Sean Combs

**Sean John Combs** (born November 4, 1969) is an American rapper, singer, producer, and actor. Combs has used many stage names during his career. He has been using **Diddy** but has also used **P Diddy** and **Puff Daddy.**

He started his musical career in 1988, and founded Bad Boy Records five years later. Combs has won three Grammy Awards. Three albums that he executive produced were put on _Rolling Stone_ magazines list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2001 Combs acted in _Made_. In 2010, Combs released his fifth album known as: _Last Train to Paris_.

On October 3, 2025, he was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison. This was for transporting people to sell sex for money. Combs will ask for the case to go to court of appeals, according to his lawyer.

## Legal issues

On November 16, 2023, Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura filed a $30 million sexual assault lawsuit against him, alleging that  he subjected her to a decade-long  “cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking.” Cassie claimed that the abuse began when their relationship started that  also included a 2018 rape after she tried to leave him, and multiple instances of domestic violence.  Combs' attorney has denied the allegation. He would settle the lawsuit on November 17.

On March 25, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security raided Combs' property relating to a ongoing investigation. On September 16, police arrested Combs on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering in Manhattan. He would appear in court the next day and the judge denied his bond.

### Claims about sexual misconduct

In September 2024 one of Combs's daughter's came forward to expose her father's incestual attacks.

In July 2025, Sean Combs was convicted of transportation for the purpose of prostitution. However, the jury returned a not guilty verdict on the charges of human trafficking, and extortion conspiracy.

## Personal life

Born in Harlem, New York, Combs has six children. He is also the stepfather of his former girlfriend Kimberly Porter's son named Quincy.

He used to be the richest hip-hop musician.

## Discography

**Studio albums**
- 1997: _No Way Out_
- 1999: _Forever_
- 2001: _The Saga Continues..._
- 2002: _We Invented the Remix_
- 2006: _Press Play_
- 2023: _The Love Album: Off the Grid_

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|2001|_Made_|Ruiz||
|_Monster's Ball_|Lawrence Musgrove||||
|2003|_Death of a Dynasty_|Himself|||
|2005|_Carlito's Way: Rise to Power_|Hollywood Nicky|Video||
|2008|_A Raisin in the Sun_|Walter Lee Younger|TV movie||
|rowspan=2|2010|_Get Him to the Greek_|Sergio||
|_I'm Still Here_|Himself||||
|rowspan=2|2014|_Muppets Most Wanted_|Himself||
|_Draft Day_|Chris Crawford||||
|2017|_Girls Trip_|Himself|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1992|_In Living Color_|Himself|Episode: "Episode #3.27"||
|1997|_The Steve Harvey Show_|Himself|Episode: "I Do, I Don't"||
|1997–01|_Showtime at the Apollo_|Himself|Recurring Guest||
|rowspan=2|1999|_Videotech_|Himself|Episode: "Episode #1.136"|
|_The Priory_|Himself|Episode: "Episode #1.3"|||
|1999–01|_Behind the Music_|Himself|Recurring Guest||
|rowspan=2|2000|_Top of the Pops_|Himself|Episode: "Episode #37.11"|
|_Who Wants to Be a Millionaire_|Himself/Contestant|Episode: "Episode #1.172" & "#1.174"|||
|rowspan=3|2001|_Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America_|Himself|Episode: "Express Yourself"|
|_Jackass_|Himself|Episode: "Beard of Leeches"|||
|_Journeys in Black_|Himself|Episode: "Johnnie Cochran"|||
|rowspan=5|2002|_All That_|Himself|Episode: "P. Diddy"|
|_Anatomy of a Scene_|Himself|Episode: "Monster's Ball"|||
|_The Nick Cannon Show_|Himself|Episode: "Nick Takes Over Style"|||
|_MTV Europe Music Awards_|Himself/Host|Main Host|||
|_Top Ten_|Himself|Episode: "Camp Pop"|||
|rowspan=2|2004|_The Ashlee Simpson Show_|Himself|Episode: "Ashlee Goes Platinum"|
|_Style Star_|Himself|Episode: "Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs"|||
|2005|_MTV Video Music Awards_|Himself/Host|Main Host||
|2009|_CSI: Miami_|Derek Powell|Episode: "Presumed Guilty" & "Sink or Swim"||
|2010|_Entourage_|Himself|Episode: "Tequila and Coke"||
|2011|_Hawaii Five-0_|Reggie Cole|Episode: "Hoʻopaʻi"||
|2012|_It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_|Dr. Jinx|Episode: "Charlie's Mom Has Cancer"||
|2015|_Black-ish_|Elroy Savoy|Episode: "Pops' Pops' Pops"||

