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Puff Daddy was born Sean John Combs on November 4th, 1969. Growing up in Harlem, New York City, he attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. before moving on to learning the music production trade. Sean's first influence on the music scene was as a producer for such artists as Father MC (1990) and Mary J. Blige (1992). After being fired from Uptown Records, Puff Daddy founded his own label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. He scored big when he signed Notorious B.I.G. among others, who quickly released a hit single. He signed more artists to his label, including 112 and Faith Evans, and he was soon producing for TLC, Mariah Carey, Lil Kim, Boyz II Men, and Aretha Franklin. He became a player in the east coast versus west coast rapper rivalry, with Biggie and himself united against 2Pac and Suge Knight. It became commonplace for entertainers and producers to trade insults, much in the same way that boxers like Ali and Liston traded insults to heat up the public interest. When 2Pac was murdered in 1996 and Notorious B.I.G. just six months later, the promotional conspiracy theories ran rampant. Both cases remain unsolved, and like famous painters who have died, the artists came bigger and more famous in death than they had ever been in life.




Wanting to get into the limelight more directly, Puff Daddy began his own performance career starting in 1997 when he released two successful singles "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You." He then collaborated with other artists on his label, known collectively as The Family, to release an album in 1998, "No Way Out." Generating the hit single, "It's All About the Benjamins," it included current sensation Lil Kim as well as the deceased Biggie. The accompanying video included Jennifer Lopez, Wyclef Jean, and Quincy Jones, and it won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. The album won as the Best Rap Album.

Guns, arguments, and scrapes with the law followed, with Puffy being accused of assault and later for weapons charges, bringing with it much negative publicity for the producer-rapper. Lawsuits followed, Puffy broke up with JLO, and after the media intensity died down, he changed his performing name to P. Diddy, under which he hoped to start fresh. Legal problems resumed, but Diddy was able to release a gospel album and a solo hip hop LP, "The Saga Continues." Soon P. Diddy was collaborating with an odd assortment of artists, including Britney Spears, N Sync, and David Bowie. The artist expanded his interests, including the making of an MTV reality show where artists competed to be included in Bad Boy Records. He also introduced his own clothing line, "Sean John," and operated a restaurant chain named after his son, Justin. He had a brief fling with the movies, appearing along with Academy Award Winner Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball." Although much negativism remains from the days of bad publicity, Puff Daddy aka P. Diddy remains one of the major driving forces in the history of hip hop and rap.

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