By: Keydrick Cole
Sean 'P Diddy' Combs
 Sean "P Diddy" Combs gets the job done! | About Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally known as Puff Daddy and then as P. Diddy (Puff and Puffy being often used as a nickname, but never as recording names). In August 2005, he changed his stage name to simply "Diddy", but continues to use the name P. Diddy in the UK as the result of a lawsuit. He formed and recorded with the group "Diddy – Dirty Money". BAD BOYSean Combs launched his music production company, Bad Boy Entertainment, in 1993, and worked with artists like Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, and The Notorious B.I.G. When "Biggie" was murdered in 1997, Combs himself recorded the tribute "I'll be Missing You" which topped the Billboard singles chart for six weeks and launched Combs' first album, No Way Out (1997) to platinum status. |
Biography
Singer, songwriter, producer. Born
in on November 4, 1969, in Harlem, New York. Combs was raised by his mother, a
model, after his father was murdered in 1974. He grew up in Mt. Vernon, New
York and attended a Catholic boys school in the Bronx. Combs gained the
nickname "Puffy" in high school because of his habit of puffing out
his chest to make his body seem bigger. Combs is also known by the nickname
"Puff Daddy."
Combs majored in business administration at Howard University, producing weekly
dance parties and running an airport shuttle service while attending classes.
He dropped out to pursue an internship at Uptown Records, which led to a talent
director position. Combs rapidly rose to the level of vice president and had
success producing several key artists for Uptown, but left the company in the
early 1990s.
In 1993 he started his own
production company, Bad Boy Entertainment, working with such upcoming and
established rap, hip-hop, and R&B recording artists as Mariah Carey,
New Edition, Method Man, Babyface, TLC, Boyz II Men, Lil’ Kim, SWV, Aretha
Franklin, Mary J. Blige,
Faith Evans, and the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. (also known as Biggie
Smalls). In 1996, Combs was named as ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year. By 1997,
Bad Boy Entertainment had sold nearly $100 million worth of recordings and had
made a multi-million dollar deal with Arista Records for management of the
label.
After his friend Biggie Smalls was murdered in 1997, Combs recorded the tribute
"I'll be Missing You" which topped the Billboard singles chart for
six weeks and launched Combs' first album, No Way Out (1997) to platinum status. Soundscan named No Way Out as the third best-selling
LP of 1997, with more than 3.4 million copies sold in the U.S. Combs released
his second album, Forever, in
1999. Combs’ has also launched his own clothing line, Sean John, which debuted
in America in 1999.
