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Sean Combs

Also known as Sean John Combs, Puff Daddy, Diddy, P. Diddy, P Diddy, PDiddy, Sean Puffy Combs, Love

Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.

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Sean John Combs is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer born in Harlem in 1969. He is educated at Howard University and speaks English. His musical genres include East Coast hip-hop, contemporary R&B, pop rap, and pop music. He has been active since 1990 and performs using his voice.

Combs has received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is associated with record labels including Bad Boy Records, Epic Records, Uptown Records, and Arista Records. He is also known by the pseudonyms Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, and Puff.

He owns Cîroc and Revolt. Combs is an African American male with seven children. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Additionally, he is an author with two works, including *Productivity Secrets* and *Women Obesity Code*.

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Sean Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known professionally as Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.

Born in Harlem, Combs worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records, in 1993. Combs's debut studio album, No Way Out (1997), peaked atop the Billboard 200 and sold over 7 million copies in the US. Two of its singles, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You", topped the Billboard Hot 100—the latter was the first hip-hop song to debut atop the chart. With his guest appearance on "Mo Money Mo Problems", Combs became the first solo artist to replace himself atop the chart. His second and third albums, Forever (1999) and The Saga Continues... (2001), both peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. The collaborative singles "Bump, Bump, Bump" (2002) and "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (2003) made him the first rapper with five US number-one singles. Following the release of his US chart-topping fourth album Press Play (2006), Combs formed the musical trio Diddy – Dirty Money with R&B singers Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richard to release the collaborative album Last Train to Paris (2010). His fifth album, The Love Album: Off the Grid (2023), was his first to be self-released.

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