  Puff Daddy (Sean
"Puffy" Combs) was born in Harlem,
New York in 1970. The year that Puff Daddy
became a household name was 1997 when Puffy
ruled the music charts with his producing
abilities and his own LP. With a sharp eye on
business and hip hop music, Puff Daddy took
rap and sampling to new heights in 1997 - and
with this success came criticism as well.
Puff Daddy's mother was a model, and his
father (he found out later in life) was a
well-known street hustler who was murdered
when Puff was 3. Puff Daddy's mother had the
family stay in Harlem for several years so
her children could experience city life and
diversity. Eventually the family moved to the
suburbs of Mount Vernon, New York and where
Puff went to a private school. It was while
he was at school and a member of the football
team that he inherited the nickname
"Puffy" - because he would
"puff" out his chest to make his
body seem bigger. Throughout his childhood
and into college, Puff's entrepreneurial
characteristics became stronger starting with
his paper route and into his college years of
house party and concert promotions. After
attending Howard University, Puff Daddy
started working in the music industry as an
intern at Uptown Records (thanks to his
childhood friend, Heavy D).
His position at the company eventually led
him up the ladder to vice-president and in
1990 Puff Daddy was the executive producer
for an LP by Father MC.
A celebrity basketball game and
benefit Puff had organized turned tragic when
a stampede occurred within the audience and 9
people died of "asphyxia due to
compression of the chest." Poor security
and organization were sited as the cause of
the tragedy, and Puff Daddy had been in
charge of both. The event devastated Puff
Daddy, but soon he was feeling the effects of
success with work on hit LPs by Mary
J. Blige, Jodeci and Heavy D.
After working at Uptown Records
throughout the early 90s and after being let
go from the company, Puff Daddy established
Bad Boy Entertainment whose clients
eventually include the late Notorious
B.I.G., 112, Total,Faith
Evans, and Craig Mack.
Bad Boy's first major hit came with the 1994 Craig
Mack single, "Flava In Ya
Ear." In a short 4 years, Bad Boy
Entertainment sold approximately $100 million
worth of recordings. Bad Boy Entertainment
also made a multi-million dollar deal with
Arista Records allowing the support of the
label without impinging on artistic control.
Puff Daddy's production success
with Bad Boy Entertainment continued with the
Notorious
B.I.G.'s emergence as a well-known rap
artist with his LP Ready
To Die and the single
"Big Poppa." Bad Boy Entertainment
could now boast an impressive line-up of
acts, and multi-platinum success.
At the same time, a once
friendly relationship with rapper 2Pac and Death Row's Suge
Knight had turned into a war of words,
comments, and accusations, especially in
2Pac's song "Hit 'Em Up." The East
coast versus West coast rivalry continued
after 2Pac was fatally shot, and many rumors
connected Puff Daddy and the Notorious
B.I.G. with his death.
 Puff Daddy began producing for
other artists outside his own company
including Boyz
II Men, SWV, Mariah
Carey, Lil' Kim, Babyface, New Edition,
and Aretha Franklin.
Puff topped the Billboard Rap
Singles chart for 9 weeks helping out Lil' Kim with "No
Time."
 # 17
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Puff Daddy hit the Top 40 helped
out by Mase with "Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down."
"Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down"
topped the Billboard R&B Singles Sales
chart for 12 weeks.
Puff Daddy had big plans for the
up-coming release of the Notorious
B.I.G.'s next LP. But Puffy lost his
close friend to gunshots. B.I.G.'s LP, Life
After Death, was released 3 weeks later to
great commercial and critical success. Puff
Daddy's reaction to B.I.G.'s death (and the
death of rival 2Pac the year before) was to
leave the business - but friends talked him
out of it. "When everything happened, I
just wanted to give up. I didn't wanna work,
I didn't wanna make music no more."
"Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down"
topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart
for 6 weeks, the Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Sales chart for 7 weeks, the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for 6 weeks, the
Billboard Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
chart for 6 weeks, and the Billboard Rap
Singles chart for 12 weeks.
The single "Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down"
was certified 2x platinum.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the
Billboard Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
chart for 11 weeks.
 Puff hit the Top 40 with his
tribute to Notorious
B.I.G. - "I'll Be Missing You" (with Faith
Evans and 112). The track hit the Top 10 by the end of the
month.
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 11 weeks,
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for
9 weeks, the Billboard R&B Singles chart
for 8 weeks, the Billboard R&B Singles
Sales chart for 8 weeks, and the Billboard
Rap Singles chart for 8 weeks.
 Puff Daddy released his own LP, No
Way Out (shown as Puff Daddy & The
Family) to equally commercial success, but
much less critical enjoyment. Most of Puff
Daddy's appearance on the charts were
collaborations: from his own LP, from
B.I.G.'s LP, or as a featured artists on
other artist's LPs. One of Puff Daddy's
protegees, Mase, showed up along side
many of Puff Daddy's hits, including his
first chart appearance, "Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down."
