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Sean Combs
Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.
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business · American rapper and producer (born 1969) · rapper · songwriter · record producer · entrepreneur · music executive · television producer · actor · film actor · businessperson · philanthropist · also Sean Combs, Sean John Combs, Puff Daddy, Diddy, P. Diddy, P Diddy
Born 4 November 1969 · Q216936
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2026· 5 entries
Paste: Sean “Diddy” Combs countersues Lil Rod for selling private footage to Netflix
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Yahoo: Sean Combs Sues Lil Rod for Defamation, Selling Footage to Netflix
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The New York Times: Dawn Richard’s Lawsuit Against Sean Combs Is Dismissed
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The Guardian: LAPD reviews additional sexual assault allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
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2025· 13 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph authentically shows Sean "Diddy" Combs smiling in a prison yard while holding a basketball, accompanied by another person holding his arm and chatting with a third person.” Fake.
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Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison with credit for 12 months time served
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Brad Pitt testified at rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Eddie Murphy testified at rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in May or early June 2025.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Comedian Jim Carrey testified at rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in May 2025.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Adam Sandler testified against Sean “Diddy” Combs on or around May 30, 2025, during the rapper’s sex-trafficking trial in New York City.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Former television talk show host Wendy Williams testified against Sean “Diddy” Combs during his criminal trial in New York trial for sex trafficking and other crimes.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actor Samuel L. Jackson testified against Sean “Diddy” Combs during his trial in New York.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Usher testified against Sean "Diddy" Combs during his New York trial, on or prior to May 20, 2025.” False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “During Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal sex-trafficking trial in New York in May 2025, prosecutors presented a recording from Prince's final days alive, in which he divulged details of Combs' alleged illicit activities at past parties.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Sean "Diddy" Combs linked House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to drug-fueled, multiday sex marathons called "freak offs" during testimony in his New York trial.” Originated as Satire.
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Sean 'Diddy' Combs' mansion destroyed by 2025 California fires” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “A video shows Sean "Diddy" Combs riding a bike in prison” False.
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2024· 1 entry
Howard University announced that it was revoking Combs's honorary doctorate
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2023· 11 entries
Published video “The Love Album: Off The Grid Out Now”.
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Published video “Diddy - Need Somebody (ft. Jazmine Sullivan) [Lyric Video]”.
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Published video “Diddy - Pick Up ft. Jacquees and Fabolous [Lyric Video]”.
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Published video “It’s not a me thing it’s a WE thing! 🖤”.
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Published video “Diddy - Another One of Me ft. The Weeknd, French Montana, 21 Savage [Lyric Video]”.
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Published video “Diddy- Closer to God ft. Teyana Taylor [Lyric Video]”.
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Published video “Giggs & Diddy: One Night Only [Video Recap]”.
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Published video “Thank you for going off the grid with me 🖤”.
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Published video “Friday night workout with @TheLethalShooter 🏀”.
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Published video “The Darkest Knight”.
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Combs released a teaser trailer on social media for his fifth studio album, The Love Album: Off the Grid, which was released on September 15, 2023
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2022· 2 entries
Combs's seventh child was born on October 15, 2022.
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Combs announced during his BET Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech that he would donate $1 million each to Howard University and Jackson State University
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2019· 2 entries
Combs became an investor in PlayVS, which provides an infrastructure for competitive gaming in US high schools
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Combs announced on Twitter that Making the Band would return to MTV in 2020
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2018· 1 entry
Combs bought Kerry James Marshall's 1997 painting Past Times for $21 million, establishing a record for a painting by a living black artist
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2017· 2 entries
Combs announced that he would be going by the name Love, stating, "My new name is Love, aka Brother Love
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“My new name is Love, aka Brother Love.”