### Documentary

|Year|Title||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_The Show_||
|1998|_Where It's At: The Rolling Stone State of the Union_||
|2002|_Street Dreams_||
|2004|_Fade to Black_||
|2005|_Seamless_||
|rowspan=2|2017|_Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story_|
|_The Defiant Ones_|||
|2021|_Mary J. Blige's My Life_||

## Awards

|scope="col"|Award|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Nominated work|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Result|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|"Bad Boy for Life"|rowspan="2" | Video of the Year||||||||||
|"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"||||||||||||
|2003|"Bump, Bump, Bump"|Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award||||||||||
|2007|"Last Night"|Best Collaboration||||||||||
|Diddy|Best Male Hip-Hop Artist|||||||||||
|2010|Diddy – Dirty Money|Best Group||||||||||
|2011||||||||||||
|2012||||||||||||
|2016|Puff Daddy and the Family|||||||||||
|2008|"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..."|Track of the Year||||||||||
|Sean Combs|Hustler of the Year|||||||||||
|2009||||||||||||
|2010|"All I Do Is Win (Remix)"|Reese's Perfect Combo Award||||||||||
|"Hello Good Morning (Remix)"||||||||||||
|Best Club Banger||||||||||||
|Sean Combs|Hustler of the Year|||||||||||
|2011||||||||||||
|2012|"Same Damn Time (Remix)"|Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse||||||||||
|2013||||||||||||
|Sean Combs|Hustler of the Year|||||||||||
|2017||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7"|1998|Puff Daddy|Best New Artist||rowspan="7"|||||||
|_No Way Out_|rowspan="2"|Best Rap Album||||||||||
|_Life After Death_ <small>(as producer)</small>||||||||||||
|"Honey" <small>(as songwriter)</small>|Best Rhythm & Blues Song|||||||||||
|"I'll Be Missing You" <small>(featuring Faith Evans & 112)</small>|rowspan="7"|Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group||||||||||
|"Mo Money Mo Problems" <small>(with the Notorious B.I.G. & Mase)</small>||||||||||||
|"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" <small>(featuring Mase)</small>||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2000|"Satisfy You" <small>(featuring R. Kelly)</small>||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2002|"Bad Boy for Life" <small>(with Black Rob & Mark Curry)</small>||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2003|"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" <small>(with Busta Rhymes & Pharrell)</small>||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2004|"Shake Ya Tailfeather" <small>(with Nelly & Murphy Lee)</small>||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2016|"All Day" <small>(as songwriter)</small>|Best Rap Song|||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2024|_The Love Album: Off the Grid_|Best Progressive R&B Album|||||||||
|1997|"I'll Be Missing You"|MTV Select||||||||||
|Best Song||||||||||||
|Sean Combs|Best New Act|||||||||||
|Best Hip-Hop||||||||||||
|1998|Best Male|||||||||||
|Best Hip-Hop||||||||||||
|1999||||||||||||
|2001||||||||||||
|2002||||||||||||
|2006||||||||||||
|2011|Diddy – Dirty Money|Best World Stage Performance||||||||||
|2018|_Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story_|Best Music Documentary||||||||||
||"I'll Be Missing You"|Best R&B Video||||||||||
|Viewer's Choice||||||||||||
||"It's All About the Benjamins" (Rock Remix)|Video of the Year||||||||||
|Viewer's Choice||||||||||||
|"Come with Me"|Best Video from a Film|||||||||||
||"Bad Boy for Life"|Best Rap Video||||||||||
|2009|_A Raisin in the Sun_|Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special||||||||||
|2011|Diddy – Dirty Money|Outstanding Duo or Group||||||||||

- Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
|Rank|Artist|Albums executive produced by Sean Combs|Year|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|134|The Notorious B.I.G.|_Ready to Die_|1994|
|281|Mary J. Blige|_My Life_|1994|
|466|The Notorious B.I.G.|_Life After Death_|1997|

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **current member of**: Bad Boy Records#The Hitmen, The Hitmen
- **past member of**: Diddy – Dirty Money


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sean Combs
- **image**: Sean Combs in 2023.png
- **caption**: Combs in 2022
- **birth name**: Sean John Combs
- **birth place**: New York City, U.S.
- **years active**: 1990 – Present
- **children**: 7
- **awards**: #Awards, Full list