But the hit that crossed platforms and put
Puff Daddy in the limelight with his tribute
to his slain friend, "I'll Be Missing You" (which also
featured Faith Evans and 112). The track also
demonstrated a common theme in Puff Daddy's
art of production - sampling a familiar 80s
track (in this case The
Police's "Every Breath You
Take") and up-dating the lyrics with rap
and hip hop. "I did it as a tribute to
Biggie, so I feel like it came out of my love
for him... whatever else it does, I'm
happy," The money from the single was
used to set up a fund for B.I.G.'s children.
 The single "I'll Be Missing You" was certified 3x
platinum.
Puffy hit the Top 40 helping out
The
Notorious B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo Money Mo Problems."
"I'll Be Missing You" topped the UK
Singles chart for 5 weeks.
Puffy hit the Top 10 helping out The
Notorious B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo Money Mo Problems."
No
Way Out topped the Billboard 200 Albums
chart for 4 weeks and the Billboard R&B
Album charts for 5 weeks.
Puffy hit #1 for a week with "I'll Be Missing You."
 Puffy hit the Top 40 helping out
SWV week with "Someone."
"Mo Money Mo Problems" topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 2 weeks,
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for
4 weeks, the Billboard R&B Singles
Airplay chart for 2 weeks, the Billboard
Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales chart for 2
weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles chart
for 4 weeks.
Puffy appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
 Puff Daddy performed "I'll Be Missing You" at the MTV Video Music
Awards with Sting and the connection
continued at the end of the year when Puffy
remixed The Police classic
"Roxanne" for their greatest hits
collection. Puffy also won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best R&B Video ("I'll Be Missing You") and was also
nominated for Viewer's Choice.
Puffy won a Billboard Music
Video Award for Best Clip (R&B/Urban)
("Mo Money Mo Problems").
No
Way Out was certified 2x platinum.
Puffy hit #1 helping out The
Notorious B.I.G. and Mase with "Mo Money Mo Problems."
Puffy could be
heard on Busta Rhymes' LP, When
Disaster Strikes, on the track
"Body Rock."
No
Way Out was certified 3x platinum.
 No
Way Out was certified 4x platinum and
the single "Been Around The World"
was certified platinum.
Puff Daddy & The Family hit
the Top 40 with "It's All About The
Benjamins."
SoundScan proclaimed Puff
Daddy's No
Way Out the third best-selling LP of
1997 - selling over 3.4 million copies in the
U.S.
Looking back on 1997, Puff Daddy
told Rolling
Stone: "Statistically, this was
one of the best years of my life, but
personally, it was one of the worst..."
Puff Daddy topped the Billboard
Rap Singles chart with "It's All About The
Benjamins / Been Around The World"
for 6 weeks and the Billboard Dance Music
Maxi-Singles Sales chart for a week.
Readers of Rolling
Stone named Puff Daddy the Best Rap
Artist of the Year and critics named him the
Artist of the Year.
Puff topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Male (singles & albums), Top Hot
R&B Singles Artist - Male, Top Hot Rap
Artists, Top Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales
Artist, and the Top Hot R&B Singles
Sales, Top Hot Dance Maxi-Single Sales, and
Top Hot Rap Single ("I'll Be Missing You").
It is Puff Daddy's sampling
method that has brought him some criticism,
not only for his own music, but for the
tracks he has produced for others such as
B.I.G., Busta Rhymes,L.L.
Cool J, and Mariah
Carey. Puff Daddy has stated about
sampling: "I'm not afraid of using
samples. That's how I started producing. I
never played no instruments. I never
programmed no drum machines. So if I was at a
party and heard a record that I loved. I
would figure out a way to bring that record
to life. Make it like it was some brand new
sh--."
 # 29
Singles Artist of the Year
 Puff Daddy was nominated for 5 American Music
Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock
Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male
Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite
Soul/R&B New Artist, and Favorite
Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.
Puff Daddy hit the Top 40 with
"Been
Around The World."
"Been
Around The World" topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks.
Puff Daddy won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("I'll Be Missing You" (with Faith
Evans and 112)) and Best Rap Album (No
Way Out) and was also nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Can't Nobody Hold Me
Down"
with Mase and "Mo Money Mo Problems" with The
Notorious B.I.G. and Mase).
It was reported that Puff Daddy
would settle several wrongful death suits
resulting from a 1991 stampede incident that
caused the deaths of 9 celebrity basketball
fans. Puff Daddy had helped stage the event
and will pay about 20% of the $3 million
dollar settlement. One family has refused to
settle the case and their court case.
