P. Diddy Biography, Education, Early Life, Career, Personal Life, Discography, And Family

Sean John Combs born November 4th, 1969, is a popular American rapper, record producer, and record executive who has dominated the American Hip Hop scene for a very long time. Known popularly by his stage name, Diddy, Sean John Combs has in recent times, been in the news for so many controversial reasons. Fans of the American Hip Hop music have been sending us emails requesting to know more about the rapper, so we have decided to share some information about P. Diddy.

Sean John Combs known by his stage name Diddy, formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy is an American rapper, record producer, and recording executive who was born on November 4th, 1969. He is credited with the discovery and development of some of the most popular American Hip-Hop artistes like, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G, etc. Diddy is a three times grammy award winner.

Sean John Combs, born in Harlem and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before he established his own record label, Bad Boys Records in 1993. The decision to push on with his recording career came as a result of the success he recorded with his very first signee, the Notorious B.I.G. Combs, known also as P. Diddy, served both as a manager and hype man to the Notorious B.I.G.

In 1997, P. Diddy released his first studio album, No Way Out. The album received critical acclaim and peaked atop the Billboard 200. The Album also received septuple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
Two singles from the album, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” and “I’ll Be Missing You” topped the US Billboard Hot 100. “I’ll Be Missing You” was the first hip hop song to debut atop the chart.

P. Diddy over the course of his career, has worked as producer for other media brands including MTV’S reality TV series, Making the Band. In 1998, he launched the Sean John, a clothing retailer with which he won Menswear Designer of the Year from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2004. Prior to the win, he had been nominated previously in 2000.

Combs served as a brand ambassador for the liquor brand Ciroc from 2007 through 2023. He also co-founded the television network, Revolt in 2013. Diddy is till this day, regarded as one of the wealthiest musical artist in the world.

Sean John Combs (P. Diddy) was born on the 4th of November 1969 in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City to Melvin Earl Combs his father and Janice Combs (née Smalls) his mother. Mrs Janice Combs was a model and teacher’s assistant, while Mr Melvin Combs served in the in the U.S Air Force and was a very close associate of convicted New York City drug dealer Frank Lucas. At the very young age of just 33 years old, Melvin Combs was shot dead while seated inside his car on Central Park West. Sean John Combs (P. Diddy) was just two years old at the time. Diddy grew up with his mother and sister in poverty.

Diddy was raised along with his sister, by their mother alone. He grew up as a catholic and served as an altar boy. He attended Mount Saint Michael Academy, a catholic all-boys school and graduated in 1987. He was a football player for the academy, with his team winning a division title in 1986, one year before he graduated. During an interview, he revealed that the alias, Puff, was given to him as a child because he would “Huff and Puff” when he was angry.

P. Diddy was a business major at Howard University, but he left the institution after his second year.

P. Diddy’s former partner Cassie Ventura filled a multimillion-dollar sexual assault lawsuit against him in late 2023, and they both settled the case out of court. That was not the end of his presence in the courthouse as over the next few months, several civil complaints were filed by claimants who alleged that between 1991 and 2009, they had been sexually abused by Sean John Combs, with several more complaints still in the planning stages as of October 2024.

In March 2024, several properties linked with Combs were raided by the Department of Homeland Security as part of their investigations against him. Surveillance footage of Diddy physically assaulting Ventura at a Hotel was released. He issued a public apology for his actions in the video.

In September of 2024, he was indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and the “creation of a criminal enterprise in which he abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfil his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct”. He pled not guilty. Twice denied bail, Diddy is presently awaiting trial in federal custody at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Below is the list of albums which P. Diddy has released so far in his musical career.

1. No Way Out (1997)
2. Forever (1999)
3. The Saga Continues… (2001)
4. Press Play (2006)
5. Last Train to Paris with Dirty Money (2010)
6. The Love Album: Off the Grid (2023)

The albums listed above has several singles which won Combs so many personal awards, likewise the entire discography.

THE P. DIDDY FILMS

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Made	Ruiz
2001	Monster’s Ball	Lawrence Musgrove
2003	Death of a Dynasty	Himself
2005	Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power	Hollywood Nicky	Video
2008	A Raisin in the Sun	Walter Lee Younger	TV Movie
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Sergio
2010	I’m Still Here	Himself
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Himself
2014	Draft Day	Chris Crawford
2017	Girls Trip	Himself

THE P.DIDDY’S TELEVISION SHOWS

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	In Living Color	Himself	Episode: “Episode #3.27”
1997	The Steve Harvey Show	Himself	Episode: “I Do, I Don’t”
1997-2001	Showtime at the Apollo	Himself	Recurring Guest
1999	Videotech	Himself	Episode: “Episode #1.136”
1999	The Priory	Himself	Episode: “Episode #1.3”
1999-2001	Behind the Music	Himself	Recurring Guest”
2000	Top of the Pops	Himself	Episode: “Episode #37.11”
2000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Himself/Contestant	Episode: “Episode #1.172” & “#1.174”
2001	Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America	Himself	Episode: “Express Yourself”
2001	Jackass	Himself	Episode: “Beard of Leeches”
2001	Journeys in Black	Himself	Episode: “Johnnie Cochran”
2002	All That	Himself	Episode: “P. Diddy”
2002	Anatomy of a Scene	Himself	Episode: “Monster’s Ball”
2002	The Nick Cannon Show	Himself	Episode: “Nick Takes Over Style”
2002	MTV Europe Music Awards	Himself/Host	Main Host
2002	Top Ten	Himself	Episode: “Camp Pop”
2004	The Ashlee Simpson Show	Himself	Episode: “Ashlee Goes Platinum”
2004	Style Star	Himself	Episode: “Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs”
2005	MTV Video Music Awards	Himself/Host	Main Host
2006	Diary	Himself	Episode: “Diddy”
2006	E! True Hollywood Story	Himself	Episode: “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs”
2006	Access Granted	Himself	Episode: “We Fly High Remix”
2009	CSI: Miami	Derek Powell	Episode: “Presumed Guilty” & “Sink or Swim”
2010	Entourage	Himself	Episode: “Tequila and Coke”
2011	Hawaii Five-0	Reggie Cole	Episode: “Ho’opa’i”
2012	It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Dr. Jinx	Episode: “Charlie’s Mom Has Cancer”
2015	Black-ish	Elroy Savoy	Episode: “Pops ‘Pops’ Pops”
2016	Stevie J & Joseline: Go Hollywood	Himself	Episode: “L.A, The Stevie J Way”
2016	Finding Your Roots	Himself	Episode: “Family Reunions”
2016	The Voice	Himself/Advisor	Recurring Advisor: Season 10
2016	Inside the Label	Himself	Episode: “Uptown Records, Part I & II”
2017	The Defiant Ones	Himself	Main Guest
2018	The Four: Battle For Stardom	Himself/Judge	Main Judge
2022	Hip-Hop Evolution	Himself	Guest Cast: Season 3
2022	Billboard Music Awards	Himself/Host	Main Host

1. The Show (1995)
2. Where It’s At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union (1998)
3. Street Dreams (2002)
4. Fade to Black (2004)
5. Seamless (2005)
6. The Art of Organized Noize (2016)
7. Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017)
8. House of Z (2017)
9. Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017)
10. The Defiant Ones (2017)
11. The Black Godfather (2019)
12. Mary J. Blige’s My Life (2021)
13. For Khadija (2023)