- Pulled out of the grand opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati because first lady Laura Bush's handlers refused to let her appear on stage with him. (August, 2004)
- Has forced the seller of his new house to pay staggering taxes, by telling the press he paid the full asking price. He insists he paid $10 million for the lavish New Jersey property, when he actually paid $6.8 million, which means the man who sold him the apartment has to pay taxes on the inflated price rather than the real price. (August 13, 2004)
- Was forced to leave a matinee performance of A Raisin in the Sun because of a stomach ailment. (June 14, 2004)
- Named Top Menswear Designer Of The Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. (2004)
- Has signed a multiyear deal with cosmetics company Estee Lauder to launch a new line of fragrances. (May 22, 2004)
- Dismantled his rap group Da Band because he's frustrated with all the bickering among the members. (May 15, 2004)
- A jury found in favor of Combs in a lawsuit filed by a TV talk-show host, who alleged he was roughed up by the rapper's entourage following an interview in which he asked about the rapper's involvement in the shooting death of Christopher Notorious B.I.G. Wallace. (February 25, 2004)
- Has settled a $3 million civil suit with a former driver who accused the rapper of forcing him to flee police after a 1999 nightclub shooting. (February 4, 2004)
- Jury selection began Monday in a court case against Combs, whose former chauffeur contends the rap mogul and a bodyguard forced him to speed away from the scene of a 1999 nightclub shooting. (January 27, 2004)
- His ex-wife, Misa Hylton-Brim, testified in Family Court on January 20, 2004, in an attempt to increase the amount of child support.
- Has been added to the halftime show for the US Super Bowl XXXVIII. (January 17, 2004)
- Will make his Broadway debut in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansbury's landmark drama about a black family moving into an all-white Chicago neighborhood. (December 18, 2003)
- Purchased a seven-bedroom, European-style mansion on seven acres, in suburban Dunwoody for $2.6 million. (November 15, 2003)
- On Thursday he gave New York $1 million he raised for public schools by running the New York City Marathon earlier this month -- The money will be used to support school libraries and technology. (November 14, 2003)
- Combs' friend, former bodyguard, and former co-defendant, Anthony Wolf Jones, was one of two men killed in a shooting that also left two others wounded outside an Atlanta-area nightclub early Tuesday morning (November 11). (November 14, 2003)
- Ex-wife Misa Hylton-Brim, the mother of one of Combs' children, filed a lawsuit against Combs seeking more child support - A Manhattan Family Court judge ordered Combs on Monday to cough up financial data to Hylton-Brim's legal team by November 21, to help determine what, if any, additional dollars Combs should dole out for their son's care. (November 12, 2003)
- Honduran officials said on Thursday they had found no evidence of workers' exploitation at a factory producing clothing by Combs. (November 3, 2003)
- Completed the New York marathon on Sunday, despite suffering leg cramps for about half the distance, as part of an effort to raise millions of dollars for needy city children. (November 3, 2003)
- Hopes his bid to run the New York Marathon on Sunday will cause others to see him as more than a person who parties and wears expensive jewelry. (October 30, 2003)
- Former president of Bad Boy Entertainment, Kirk Burrowes, has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Combs, implicating Combs in the death of Suge Knight's bodyguard, Jai Big Jake Hassan, and in the death of rap star Tupac Shakur. (October 7, 2003)
- Combs is close to leasing about 52,000 square-feet of office space near Times Square in order to keep most of his businesses under one roof -- Comb's Sean John clothing line, Bad Boy Records and its related film and television companies, and his charity arm Daddy's House Social Programs, will be housed there. (September 20, 2003)
- Boutique cigar maker Moore & Bode Cigars claims a cameraman trespassed at its Miami factory and filmed its secret process in June, and the footage wound up in Combs' music video for the movie BAD BOYS II -- The lawsuit seeks at least $15,000 in damages from the rapper-producer, Bad Boys Entertainment Inc. and the unknown camera operator. (September 17, 2003)
- Combs is the richest entertainer on Fortune magazine's first annual 40 Under 40 list, which is made up of 40 people in music, books, movies, videogames and TV who've become multi-millionaires before their 40th birthday. (September 3, 2003)
- Combs has teamed up with Fat Joe, and singer Dre, for Girl I'm A Bad Boy, the latest single from the Bad Boys II soundtrack, which was released on Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment label. (August 28, 2003)
- A Queens woman has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Combs, claiming a bouncer at his Manhattan restaurant threw her to the ground and dragged her on the pavement -- Stephanie Grieson said that as she stood outside Justin's on Aug. 22, 2002, having an argument with a friend that became physical, the bouncer grabbed her by the neck and dragged her down the sidewalk, saying, No fighting in front of this restaurant. (August 27, 2003)
- Combs is being sued for $50 million by two men who claim a security team at the rap mogul's recording studio attacked them for no reason -- Lawsuits filed Monday in New York on behalf of Thomas Guest and Damon Jackson allege they were assaulted in August 2002 at the Daddy's House studio in Manhattan. (August 13, 2003)
- Destiny's Child, Missy Elliott, P. Diddy, and others are all featured on the upcoming soundtrack to the FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS -- It will be released on September 9. (August 13, 2003)