 Puffy spoke about the incident
when he testified in New York for the lawsuit
and said "...we were pleading with
people to move back. It's almost hard to
explain in words the hysteria... you could
see panic on everybody's face." Puffy
later told reporters that the incident is
"...something that I deal with every day
of my life."
Puff hit the Top 40 with The
Notorious B.I.G. and & Busta Rhymes with "Victory" which also was
certified gold.
 No
Way Out was certified 5x platinum.
Puffy hit the Top 40 with Jimmy
Page with "Come With Me" from the Godzilla soundtrack.
Puffy topped the Billboard Rap
Singles chart with Jimmy Page
with "Come With Me" for 5 weeks.
 The single "Come With Me" was certified
gold.
Puffy hit the Top 40 helping out
Mase with "Lookin' At Me."
The single "Come With Me" was certified
platinum.
It was reported that Puffy would
receive between $40 and $45 million from the
parent-company of Bad Boy Entertainment, BMG.
Puffy topped the Billboard Rap
Singles chart with Mase with
"Lookin' At Me" for 10 weeks.
 Puffy chatted to fans via SonicNet:
"My goal is to make people happy by
making great music... I make music for a lot
of people to hear it... I can make you dance
in the most hard-core club to the most pop
club... that is my job, that is what I
do." Puffy also addressed criticism of
his sampling: "I don't pay attention to
the critics, I pay attention to the fans...
If you look at the volume of music I have
created, sampling isn't dominating the music
I create."
Puff Daddy won a MTV Video Music
Award for Viewer's Choice ("It's All About The
Benjamins") and was also nominated
for Video of the Year ("It's All About The
Benjamins"), Best Video from a Film ("Come With Me"), and Best Rap Video ("Mo Money Mo Problems").
No
Way Out was certified 6x platinum.
A judge determined that Puff
Daddy and Heavy D were negligent for a 1991
charity basketball game that resulted in a
stampede and 9 deaths. The event was
determined to be overbooked. The decision
could affect on-going civil suits against
Puff Daddy.
Throughout the year, Puffy won 2
Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Duo
or Rap Music Video ("I'll Be Missing You") and the Sammy
Davis, Jr. Award for 'Entertainer of the
Year,' 2 Kid's Choice Awards for Best Dresser
and Favorite Singer, and 2 World Music Awards
for World's Best-Selling Rap Artist/Group and
World's Best-Selling New Artist.
 # 58
Singles Artist of the Year
 At the American Music
Awards, Puff Daddy was nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite
Rap/Hip Hop Male Artist.
Puffy hit the Top 40 by helping
out Faith Evans on her hit
"All
Night Long" for her LP Keep
The Faith.
 Puff Daddy turned himself into
New York City police and was charged with 2nd
degree assault and criminal mischief in
connection with an alleged assault of a label
executive over the airing of "Hate Me
Now" by Nas. The previous day, the
manager of Nas was allegedly
assaulted in his office by 3 men possibly
because of the video's inclusion of Puff
Daddy.
 August 24: A new Puff Daddy LP, Forever, hit stores.
Puff Daddy was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video ("Hate Me
Now" (with Nas)).
Puffy plead guilty to 2nd-degree
harassment charges stemming from an alleged
attack on a record label executive last April
- and ordered into anger management
counseling.
Puffy was nominated for a VH1
Fashion Award for Most Fashionable Artist
(Male).
Forever was certified
platinum.
Puff Daddy hit the Top 40 with
"Satisfy
You"
(featuring R.
Kelly).
Forever topped the Billboard
R&B Albums chart for a week.
 Puff Daddy was nominated for a
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop
Artist.
Puffy took part in NetAid.
"Satisfy
You"
topped the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
chart for 3 weeks, the the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for 2 weeks, and the Billboard Rap Singles
chart for 4 weeks.
The single "Satisfy
You"
was certified gold.
 Puff Daddy was arrested on
weapon charges in New York after a night of
questioning (with Jennifer Lopez) by the police related
to a stolen gun and a shooting at a nightclub
the couple had left the previous night. Puffy
claimed his innocence and no charges were
brought against Lopez. Puffy and Lopez
reportedly left the night club shortly after
3 people were shot and wounded, and when
pulled over, a gun (later said to be
unrelated to the shooting) was found in their
car. Puffy told reporters: "I do not own
a gun. I do not carry a gun. The charges and
allegations against me are 100% false. I feel
confident that in the next couple of days, I
will be vindicated and everything will be all
right."
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Mo Money, Mo Problems" at # 23.
Puffy's saga continued when
rapper Shyne (aka James
Barrow), a 'protege' of Puffy was charged
with attempted murder and assault for the
shooting in New York. in mid-January, Puff
Daddy and his bodyguard was indicted on
weapons charges alleging that 2 guns were
linked to them. Puffy hired well-known
lawyer, Johnnie Cochran to dispute the
charges. Puffy responded to reporters:
"The decision to indict me is wrong. I'm
innocent and we will prove it."
