In 1986 he graduated from the “High School of Art and Design.” In I988 he would graduate from Howard University. In 1989 Sean became an intern at Uptown Records. Andre Harrell became his mentor. While at Uptown Records Sean would work on the development of “Mary J. Blige”. In 1993 Sean’s first biological kid “Justin Combs” was born. His mother is a fashion designer named “Misa Hylton”. In 1994 Sean began dating Kim Porter and would take on a fatherly role to her son “Quincy Brown”.
In 1994 Tupac Shakur was shot in a robbery at a New York City studio. Sean was one of the rappers present at the studio. Tupac would later accuse Sean of setting him up. In 1996 Sean released his debut single “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” which spent 28 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one. In June of 1996, Tupac would release one of the most famous diss tracks of all time “Hit Em Up” in which he would diss Sean multiple times. On July 22, 1997, Sean released his debut album “No Way Out”. He also founded “Bad Boy Records” this year. In 1998, Sean’s second biological son “Christian Combs” would be born. Christian now makes music under the name “King Combs”
In 1999 Sean met Jennifer Lopez while filming a music video for her song “If You Had My Love” off her debut album “On the 6”. During 1999 Sean would also collaborate with “R. Kelly” who was a friend of Sean’s on a track titled “Satisfy You”. Although this song was a hit, tensions were behind the scenes between the two and that only intensified once R. Kelly went through his legal issues a few years later with Sean distancing himself from him.
In 1999 Sean was arrested for his involvement in a New York shooting however he was acquitted of all charges. In 2000 he would win his first Grammy. He was also arrested in 2001 but similarly to the incident two years before the charges were dropped. On July 13, 2001, Jon Favreau’s directorial debut “Made” was released which would also be Sean’s acting debut. This year he would also start his clothing line “Sean John”. This would also be the year he’d change his stage name from “Puff Daddy” to “P. Diddy” which is a nickname Biggie Smalls gave to him. In 2002 Sean and Jennifer would break up. In 2006, Sean’s first daughter “Chance Combs” was born. 5 months later, his twin daughters “D’Lila” and “Jessie” were born.
In 2005, Sean explained the reasoning behind removing the P from his stage name and just going by “Diddy.” He explained that the reason was to make it easier for his fans to chant at concerts rather than having half the people chant “Diddy’ and the other half chant “P Diddy”.
In 2007 Sean Combs began a long-term relationship with singer “Cassie Ventura”. The two would break up multiple times throughout the years.
In 2012 Sean appeared on the show “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. In 2017 Sean would change his name to “Love”.
In May 2017, Sean’s former personal chef, Cindy Rueda filed a lawsuit against Sean claiming that Combs sexually harassed her. In 2018 Cassie and Sean would reportably break up for good. On December 10, 2022, his seventh child “Love Combs” was born.
In 2023 Cassie filed a lawsuit against Sean accusing him of sexual assault. Shortly after Sean would deny the allegations. A few weeks later they would reach an agreement which would drop the lawsuit. The lawsuit would gain major media attention and various public figures would speak on it such as Keke Palmer, John Legend, and Brittany Renner.
On May 17, 2024, CNN released a video of Sean physically assaulting Cassie from 2015. Sean would try to bribe the hotel staff to keep the whole thing quiet. On September 16, 2024, Sean would be arrested and given a trial date of May 5, 2025. He is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. On October 1, 2024, the Washington Post reported that there will be more than 120 more lawsuits filed against Combs.
Sean’s “parties” were where most of these acts would take place. There are lots of allegations around Sean of sexual abuse, rape, and sex traficking. It is also allgeded that Sean assaulted minors. Lots of celebrities who attended the parties have since come out and claimed that they left before any of the dark acts would take place. Some celebrities who claimed that they left early are Marlon Wayans and Nick Cannon. Some celebrities who have attended the parties throughout the yars are Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, Drake, and Leonardo DiCaprio
During a raid, the authorities found that Sean had over 1,000 bottles of baby oil. His lawyer would attempt to explain he bought them in bulk from Costco. Following this Costco would come out and reveal that they don’t sell baby oil. It was later revealed that he would lace the baby oil with date rape drugs.
At this point Sean’s reputation and public image are completely tarnished and for good reason. What he was doing behind the scenes is disgusting. At this point, Sean is more known for “freak-offs” and baby oil than he is for his music.