- Combs proclaimed his interest to purchase the New York Knicks during an appearance Tuesday on Howard Stern's syndicated morning radio show -- His desire stems from the team's poor performance over the past several years. (July 24, 2003)
- Combs called in all favors to secure an all-star lineup for his BAD BOYS II soundtrack, the first album on his recently revamped Bad Boy record label -- The CD, which drops Tuesday, features Combs, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Nelly, among others. (July 15, 2003)
- Combs is presently working on a new project, his first dance album -- Combs previewed the first single from the set, Let's Get Ill featuring Kelis, in March at DanceStar USA's second annual American Dance Music Awards in Miami Beach. (July 11, 2003)
- The second season of Making The Band II, featuring Combs, premieres on MTV on Wednesday (June 18) at 10 p.m. ET -- The show will pick up where last season left off, with P. Diddy working to make the six members of his new group, Da Band, a cohesive unit and successful act. (June 10, 2003)
- Combs will star as blues musician Robert Johnson, in the HBO Film feature LOVE IN VAIN, which begins production on location in Mississippi in September -- Johnson, the so-called King of the Delta Blues, is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, even though he died at age 27, and recorded only 29 songs. (April 12, 2003)
- Combs is back together with the mother of his youngest son, model Kim Porter, with whom he was involved in a lengthy child-support dispute -- They first reunited romantically over New Year's Eve, when they kissed at midnight at a Miami club. (March 26, 2003)
- Combs is among the artists committed to decorating and signing birdhouses for auction to benefit a Nashville school -- The birdhouses will be auctioned on March 13 at the Second Annual Birdhouse Thing at the Mall at Green Hills in Nashville. (February 19, 2003)
- World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, basketball player Michael Jordan, founder of software maker Microsoft Corp. Bill Gates, and designer Ralph Lauren are all heroes of Combs, who announced on Thursday a new three-year marketing and distribution deal for his Bad Boy Entertainment label with Universal Records. (February 7, 2003)
- Combs is looking to expand his fashion empire by going retail with his Sean John label, opening boutiques in malls nationwide and a flagship store in Manhattan. (December 19, 2002)
- Combs and Alicia Keys, announced Saturday that the world knew too little about the devastating AIDS pandemic in Africa, and both promised to work daily to make the reality known -- in South Africa, for a MTV concert Saturday, which will be part of a World Aids Day television special, (targeting a global audience of up to two billion people) they said musicians had a special responsibility to talk to young people about HIV /AIDS. (November 25, 2002)
- Combs held a splashy 33rd birthday party Monday night, not far from the Times Square nightclub where a 1999 incident resulted in his trial for possession of a stolen gun - he insured that everyone dressed appropriately, and kept the security tight and the champagne flowing. Among the guests at the Supper Club were models Carmen Electra, Tyra Banks and Gisele Bundchen, rappers Ice Cube and Ice-T, singers Ashanti and Craig David, and actress Drea de Matteo of THE SOPRANOS. (November 20, 2002)
- Combs and Microsoft mogul Bill Gates have more than just lots of cash in common - the unlikely duo are pairing up in the fight against AIDS; Combs and singer Alicia Keys, along with several South African artists, are scheduled to perform at MTV's HIV/AIDS Awareness Concert in Cape Town on November 23. (October 25, 2002)
- His bodyguards argued with Heath Ledger and his fellow Hollywood star girlfriend Naomi Watts - because the couple were dancing too close to the rapper at a night club. (October 18, 2002)
- P. Diddy, ever the host, vowed at a London press conference Monday to toss a big ol' party in Barcelona as up to one billion fans select this year's MTV Europe Music Award winners, to be presented Nov. 14. (October 1, 2002)
- Combs has been ordered to pay $2.45 million to a man who claims he was beaten by bodyguards the rap mogul hired to protect Mary J. Blige in 1995. (September 2002)
- Comb has been sensationally dropped by his record label because he is too expensive and too controversial. (September 2002)
- Puffy recorded a track entitled Missing You, which was a sample of Sting's Every Breath You Take, in memorial for Biggie Smalls. The track surprisingly went platinum, bringing in 3 million dollars for that one track.
- The 3 million dollars that Missing You made was generously given to the family of The Notorious BIG by Puff Daddy In Summer of '97.
- Runs a charity called Daddy's House which gives money to the kids of New York for computer camps, trips to Africa, etc.
- In one scene of MADE (2001), he commented on Vince Vaughn's character getting all 21 Jump Street... Vince Vaughn was in an episode of 21 JUMP STREET (1987)
- Is the wealthiest star on this year's Fortune's 40 Under- 40 Rich List (September 2002)
- He says despite being extremely wealthy, he still lives his life exposed to too much violence.
Quotes- After Jennifer Lopez's wedding to Marc Anthony: "If she's in love with somebody and that makes her happy, I'm happy for her. That's my girl for life."
- "It gives me a chance to have it clear to people what I do. That I just don't throw white parties in the Hamptons every day. That I do work 20 hours a day and I am good at what I do." (about his new TV show in MTV)
- "I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel." - RS. Issue 858/859.O
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