Puffy hit the Top 40 again with
the song "Satisfy
You"
featuring R.
Kelly.
Puff Daddy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Satisfy
You"
with Puff
Daddy). Puffy was arraigned in court
in New York and plead not guilty to criminal
possession of a weapon charges. Later in
month more claims against Puffy surfaced
stating that he attempted to bribe his driver
to lay claim to the gun that was found.
 Puff Daddy reached a financial
settlement with a woman who was injured at
the 1991 concert stampede in New York.
Puff Daddy was sued along with Lil' Kim and Lil' Cease
for $200 million for invasion of privacy
related to a phone conversation used in the
track "Play Around" (on a LP by Lil'
Cease produced by Puffy and Lil' Kim).
No
Way Out was certified 7x platinum.
 # 139
Singles Artist of the Year
Puffy's trial for illegal gun
possession and bribery began with the
prosecution stating Puffy fired a gun at the
ceiling at the nightclub and that a witness
would testify seeing a gun thrown from his
vehicle after he fled the scene with his
driver and girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. The bribery charge
stems from accusations that Puffy bribed his
driver to state he owned the gun found in the
vehicle.
 Puff Daddy was acquitted of the
gun and bribery charges from an incident last
December.
By the end of the month, Puff
Daddy was saying he wanted to be called
"P. Diddy." He told MTV: "No
more Puff Daddy... the first week in June
we're gonna have a name change ceremony....
I'm rockin' with P. Diddy now... my man
Biggie gave me that name."
 Puff Daddy released The
Saga Continues....
"Bad Boy For Life" topped the MTV
Video Countdown for 2 weeks.
Puffy teamed up with David Bowie to
rework Bowie's hit "This Is Not
America" into "American Dream"
for the Training
Day soundtrack.
 Puff hit the Top 40 with "Bad Boy For Life" with the help of
Black Rob and Marc
Curry.
Puffy could be heard on the All-Star
Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds
going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
Puffy took home a VH1/Vogue
Fashion Award for Sharp Dressed Man.
Puffy could be heard on Janet Jackson's remix of "Son Of A Gun."
Puffy was nominated for a MTV
Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Act.
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Puffy helped
host the American Music
Awards.
Puff Daddy
could be seen in the critically acclaimed
film Monster's
Ball.
 Puff Daddy was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Bad Boy For Life" with Black
Rob & Mark Curry).
Puffy hit the Top 40 with help
from Usher & Loon
with "I Need A Girl (Part
One)."
Puffy hit the Top 40 helping out
Busta Rhymes with "Pass The Courvoisier."
 P. Diddy released P.Diddy
& Bad Boys: We Invented The Remix Vol. 1. The LP contains
previously unavailable remixes by Puffy, The
Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans,
Mary
J. Blige, and Ashanti.
Puffy hit the Top 10 with "I Need A Girl (Part
One)."
P.Diddy
& Bad Boys: We Invented The Remix Vol. 1 topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for a week. The LP sold over
256,000 copies in its first week of release
in the US.
P. Diddy topped the Billboard
Top 40 Tracks chart for a week and the Hot
Rap Tracks chart for a week with "I Need A Girl (Part
One)."
 P. Diddy amicably ended the
partnership between Bad Boy Entertainment and
Arista Record.
P.Diddy
& Bad Boys: We Invented The Remix Vol. 1 was certified
platinum.
P. Diddy hit the Top 40 with
"I Need A Girl (Part
Two)"
along with Ginuwine, Loon,
Mario Winans & Tammy
Ruggeri.
 P. Diddy performed at the MTV Video Music
Awards. P. Diddy's video for "Bad Boy For Life" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Rap Video and his collaboration
with Busta Rhymes, "Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2,"
was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video.
Diddy could be heard on the Barbershop soundtrack with
"Trade It All Pt. 2" which Fabolous and Jagged
Edge.
P. Diddy hit the Top 10 with "I Need A Girl (Part
Two)."
P. Diddy entered the world of
reality TV with a show on MTV (Making The
Band II) that will followed the making
of a hip-hop band.
 P. Diddy hit
the Top 40 along with B2K with
"Bump Bump Bump" from B2K's Pandemonium.
 # 36
Singles Artist of the Year
P. Diddy topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 2
weeks with B2K with
"Bump Bump Bump."
P. Diddy topped
the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for a
week with B2K with
"Bump Bump Bump."
P. Diddy hit
the Top 10 with "Bump Bump Bump."
P. Diddy was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2"
with Busta Rhymes and Pharrell).
