Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Was among the guests at Usher's 26th birthday party.

Sean Diddy Combs, AKA Puff Daddy, is the definition of a mogul. Starting his career as the director of A&R at Uptown Records, he was integral in launching the careers of Mary J. Blige and Jodeci, and later started his own label, Bad Boy Records, which has fostered talent that includes Mariah Carey, Method Man, Boyz II Men, Lil' Kim and more. He was born Sean John Combs on November 4, 1969 in Harlem, New York City, and was raised in Mount Vernon, the son of Janice (Smalls), a model and teacher's assistant, and Melvin Earl Combs, a U. S. Air Force veteran who died when Sean was two as he was a heroin dealer for Frank 'Country Boy' Lucas and was killed for being a snitch.

His favorite movie of all time is Scarface (1983). He has seen it 63 times.

Attended Mount Saint Michael High School in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, and graduated 1987.

Started his career as an intern for the now-defunct Uptown Records. While he was at Uptown, he was responsible for discovering and signing Father M.C. (as Father MC), he was also executive producer on Father MC's first album, "Father's Day" also appearing as a dancer in Father MC's video "Treat Them Like They Want to be Treated" in 1991.

Has 6 children: son, Justin Dior Combs (b. December 30, 1993) with 2nd ex-girlfriend, Misa Hylton-Brim, stepson/adoptive son, Quincy Brown (b. June 4, 1991), son, Christian Casey Combs (b. April 1, 1998) and daughters, D'Lila Star Combs & Jessie James Combs (b. December 21, 2006) with 3rd ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter and daughter, Chance Combs (b. July 20, 2006) with 5th ex-girlfriend, Sarah Chapman.

Dated Kim Porter from May 1994 to August 1999 & from June 2003 to July 2007.

Combs' solo music career began in 1997 with his first single, "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," which shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, quickly followed by a No. 1 debut album that has gone Platinum seven times. This Grammy Award-winning debut was just the start of Combs' massive career, which has garnered countless No. 1 records, three Grammy Awards and ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year honor. Recently, he took the internet by storm with his sonic motion picture, "MMM," which was met with overwhelming critical praise from outlets like Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, XXL and The FADER.

(December 27, 1999) He and Jennifer Lopez, his girlfriend at the time, were arrested following a shooting where police found a gun in his car.

His clothing line, Sean John, was nominated for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award for Menswear Designer of the Year in 2000, and won the award in 2004.

Suffers from coulrophobia (fear of clowns), a condition so severe that he reportedly insisted on a "No Clowns" clause in his contract prior to appearing on the TV show Fear Factor (2001).

Signed legendary R&B group New Edition to Bad Boy Records. [2002]

Successfully ran the New York City Marathon on November 2, 2003, two days before his 34th birthday, despite a bum knee, cramps, and minimal training. Combs' highly publicized effort was for charity, and some of the celebrities who contributed were Eminem, Jay-Z, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Busta Rhymes, and Ashton Kutcher.

In 2004 he headed the campaign "Vote or Die" for the 2004 presidential election.

Negotiated a deal to move his Bad Boy Records label to Universal Records to distribute, market, and promote Bad Boy's releases. In 2005, however, after investment in Bad Boy by Warner Music Group, he moved Bad Boy to Atlantic Records for distribution. [2003]

Attended Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [February 2006]

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 2, 2008.

" In 2013, he launched his own music television network, REVOLT, a driving force in music and culture.

Combs recently established REVOLT Films, a multi-faceted production company already making waves for the recent success of 2015's Sundance-favorite, DOPE. Beyond leaving his mark on the music and film industries, Sean Combs has also established himself as a lifestyle brand with a wide portfolio of projects spanning from fragrances to health and wellness. An instrumental sartorial force, his Sean John fashion line has received numerous accolades and awards, including the launch of four Sean John fragrances, the first of which quickly became the top-selling fragrance across America. Through a partnership with Diageo, Sean Combs' wildly popular Ciroc Vodka has become the standard for premium vodka, prompting the entrepreneur to acquire luxury tequila brand DeLeón and launch the fitness and wellness water brand AQUAhydrate. Sean Combs continues to apply the same drive and entrepreneurial spirit to his philanthropic work and political activism, most-recently leading the response to Flint, Michigan's water crisis by pledging one million bottles of his AQUAhydrate water along with long-term assistance to the area.

Combs and Bad Boy released a 20th Anniversary Bad Boy Collection in Spring 2016, featuring 80+ award-winning, chart-topping songs from throughout the history of the label.

Combs headlined a nationwide "Puff Daddy & The Family" tour during the summer of 2016 and will release is expected to release his next full-length album, "No Way Out 2," in 2016. Combs has also become an established actor and executive producer in both film and television, appearing in more than a dozen films, including "A Raisin in the Sun," for which he won an NAACP Award for Best Actor; partnering on TV series such as "Making the Band II;" and executive-producing the Academy Award-winning documentary "Undefeated" and the Academy Award-nominated "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

According to Forbes, has a estimated net worth of $820 million.[May 2017].