American rapper, singer, record producer, businessman, actor and entrepreneur from New York

Sean Combs

Hip hop music Hip hop music Rhythm and blues

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American rapper, singer, record producer, businessman, actor and entrepreneur from New York

Genres

Hip hop music Hip hop music Rhythm and blues

Record Labels

Bad Boy Records Epic Records Uptown Records Arista Universal Music Group Atlantic Records Interscope Records

Awards Received

Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

BET Award for Video of the Year

BET Award for Viewer's Choice

Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

BET Award for Best Group

Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nominated For

Grammy Award for Best New Artist

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Member of, past and present

Puff Daddy & The Family

Sean Love Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by the stage names Puff Daddy, Puffy, P. Diddy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. Born in New York City and raised in the suburb of Mount Vernon, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Since then, Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher.

Combs' debut album, No Way Out (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by Forever (1999), The Saga Continues... (2001), and Press Play (2006), all of which were commercially successful. In 2009, Combs formed the musical group Dirty Money and released the critically and commercially successful album Last Train to Paris (2010).

Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and is the producer of MTV's Making the Band. In 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$740 million.