P. Diddy won a
2 Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul
Single Group, Band or Duo ("Bump Bump Bump" with B2K) and was nominated for
Best Video ("Pass The Courvoisier
Pt. 2"
with Busta Rhymes and Pharrell).
VH1: 50
Greatest Hip Hop Artists includes Diddy at # 14.
 Diddy's Making Of The Band
II resumed on MTV profiling his reality
TV creation Da Band.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Mo Money Mo Problems" at # 58.
P. Diddy hit the Top 40 with
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee from the Bad
Boys 2 soundtrack.
 P. Diddy could be heard on the Bad
Boys 2 soundtrack with the
tracks "Shake Ya Tailfeather," "Girl, I'm
A Bad Boy," and "Show Me Your
Soul."
P. Diddy's video for "Bump Bump Bump" with B2K was
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video.
P. Diddy hit the Top 10 with "Shake Ya Tailfeather."
 P. Diddy topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for 4 weeks, Top 40 Tracks
chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart for 4 weeks,
Rhythmic Top 40 chart, and the Hot Rap Tracks
chart for 3 weeks with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee.
P. Diddy hit #1 for 2 weeks with
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee.
P. Diddy topped the Billboard
Mainstream Top 40 chart with "Shake Ya Tailfeather" with help from Nelly and Murphy Lee.
P. Diddy won a Radio Music
Awards for Best Driving Song ("Shake Ya Tailfeather" with Nelly and Murphy Lee).
Diddy ran the New York Marathon
helping to raise $2 million for needy
children. He ran the 26.2 mile course in a
little over 4 hours.
Diddy was honored at the Vibe
Awards with the Style Maverick Award.
 # 80
Singles Artist of the Year
Diddy performed
at the Half-time Show for Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Diddy was honored with the
Patrick Lippert Award at the Rock The Vote
Awards. At the ceremony he gave his views on
the upcoming elections: "We have to get
George Bush's ass out of the office... He
doesn't care about black people, and he
doesn't care about young people."
Diddy won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group ("Shake Ya Tailfeather"
with Nelly and Murphy Lee).
 Bad
Boy's 10th Anniversary: The Hits was released with
"Victory 2004" and past hits and
collaborations.
Diddy hit the Top 40 helping out
Mario Winans on "I Don't Wanna Know" which also
features Enya.
Diddy made his debut on Broadway
in A Raisin In The Sun.
 Diddy hit the Top 10 helping out Mario Winans on "I Don't Wanna Know."
Diddy was named the Top Menswear
Designer of the Year by the Council of
Fashion Designers of America.
Diddy hit #1 on the UK singles
charts helping out Mario Winans on "I Don't Wanna Know."
 P. Diddy launched his political
awareness campaign 'Citizen Change.' His goal
is to encourage the youth of America (who he
termed "the forgotten ones") to get
involved in the up-coming elections.
The video for "Shake Ya Tailfeather" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Hip-Hop Video.
The single "Shake Ya Tailfeather" was certified
gold.
# 116 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 On July 2nd, P. Diddy performed
in Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
P.Diddy announced he would now
only be known as 'Diddy' - stating that the
'P' was coming between him and his fans.
Diddy hosted and performed at
the MTV Video Music
Awards.
 Diddy could be heard on the Hurricane
Relief: Come Together Now compilation
with "By Faith."
Diddy could be heard on The Notorious
B.I.G. posthumous creation - Duets:
The Final Chapter.
 # 84
Singles Artist of the Year
 Diddy released his next LP Press
Play.
Diddy hit the Top 40 with help
from Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger with
"Come To Me."
Diddy topped the Billboard 200
LP chart, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,
and Top Rap Albums chart with Press
Play. The LP sold over 170,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Press
Play was certified gold.
 # 31
Singles Artist of the Year
 Diddy hit the Top 40 with help
from Christina
Aguilera with "Tell Me."
Diddy hit the Top 40 with help
from Keyshia Cole with
"Last Night."
 Diddy hit the Top 10 with help from Keyshia
Cole with "Last Night."
Diddy hit the Top 40 helping out
DJ Felli Fel and featuring
Ludacris, Akon, and Lil Jon
with "Get Buck In Here."
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Mo Money Mo Problems" at # 63.
Diddy could be heard on the T-Pain LP Thr33
Ringz on the track
"Change."
Diddy won a NAACP Image Award
for Best Actor for A Raisin In The Sun.
 Diddy-Dirty
Money: # 74
Singles Artist of the Year
 Diddy-Dirty Money hit the Top 40
with "Hello Good Morning" from the LP Last
Train To Paris.
Diddy could be heard on the Nelly LP 5.0 on the track
"1000 Stacks."
 Diddy-Dirty Money hit the Top 40
with "Coming Home."
Diddy Dirty Money released Last
Train To Paris.