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2016· 3 entries
Combs launched a tour of Bad Boy Records' biggest names to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the label
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That Combs's lifestyle was "pretty wild" during that time
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Combs donated $1 million to Howard University to establish the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund to help students who are unable to pay their tuition
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2015· 1 entry
Combs released the single "Finna Get Loose", which featured vocals and production by Pharrell Williams
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2014· 2 entries
Combs premiered "Big Homie", featuring Rick Ross and French Montana, as the first single from his mixtape MMM (Money Making Mitch), which was originally scheduled to be released that year
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Combs received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Howard University and gave the commencement speech for its 146th commencement ceremony
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded BET Award for Best Group (2011).
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Combs appeared in season one of Hawaii Five-0, guest starring as an undercover NYPD detective
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Diddy and Dirty Money performed "Coming Home" live on American Idol
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2009· 2 entries
Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for A Raisin in the Sun (2009).
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Recruiting singers Dawn Richard and Kalenna Harper, Combs formed the female duo Diddy – Dirty Money
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2008· 4 entries
Combs became the first male rapper to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Combs told The Daily Telegraph that he does not belong to any specific religious denomination
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“I just follow right from wrong, so I could pray in a synagogue or a mosque or a church. I believe that there is only one God.”
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Combs was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first male rapper to be so honored
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2007· 1 entry
Combs teamed up with 50 Cent and Jay-Z for the "Forbes I Get Money Billion Dollar Remix"
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2006· 1 entry
When Combs refused to release rapper Mase from his contractual obligations with Bad Boy to allow him to join the group G-Unit, 50 Cent recorded a diss song, "Hip-Hop"
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2005· 3 entries
Combs announced on Today that he was altering his stage name yet again; he would be calling himself "Diddy"
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And donated clothing from his Sean John line to victims
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Combs sold half of his record company to the Warner Music Group
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2004· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for Shake Ya Tailfeather (2004).
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Appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss the marathon, which he finished in four hours and eighteen minutes
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Combs performed at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
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Combs headed the campaign "Vote or Die" for the 2004 presidential election
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2003· 4 entries
Awarded BET Award for Viewer's Choice for Bump, Bump, Bump (2003).
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The National Labor Committee revealed that factories producing the Sean John clothing brand in Honduras were violating Honduran labor laws
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Kirk Burrowes sued Combs, claiming that Combs had forced him to give up his shares in Bad Boy Records through threats of violence
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Combs ran in the New York City Marathon, raising $2 million for the educational system of the city of New York
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded BET Award for Video of the Year for Pass the Courvoisier, Part II (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Combs was arrested for driving with a suspended license in Florida
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2000· 1 entry
The album was certified septuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over 7 million copies
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1999· 4 entries
Combs, his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez, and his protégé rapper Shyne were at Club New York in Times Square in Manhattan when gunfire occurred
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To a charge of harassment, and was sentenced to spend one day in an anger management class
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In North America, and in the UK on the following day
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Shortly after the music video for Nas' "Hate Me Now" aired on MTV featuring Combs being crucified, he and two others burst into Nas' former manager, Steve Stoute's office and attacked him
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1998· 6 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for I'll Be Missing You (1998).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for No Way Out (1998).
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Combs started a clothing line, Sean John
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And would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album
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For which he won Menswear Designer of the Year from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2004, having previously been nominated in 2000
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Combs received a Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement
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1997· 2 entries
Combs was sued for landlord negligence by Inge Bongo; Combs denied the charges
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Neil Strauss of The New York Times called Combs the "king of sampled hits"
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1996· 1 entry
Under the name Puff Daddy, Combs released his first commercial vocal work as a rapper
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1995· 1 entry
Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help inner-city youth
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1993· 2 entries
To fashion designer and stylist Misa Hylton
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Combs established his own label Bad Boy Records, which entered a joint venture deal with Arista Records
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1991· 2 entries
Combs promoted an AIDS fundraiser with Heavy D held at the City College of New York (CCNY) gymnasium, following a charity basketball game
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He raised and adopted Quincy, born 1991, Porter's son from a previous relationship with singer-producer and Combs's rival Al B.
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1987· 1 entry
From Mount Saint Michael Academy, an all-boys Catholic school in the Bronx
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1972· 1 entry
At age 33, Melvin was shot dead while sitting in his car on Central Park West
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-11-04.
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