• • • • • • • Website Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known by his various Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Puffy, and Brother Love, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. Combs was born in but raised in. He worked as a talent director at before founding his own record label,, in 1993. Combs' debut album, (1997) has been certified. No Way Out was followed by successful albums such as (1999), (2001) and (2006). Puff Daddy new songs, albums, biography, chart history, photos, videos, news, and more on Billboard, the go-to source for what's hot in music. Star plus all serials list. In 2009, Combs formed the musical group and released the critically well-reviewed and commercially successful album (2010). Combs has won three and two, and is the producer of 's. In 2018, estimated his net worth at $825 million, making him the second-richest hip hop recording artist. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969 in Manhattan's in New York City and was raised in Mount Vernon, New York. His mother, Janice (Smalls), was a model and teacher's assistant and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer. At age 33, Melvin was shot to death while sitting in his car on, when Combs was 2 years old. Combs graduated from the Roman Catholic in 1987. He played for the academy and his team won a division title in 1986. Combs said that he was given the nickname Puff as a child, because he would 'huff and puff' when he was angry. Combs was a business major at but left after his sophomore year. In 2014, he returned to Howard University to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and deliver the University's 146th Commencement Address. Career [ ] 1990–1996: Career beginnings [ ]. Bad Boy headquarters on near. A billboard of Combs is in the distance. Combs became an at New York's. While talent director at Uptown, he helped develop. In his college days Combs had a reputation for throwing parties, some of which attracted up to a thousand participants. In 1991, Combs promoted an AIDS fundraiser with held at the (CCNY) gymnasium, following a charity basketball game. The event was oversold, and a stampede occurred in which nine people died. In 1993, after being fired from Uptown, Combs established his new label as a joint venture with, taking then-newcomer with him. Both The Notorious B.I.G. And quickly released hit singles, followed by successful LPs, particularly Notorious B.I.G.' Combs signed more acts to Bad Boy, including,,,,. The Hitmen, his in-house production team, worked with, Mary J. Blige,,,,,,,, and others. And joined Bad Boy just as a widely publicized rivalry with the West Coast's was beginning. ![]() Combs and Notorious B.I.G. Were criticized and parodied by and in songs and interviews during the mid-1990s. During 1994–1995, Combs produced several songs for TLC's, which finished the decade as number 25 on Billboard's list of top pop albums of the decade. 1997–1998: 'Puff Daddy' and No Way Out [ ] In 1997, under the name Puff Daddy, Combs recorded his first commercial vocal work as a rapper.
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