P. Diddy

P. Diddy: Biography in Details

Who is P. Diddy?

P. Diddy is a rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, record producer as well as an entrepreneur. P. Diddy belongs to American society and his real name is Sean John Combs.

He had worked as a talent director at Uptown Record, labeled as Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993, had released album No Way Out in 1997, Forever in 1999, The Saga Continues… in 2001, and Press Play in 2006.

P. Diddy: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

P. Diddy was born on November 4, 1969, in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood in New York City. As of 2023, he is 54 years old. He was raised in Mount Vernon, New York. His mother’s name is Janice and his father’s name is Melvin Earl Combs.

His father was the former U.S. Air Force and was an associate of a convicted New York drug dealer and his mother was a former model and teacher’s assistant.

Besides this, P. Diddy hasn’t revealed any information about his brother, sister, and ancestry.

In which school did P. Diddy attend?

Diddy had graduated from the Roman Catholic Mount Saint Michael Academy in 1987. He used to play football for the academy, and his team won a division title in 1986.

Then P. Diddy had studied at Howard University taking a major in business. He had also received an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and deliver the University’s 146th Commencement Address in 2014.

P. Diddy: Career, Professional life

P. Diddy started his career in 1990. He had become an intern at New York’s Uptown Records. Next year he had been promoted to an AIDS fundraiser with Heavy D held at the City College of New York (CCNY) gymnasium, following a charity basketball game.

Then P. Diddy had been fired from Uptown, Combs established his new label Bad Boy Entertainment in 1993. During the period 1994–1995, he had produced several songs for TLC’s CrazySexyCool, which finished the decade as number 25 on Billboard’s list of top pop albums of the decade.

Likewise in 1997, he had recorded his first commercial vocal work as a rapper.  Similarly, in the year of 2000, he was charged with assault as a result of an incident with Steve Stoute of Interscope Records.

Next year he had appeared as a drug dealer in the film Made and starred with Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton in Monster’s Ball. He was also arrested for driving on a suspended license in Florida. Then he had announced that he was altering his stage name yet again; he would be calling himself “Diddy” in 2005.

The next year, he had refused to release musician Mase from his contractual obligations to allow him to join the group G-Unit. Likewise in 2008, he had appeared in two episodes of Season 7 of CSI: Miami: “Presumed Guilty” and “Sink or Swim”, in the role of lawyer Derek Powell.

Similarly, P. Diddy had created a rap supergroup in 2010 and appeared in season one of Hawaii Five-0 in 2011.

In the year 2016, he had launched a tour of Bad Boy Records’ biggest names to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the label and announced that he would be going by the name Love, stating “My new name is Love, aka Brother Love” in 2017.

Awards

P. Diddy has been nominated as well as won many of the titles.

He has won Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special in 2009, Video of the Year in 2002, Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice Award in 2003, Best Group in 2011, Best R&B Video in 1997, and Viewer’s Choice in 1998, etc.

How much does P. Diddy earn?

His salary is $130 million. As per the sources, this rapper’s $740 million.

P. Diddy: Rumors, Controversy

P. Diddy has suffered from rumors as well as controversy. His recent activities say that he had offered A Million Dollar Contract To The Young H&M Model which became a massive controversy after publishing an ad that was judged by many as racist and highly irresponsible.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

P. Diddy has mentioned his height of 5 ft 10 inches and a weight of 86 kg. Besides this, he has mentioned that he has black colored hair and brown colored eye.

Social Media

P. Diddy is active in every social activity and his fan followers are increasing day by day. He has over 15.5 million followers on Twitter, 6.6 billion on Facebook, 17.8 million followers on Instagram, and 209k subscribers on Youtube.

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