Career 1990–1996: Career beginnings īad Boy headquarters on Broadway near Times Square. In 2014, he returned to Howard University to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and deliver the University's 146th Commencement Address. Ĭombs was a business major at Howard University but left after his sophomore year. Combs said he was given the nickname 'Puff' as a child, because he would 'huff and puff' when he was angry.

He played football for the academy and his team won a division title in 1986.

Ĭombs graduated from Mount Saint Michael Academy in 1987. At age 33, Melvin was shot to death while sitting in his car on Central Park West, when Sean was two years old. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas. Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, his mother Janice Combs ( née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Sean John Combs was born in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City on November 4, 1969. 6.8 Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.2.7 2014–present: MMM (Money Making Mitch), No Way Out 2, and 'Love'.

He was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award for Menswear Designer of the Year in 2000 and won in 2004. In 1998, he launched his own clothing line Sean John. In 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth at $740 million. In 2009, Combs formed the musical group Dirty Money together, they released their highly successful debut album Last Train to Paris (2010).Ĭombs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues., (2001) and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful. Blige, and Usher.Ĭombs' debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Born in New York City and raised in Mount Vernon, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Diddy, Diddy, or Puffy), is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known by his stage name Puff Daddy (previously known as P.

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