 Diddy-Dirty
Money: # 44
Singles Artist of the Year
Diddy-Dirty Money hit the Top 10 with "Coming Home."
February 4: Diddy was
nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Progressive
R&B Album (The Love Album: Off The
Grid).
March 25: Federal agent
raided Diddy's Los Angeles and Miami
homes with little info released about
what the Homeland Security Investigation
agents were looking for or if it was
related to recent sexual assault
allegations made at him recently and/or
if its related to an ongoing sex
trafficking investigation out of New
York.
May: CNN released
hotel video from 2016 showing Diddy
attacking his then girlfriend Cassie which paralleled
allegations made by Cassie late last year
which was settled monetarily out of
court.
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No Way Out
Released: July, 1997
US: 7x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 4 weeks)
Rolling Stone
review:  - Entertainment
Weekly: C+
Tracks: "No Way
Out" - "Victory" (featuring
The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes)
- "Been Around The World" - "What
You Gonna Do?" - "Don't Stop
What You're Doing" - "Do You
Know?" - "Young G's" -
"I Love You Baby" - "It's All About The
Benjamins" (remix) -
"Pain" - "I Got The
Power" - "Friend" -
"Senorita" - "I'll Be Missing You" (featuring
Faith Evans & 112) - "Can't Nobody Hold
Me Down" (featuring Mase) |
|
Forever
Released: August 24, 1999
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "What You
Want" - "I'll Do This For
You" (featuring Kelly Price) -
"Do You Like It... Do You Want
It..." (featuring Jay-Z) - "Satisfy You" (featuring
R. Kelly) - "I Hear Voices"
(featuring Carl Thomas) - "Fake
Thugs Dedication" (featuring Redman)
- "Angels With Dirty Faces"
(featuring Bizzy Bone) - "Gansta
S__t" (featuring Lil' Kim & Mark
Curry) - "Pain" (featuring
G-Dep) - "Reverse" (featuring
Shyne, G-Dep, Cee-Lo, Busta Rhymes &
Sauce Money) - "Real"
(featuring The Notorious B.I.G. &
Lil' Kim) - "Journey Through The
Life" (featuring Nas, Beanie Sigel,
Lil' Kim & Joe Hooker) - "Best
Friend" (featuring Mario Winans) -
"P.E. 2000" (featuring
Hurricane G) |
|
The Saga Continues....
Released: July, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "The Saga
Continues" - "Bad Boy For Life" (featuring
Black Rob & Marc Curry)- "That's
Crazy" - "Let's Get It" -
"Shiny Suit Man" -
"Diddy" - "Blast Off"
- "Roll With Me" - "On
Top" - "Where's Sean" -
"Child Of The Ghetto" -
"So Complete" -
"Lonely" - "I Need A Girl, Pt.
1"
- "If You Want This Money" -
"Back For Good Now" -
"Can't Believe" - "The
Last Song" |
| |
P.Diddy & Bad Boys:
We Invented The Remix Vol. 1
Released: May, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
- Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Special
Delivery" (Remix with G. Dep,
Ghostface Killah, Keith Murray &
Craig Mack) - "I Need A Girl, Pt.
2"
(with Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans &
Tammy Ruggeri) - "Bad Boy For Life" (Remix with
Busta Rhymes & MOP) - ""I Need A
Girl, Pt. 1" (with Usher &
Loon) - "Unfoolish" (with
Ashanti & The Notorious B.I.G.) -
"Dance With Me / Peaches &
Cream" (Remix with 112, Beanie Sigel
& Ludacris) - "No More
Drama" (Remix with Mary J. Blige) -
"So Complete" (Remix with Cheri
Dennis) - "Notorious B.I.G."
