Busta Rhymes with "Pass
The Courvoisier."
 P. Diddy released P.Diddy
& Bad Boys: We Invented The Remix Vol. 1. The LP contains previously unavailable remixes
by
Puffy, The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Mary J. Blige, and Ashanti.
Puffy hit the Top 10 with "I Need A Girl (Part One)."
P.Diddy & Bad Boys: We Invented The
Remix Vol. 1 topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for a week. The LP sold over 256,000 copies in
its first week of release in the US.
P. Diddy topped
the Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for a week and the Hot Rap Tracks
chart for a week with "I Need A Girl
(Part One)."
P. Diddy amicably
ended the partnership between Bad Boy Entertainment and Arista Record.
P.Diddy & Bad Boys: We Invented The
Remix Vol. 1 was certified
platinum.
P. Diddy hit the
Top 40 with "I Need A Girl (Part Two)" along with Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans& Tammy
Ruggeri.
P. Diddy
performed at the MTV Video
Music Awards. P. Diddy's
video for "Bad Boy For Life" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video and his collaboration with Busta Rhymes, "Pass The
Courvoisie Pt. 2," was nominated for
Best Hip-Hop Video.
P. Diddy hit the Top 10 with "I Need A Girl (Part Two)."
P. Diddy entered
the world of reality TV with a show on MTV (Making The Band II)
that will followed the making of a hip-hop band.
P.
Diddy hit the Top 40 along with B2K with "Bump Bump Bump"
from B2K's Pandemonium.
2003
P.
Diddy topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart with B2K with "Bump
Bump Bump."
P.
Diddy hit the Top 10 with "Bump
Bump Bump."
P.
Diddy was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Pass The
Courvoisie Pt. 2" with Busta Rhymes and Pharrell).
P.
Diddy won a 2 Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul Single Group,
Band or Duo ("Bump Bump Bump" with B2K) and was nominated for Best Video ("Pass The Courvoisie Pt. 2" with Busta
Rhymes and Pharrell).
VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Diddy at # 14.
 Diddy's Making
Of The Band II resumed on MTV profiling his reality TV creation Da
Band.
VH1:
100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Mo Money Mo
Problems" at # 58.
P. Diddy hit the
Top 40 with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee from the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack.
P. Diddy could be
heard on the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack with the tracks "Shake Ya Tailfeather," "Girl, I'm A Bad Boy," and "Show Me Your Soul."
P. Diddy's video
for "Bump Bump Bump" with B2K was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video.
P. Diddy hit the Top 10 with "Shake Ya Tailfeather."
P. Diddy topped
the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Top 40 Tracks chart, Hot 100 Airplay
chart, Rhythmic Top 40 chart, and
the Hot Rap Tracks chart with "Shake
Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy
Lee.
P. Diddy hit #1 for 2
weeks with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee.
P. Diddy topped
the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart with "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee.
P. Diddy won a
Radio Music Awards for Best Driving Song ("Shake Ya Tailfeather"
with Nelly and Murphy Lee).
Diddy ran the New
York Marathon helping to raise $2 million for needy children. He ran
the 26.2 mile course in a little over 4 hours.
Diddy was honored
at the Vibe Awards with the Style Maverick Award.
2004
Diddy
performed at the Half-time Show for Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Diddy was honored
with the Patrick Lippert Award at the Rock The Vote Awards. At the
ceremony he gave his views on the upcoming elections: "We have to get
George Bush's ass out of the office... He doesn't care about black
people, and he doesn't care about young people."
Diddy won a Grammy Award for Best
Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("Shake Ya Tailfeather" with Nelly and Murphy Lee).
 Bad
Boy's 10th Anniversary: The Hits was released with "Victory 2004" and past hits and collaborations.
Diddy will make
his debut on Broadway in A Raisin In The Sun in April.
P. Diddy
announced that his next LP to be released in the fal, PD5,
will be his last studio LP.
Combs is to be
honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of
America (CFDA). Contenders in the men's wear
category include Kors, Ralph Lauren and Sean 'P
Diddy' Combs. World-respected fashion designer
Donna Karan will be receiving the Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Sean "P Diddy" Combs made
his Broadway stage debut on Monday night to mixed
reviews. One critic described the
rapper-turned-entrepreneur's performance in
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun
"pretty damn good" but another bemoaned Combs'
"lack of experience and depth". The superstar
plays Walter Lee Younger, a young man struggling
in life until he gets an unexpected financial
windfall. The New York Times praised his
"appealingly tousled and sleepy-eyed" stage
appearance, adding, "Mr Combs seems at first to
have made a daring actor's choice that he just
might pull off." Usa Today newspaper wrote, "Combs
clearly did not slack off in preparing for his
latest challenge," before adding, "Projecting is
not the same thing as acting, and the finely
textured work of Combs' accomplished co-stars
makes his own lack of experience and depth all too
apparent." The New York Post opined, "Confidently
stepping into the role made famous by Sidney
Poitier, Combs was - believe it or not - pretty
damn good.
Sean 'P.
Diddy' Combs decides to dissolve his group Da Band
after a string of problems within the rap
collective.
Combs has branches out into yet another business
arena, after joining forces with the Estee
Lauder cosmetics group to launch a new line of
fragrances.
After stint with
Broadway, Combs heads back to MTV for "Project
Change"
N.C. judge overturns a
judgment ordering Combs, to pay $450,000 after man
claims Diddy's bodyguards assaulted him.
