Sean Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band.
76 Facts About Sean Combs
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Sean Combs was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America award for Menswear Designer of the Year in 2000 and won in 2004.
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Sean John Combs was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on November 4,1969.
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At age 33, Melvin was shot to death while sitting in his car on Central Park West, when Sean Combs was two years old.
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Sean Combs played football for the academy, and his team won a division title in 1986.
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Sean Combs said he was given the nickname "Puff" as a child, because he would "huff and puff" when he was angry.
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Sean Combs was a business major at Howard University but left after his sophomore year.
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Sean Combs became an intern at New York's Uptown Records in 1990.
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In 1991, Sean Combs promoted an AIDS fundraiser with Heavy D held at the City College of New York gymnasium, following a charity basketball game.
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Sean Combs signed more acts to Bad Boy, including Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, 112, Total, and Father MC.
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In 1997, under the name Puff Daddy, Sean Combs recorded his first commercial vocal work as a rapper.
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Sean Combs collaborated with Jimmy Page on the song "Come with Me" for the 1998 film Godzilla.
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In 1997, Sean Combs was sued for landlord neglect by Inge Bongo.
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Stoute was the manager for Nas, with whom Sean Combs had filmed a video earlier that year for the song "Hate Me Now".
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Sean Combs was concerned that the video, which featured a shot of Nas and Sean Combs being crucified, was blasphemous.
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Sean Combs was charged with second-degree assault and criminal mischief, and was sentenced to attend a one-day anger management class.
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Sean Combs was charged with four weapons-related charges and with bribing his driver, Wardel Fenderson, to claim ownership of his gun.
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Sean Combs was found not guilty on all charges; Shyne was convicted on five of his eight charges and sentenced to ten years in prison.
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Sean Combs appeared as a drug dealer in the film Made and starred with Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, and Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball.
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Sean Combs was arrested for driving with a suspended license in Florida.
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Sean Combs began working with a series of atypical artists.
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Sean Combs was an opening act for 'N Sync on their Spring 2002 Celebrity Tour, and he signed California-based pop girl group Dream to his record label.
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Sean Combs was a producer of the soundtrack album for the film Training Day.
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In June 2001, Sean Combs ended Bad Boy's joint venture with Arista Records, gaining full control of Bad Boy, its catalogue, and its roster of artists.
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Sean Combs was executive producer of the reality TV show Making the Band, which appeared on MTV from 2002 to 2009.
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In 2003, Sean Combs ran in the New York City Marathon, raising $2million for the educational system of the city of New York.
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In 2004, Sean Combs headed the campaign "Vote or Die" for the 2004 presidential election.
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Sean Combs said fans did not know how to address him, which led to confusion.
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An assault charge against Sean Combs filed by Michigan television host Rogelio Mills was resolved in Sean Combs' favor in 2005.
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Sean Combs starred in the 2005 film Carlito's Way: Rise to Power.
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Sean Combs played Walter Lee Younger in the 2004 Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun and the television adaptation that aired in February 2008.
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In 2005, Sean Combs sold half of his record company to the Warner Music Group.
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Sean Combs hosted the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and was named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2005 by Time magazine.
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In 2006, when Sean Combs refused to release musician Mase from his contractual obligations to allow him to join the group G-Unit, 50 Cent recorded a diss song, "Hip-Hop".
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Sean Combs released his first album in four years, Press Play, on October 17,2006, on the Bad Boy Records label.
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On September 18,2007, Sean Combs teamed up with 50 Cent and Jay-Z for the "Forbes I Get Money Billion Dollar Remix".
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In June 2008, Sean Combs' representative denied rumors of another name change.
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Sean Combs ventured into reality television in August 2008 with the premiere of his VH1 series I Want to Work for Diddy.
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Sean Combs created a rap supergroup in 2010 known as the Dream Team.
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Sean Combs made an appearance at comedian Chris Gethard's live show in January 2010 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.
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In June 2010, Combs played a role in the comedy film Get Him to the Greek, as Sergio Roma, a record company executive.
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In November 2012 Sean Combs appeared in an episode of the eighth season of the American sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Sean Combs used his former stage name Puff Daddy for the album.
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On May 20 and 21,2016, Sean Combs launched a tour of Bad Boy Records' biggest names to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the label.
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On November 5,2017, Sean Combs announced that he would be going by the name Love, stating "My new name is Love, aka Brother Love".
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In 2019, Sean Combs announced on Twitter that Making the Band would return to MTV in 2020.
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Sean Combs executive-produced Nigerian singer Burna Boy's album, Twice as Tall, released on August 14,2020.
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Forbes Magazine estimates that for the year ending May 2017, Sean Combs earned $130 million, ranking him number one among entertainers.
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Sean Combs responded with an extensive investigation, telling reporters "I'm as pro-worker as they get".
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Sean Combs had not known the jackets were made with genuine fur, but as soon as he was alerted, he had production stopped.
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In early 2016, Sean Combs John introduced the brand's GIRLS collection.
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Sean Combs is the head of Sean Combs Enterprises, an umbrella company for his portfolio of businesses.
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Sean Combs is the designer of the Dallas Mavericks alternate jersey.
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In October 2007, Sean Combs agreed to help develop the Ciroc vodka brand for a 50 percent share of the profits.
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Sean Combs acquired the Enyce clothing line from Liz Claiborne for $20 million on October 21,2008.
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Sean Combs has a major equity stake in Revolt TV, a television network that has a film production branch.
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In February 2015, Sean Combs teamed up with actor Mark Wahlberg and businessman Ronald Burkle of Yucaipa Companies to purchase a majority holding in Aquahydrate, a calorie-free beverage for athletes.
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In 2019, Sean Combs became a major investor in PlayVS, which provides an infrastructure for competitive gaming in US high schools.
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Sean Combs's first biological child, Justin, was born in 1993 to designer Misa Hylton-Brim.
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Sean Combs had an on-again, off-again relationship with Kimberly Porter, which lasted from 1994 to 2007.
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Five months before the birth of his twins, Sean Combs' daughter Chance was born to Sarah Chapman.
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Sean Combs took legal responsibility for Chance in October 2007.
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Sean Combs was in a long-term relationship with Cassie Ventura from 2007 to 2018.
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Sean Combs threw Quincy a celebrity-studded party and gave him two cars as his 16th birthday present.
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Sean Combs's seventh child was born on October 15,2022, a daughter named Love Sean Combs.
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Sean Combs owns a home in Alpine, New Jersey, which he purchased for $7million.
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Sean Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help inner city youth, in 1995.
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Sean Combs has donated computers and books to New York schools.
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In 2008, Sean Combs was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first male rapper to be so honored.
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In 2014, Sean Combs received an honorary doctorate from Howard University, where he gave the commencement speech for its 146th commencement ceremony.
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In 2022, Sean Combs announced during his BET Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech that he will be donating $1 million each to Howard University and Jackson State University.
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On September 2,2007, Sean Combs held his ninth annual "White Party", at which guests are limited to an all-white dress code.
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Sean Combs was raised Catholic, and was an altar server as a boy.
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On July 3,2020, Sean Combs invited his Twitter followers to view a 3-hour YouTube video posted by Louis Farrakhan.
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In 2021, Sean Combs was among the inaugural inductees into the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame.
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In June 2022, Sean Combs received the BET Lifetime Achievement Award.