(Remix with The Notorious B.I.G. &
Lil' Kim) - "That's Crazy"
(with Black Rob, Missy Elliott, Snoop
Dogg & G. Dep) - "Woke Up In The
Morning" (Remix with Carl Thomas
& The Notorious B.I.G.) - "You
Gets No Love" (Remix with Faith
Evans & G. Dep) |
|
Press Play
Released: October, 2006
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Testimonial
(Intro)" - "We Gon' Make
It" - "I Am (Interlude)" -
"Future" - "Hold Up"
- "Come To Me" - "Tell Me" (with
Christina Aguilera) - "Wanna
Move" - "Diddy Rock" -
"Claim My Place (Interlude)" -
"Everything I Love" -
"Special Feeling" - "Crazy
Thang (Interlude)" - "After
Love" - "Through The Pain (She
Told Me)" - "Thought You
Said" - "Last Night" -
"Making It Hard" -
"Partners For Life" |
 |
The Love Album: Off The
Grid
Released: September 15,
2023
Grammy Nominee: Best Progressive
R&B Album
Tracks: "Brought My
Love" (featuring The-Dream &
Herb Alpert) - "What's Love"
(featuring Nova Wav) - "Deliver Me
(with Busta Rhymes, Dawn Richard &
Kalenna) - "Stay Awhile" (with
Nija) - "Homecoming" (with
Jozzy - "Pick Up" (with Jacquee
& Fabolous) - "Tough Love"
(featuring Swae Lee) - "Stay
Long" (featuring Summer Walker) -
"It Belongs To You" (with
Jozzy) - "Another One Of Me"
(with French Montana, The Weeknd & 21
Savage) - "Intermission" -
"Moments" (featuring Justin
Bieber) - "Need Somebody"
(featuring Jazmine Sullivan) - "Mind
Your Business (Bosses In Love)"
(featuring Ty Dolla Sign & Kehlani) -
"Nasty" (Interlude) (with
Jozzy) - "Reachin'" (featuring
Ty Dolla Sign & Coco Jones) -
"Stay, Pt. 1" (with KalanFrFr
& K-Ci) - "I Like"
(featuring Mary J. Blige) - "Closer
To God" (featuring Teyana Taylor) -
"Boohoo" (featuring Jermih) -
"Burna Boy Interlude" (with
Burna Boy) - "Kim Porter" (with
Babyface & John Legend) -
"Space" (featuring H.E.R.) |
| 1 |
Shake Ya
Tailfeather
[Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy
Lee]
from the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack
ARC chart
run: 37 - 27 - 21 - 18 - 13 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 17 - 20 - 22 - 26 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 10
RIAA Certification: Gold
Billboard #
1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay,
Rap Songs, Rhythmic Top 40, Top 40
Mainstream
Grammy Winner: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA
Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video |
1(2) |
22 |
2003 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 2 |
I'll Be
Missing You
[Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112]
from the LP No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 25 - 15 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 8 - 11 - 19 - 22 - 29 - 33 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 12
RIAA Certification: 3x
Platinum
Grammy Winner: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Winner: Best R&B Video
MTV VMA Nominee: Viewer's Choice |
1(1) |
19 |
1997 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 3 |
Mo Money Mo
Problems
[The Notorious B.I.G.
featuring Mase & Puff Daddy]
from The Notorious B.I.G.'s LP Life After Death
ARC Chart Run: 30 - 18 - 12 - 8 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 15 - 24 - 31 - 40 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 21
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rap Video
MTV's 100 Greatest Videos Ever
Made: # 23
VH1: '100 Greatest Songs of the
90's': # 63 |
1(1) |
17 |
1997 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 4 |
Coming Home
[Diddy-Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey]
from the LP Last Train To Paris
ARC chart
run: 37 - 25 - 20 - 16 - 15 - 13 - 13 - 13 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 14 - 11 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 12 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 37 |
10 |
22 |
2011 |
|
| 5 |
Bump Bump
Bump
[B2K
& Puff Daddy]
from B2K's LP Pandemonium
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 28 - 22 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 13 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 15 - 26 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 33
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Group Video |
4 |
18 |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
 |
| 6 |
I Don't
Wanna Know
[Mario Winans featuring Enya & P.
Diddy]
from Mario Winan's LP Hurt No More
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 30 - 18 - 15 - 10 - 7 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 14 - 15 - 23 - 28 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 30 |
3 |
18 |
2004 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 7 |
I Need A
Girl (Part One)
[P. Diddy featuring Usher &
Loon]
from the LP The Saga Continues....
ARC chart
run: 40 - 36 - 30 - 27 - 21 - 12 - 10 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 10 - 14 - 18 - 25 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 46
Billboard #
1: Rap Tracks, Top 40 Tracks |
2 |
16 |
2002 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 8 |
Last Night
[Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole]
from the LP Press Play
ARC Chart Run: 34 - 28 - 25 - 21 - 17 - 14 - 11 - 8 - 8 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 14 - 20 - 26 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 54 |
8 |
16 |
2007 |
Amazon.mp3 |
| 9 |
I Need A
Girl (Part Two)
[P. Diddy & Ginuwine
featuring Loon, Mario Winans & Tammy
Ruggeri]
from the LP P.Diddy & Bad Boys:
We Invented The Remix Vol. 1
ARC chart
run: 39 - 35 - 32 - 26 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 13 - 18 - 22 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 68 |
7 |
14 |
2002 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 10 |
Satisfy You
[Puff Daddy featuring R.