Combs shocks everyone by
winning at Monday night's Council of Fashion
Designers of American Awards in New York.
Diddy is sick and forced
to leave his Broadway show.
Combs, announces a deal to
create menswear for his Sean John label.
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Paris Hilton and Jay-Z will
celebrate the Fourth of July holiday in
Bridgehampton
Sean Combs, debuts MTV
PSAs for his Citizen Change project encouraging
youth to get out the vote.
Combs is told to pay up
his child support, the New York Courts ordered.
Diddy continues his
campaign to get out the vote in swing states, and
television appearances.
Combs says he wants to be
James Bond '007
The Diddy celebrates his
35th birthday with his closest friends.
Combs says his group
Citizen Change will continue there political
efforts.
Comb's finds out his high
dollar gems that were worth $7.2 million stolen
from his New York office was not insured.
Combs designs NBA uniforms
for the Dallas Mavericks to be worn in 10 NBA
games.
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs said
2004 was one of the greatest years of his life
and BET.com users apparently agreed. The hip-hop
mogul, rap artist, producer, actor and activist
was chosen by users as BET.com's 2004 Person of
the Year. "This has been one of the greatest years
of my life. From starring on Broadway to the
success of the Citizen Change campaign. I give all
glory to God and want to thank everyone who
supported me, because without y'all this year
wouldn't have been possible," Combs said.
The Diddy visits the White
House, hosted by the Bush's. Combs, went on
to tell both George and Luara Bush "nice house".
2005
Combs takes in some
time at the National Championship game between, Oklahoma Sooners vs. USC Trojans.
Reports are Hip-hop
mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs could be a surprise
bidder for part of Andrew Lloyd Webber's theater
group, British media reported. Combs' New
York-based Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group
wouldn't comment on the reports.
Combs will be
featured in the latest Diet Pepsi ad alongside
former supermodel Cindy Crawford and 'Desperate
Housewives' actress Eva Longoria. he ad is due to
premiere during the US Super Bowl on February 6,
traditionally the time when Pepsi debuts a
significant new campaign.
Combs names 19
females in the upcoming season of MTV's Making the
Band 3.
Sean (P. Diddy) Combs and
his Bad Boy Label was rumored be exiting Universal
according to New York Daily. The rap mogul,
is scoping out a new deal for his record label,
Bad Boy Entertainment, sources told the Daily
News.
P Diddy is working with
Paramount Pictures and MTV Films on developing a
heist action-comedy centered around the Miami
Grand Prix for the rapper to star in and produce.
Combs told Variety: "This will definitely take a
page out of all the great heist movies and return
the favour by having two token white guys."
Sean P Diddy Combs is
making the rounds in Jacksonville for all the
parties. Combs seen at Eagles team hotel days
before the game. In addition, Snoop Dogg and P.
Diddy making appearances, and a Maxim magazine
party generating a lot of buzz.
The New York Daily News
first reported Combs was shopping around his Bad
Boy label. Now NY Daily News is reporting
Combs, has reportedly turned down a 30 million
dollar Warner Music Group offer. A spokesman for
Combs cited "business, creative and personal
reasons" for Combs's decision to reject Warner
Music's offer.
Diet Pepsi spot, featuring
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs turning Pepsi delivery
trucks into the newest bling-bling, also was well
received. "It was really funny because it slams
the culture for hooking into celebrity power,"
said Julie Larsen, a 44-year-old lawyer in Omaha,
Neb. Michelle Reyes, a 25-year-old student at
Northwestern University's Kellogg School of
Management, watching with about 30 friends and
professors, said the P. Diddy spot was "very
unexpected."
P.Diddy and Warner Music
could be becoming a couple after all. Days after
Combs, reportedly rejected a Warner Music offer.
In a last minute reversal, Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs
has agreed to sell half of his Bad Boy
Entertainment empire to Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s
Warner Music Group, for at least $30 million, the NY Daily News reports.
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs
announced Friday the launch of Sean John Wheels.
The 50-50 joint venture between Combs' Bad Boy
Worldwide Entertainment Group and Kansas City's
Weld Wheel Industries was announced at the New
York International Auto Show.
In a new survey of 2,160
singles nationwide, Date.com, one of the leading
online dating services, asked who is Hollywood's
sexiest single parent? Combs was named at the top
of the list.
P Diddy entered into a
worldwide 50/50 joint venture with Warner Music
Group. As part of the newly formed joint
venture, Combs will continue to serve as CEO and
will be able to draw upon the marketing,
promotional and physical and electronic
distribution resources of WMG and its Atlantic
Records, WEA Corp. and Warner Music International
divisions.
Hip-hop power broker Sean
''P.Diddy'' Combs is venturing into the Latin
music world with Bad Boy Latino, a new label the
famed producer has launched with Cuban-American
Miami rapper Pitbull.
Calling all talented
ladies, P Diddy is looking for you! In the search
for the next Making the Band, Sean Combs is in
search for the best female talent for the next
season of Making the Band 3.
Bad Boy Worldwide
Entertainment's Sean "P Diddy" Combs and HBO
announced it will premiere "P. Diddy Presents the
Bad Boys of Comedy" on June 10.
Sean "P Diddy" Comb's
urban clothing line, Sean John, Inc has been named
in a Federal suit for alleged violation of sex
harassment.
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