Kelly]
from the LP Forever
ARC chart
run: 40 - 34 - 31 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 23 - 21 - 37 - off - 37 - 31 - 25 - 22 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 102
RIAA Certification: Gold
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group |
21 |
14 |
1999 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| 11 |
Tell Me
[Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera]
from the LP Press Play
ARC chart
run: 40 - 37 - 31 - 29 - 26 - 24 - 21 - 18 - 23 - 26 - 33 - 40 - off
Year-End
Chart Position: # 87 |
18 |
12 |
2007 |
Amazon.mp3 |
| 12 |
Can't
Nobody Hold Me Down
[Puff Daddy featuring Mase]
from the LP No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 30 - 24 - 21 - 19 - 15 - 13 - 18 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 105
RIAA Certification: 2x
Platinum
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group |
13 |
9 |
1997 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 13 |
Come With
Me
[Puff Daddy & Jimmy
Page]
from the Godzilla soundtrack
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 27 - 22 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 23 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 111
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Video From A Film |
14 |
8 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 14 |
Come To Me
[Diddy featuring Nicole Scherzinger]
from the LP Press Play
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 27 - 19 - 17 - 16 - 19 - 22 - 24 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 110 |
16 |
9 |
2006 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 15 |
All Night Long
[Faith
Evans featuring Puff Daddy]
from Faith Evan's LP Keep The Faith
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 37 - 33 - 30 - 28 - 27 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 135 |
27 |
6 |
1999 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 16 |
Been Around The
World
from the LP No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 35 - 33 - 30 - 27 - 23 - 20 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 129
RIAA Certification:
Platinum |
20 |
7 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 17 |
It's All
About The Benjamins
from the LP No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 35 - 33 - 28 - 25 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 141
MTV VMA Winner: Viewer's Choice
MTV VMA Nominee: Video Of The Year |
23 |
6 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 18 |
Get Buck In
Here
[DJ Felli Fel featuring Diddy, Akon,
Ludacris & Lil Jon]
from the CD single
ARC Chart Run: 40 - 38 - 37 - 35 - 33 - 34 - off
2008 Year-End Chart Position:
# 118 |
33 |
6 |
2008 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 19 |
Hello Good
Morning
[Diddy-Dirty Money]
from the LP Last Train To Paris
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 35 - 33 - 30 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 124 |
30 |
5 |
2010 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| 20 |
Someone
[SWV featuring Puff Daddy]
from SWV's LP Release Some Tension
ARC Chart Run: 37 - 32 - 29 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 170 |
29 |
3 |
1997 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ] |
| 21 |
Victory
[Puff Daddy & The Family
featuring The Notorious B.I.G. &
Busta Rhymes]
from the LP No Way Out
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 34 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 163
RIAA Certification: Gold |
30 |
3 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| 22 |
Lookin' At
Me
[Mase featuring Puff Daddy]
from Mase's LP Harlem World
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 34 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 176
RIAA Certification: Gold |
30 |
3 |
1998 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| 23 |
Bad Boy For
Life
[P. Diddy, Black Rob &
Marc Curry]
from the LP The Saga Continues....
ARC chart
run: 40 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 171
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rap Video |
37 |
2 |
2001 |
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| 24 |
Pass The
Courvoisier Pt. 2
[Busta Rhymes featuring P.
Diddy]
from Busta Rhymes' LP Genesis
ARC Chart Run: 38 - 35 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart Position:
# 181
Grammy Nominee: Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Hip-Hop Video |
32 |
3 |
2002 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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| |
| |
No Time
[Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy]
from the Lil' Kim LP Hardcore
Billboard #
1: Rap Songs |
** |
** |
1997 |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
| |
Hate Me Now
[Nas
featuring Puff Daddy]
from Nas' LP I Am
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Rap Video |
** |
** |
1999 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Notorious
B.I.G.
[The
Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy
& Lil' Kim]
from The Notorious B.I.G.'s LP Born Again |
** |
** |
1999 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Best Friend
from the LP Forever |
** |
** |
2000 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Diddy
from the LP The Saga Continues.... |
** |
** |
2001 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Trade It
All
[Fabolous featuring P. Diddy
& Jagged Edge]
from Fabolous' LP Ghetto Fabolous |
** |
** |
2002 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
 Girl, I'm A
Bad Boy
[Fat Joe & P. Diddy
featuring Dre]
from the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack |
** |
** |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Show Me
Your Soul
[Lenny Kravitz, P. Diddy, Loon &
Pharrell]
from the Bad Boys 2 soundtrack |
** |
** |
2003 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
Victory
2004
[P. Diddy, Notorious B.I.G., 50 Cent,
Lloyd Banks & Busta Rhymes]
from the LP Bad Boy's 10th
Anniversary: The Hits |
** |
** |
2004 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
 Breathe,
Stretch, Shake
[Mase featuring P. Diddy]
from Mase's LP Welcome Back |
** |
** |
2004 |
[ LISTEN /
BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
|
| |
 Must Be
Love
[Cassie featuring Puff Daddy]
from the Cassie LP Electro Love |
** |
** |
2009 |
[ LISTEN
/ BUY ]
[ LYRICS ]
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
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