Sean “Diddy” Combs His rise to prominence, first in the hip-hop community and then as a globally recognized music mogul, has been highlighted in a new documentary.
Born and raised in New York, Diddy's colorful past is brought to life through stories told by childhood friend, former employee and singer Al B. Shore, who has a son with Diddy's late ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter.
“Diddy: The Make of a Bad Boy” was released months after the fallen rapper was accused Blackmail plot. Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation for prostitution in a federal indictment unsealed on September 17.
In a statement to Fox News Digital about the documentary, a representative for Diddy said: “This documentary recycles and perpetuates the same lies and conspiracy theories that have been invoked against Mr. Combs for months. It is disappointing to see NBC and Peacock competing with 'the same muck they use. “Unethical tabloid reporters, by providing a platform for confirmed liars and opportunists to make false criminal accusations, the documentary is irresponsible journalism of the worst kind.”
Diddy and Kim Porter dated for almost 13 years. The supermodel died in 2018 at the age of 47. (Christopher Polk)
Here's a look at the top bombs from the Peacock special.
Violent threat
Porter, a former model who dated Diddy for 13 years, had three children with the “Last Night” singer — twins Jesse James and Delilah and sons Christian and Justin. She shares her third son, Quincy, with former singer Al B. Shore. Diddy later adopted Quincy.
Al B. Shore, whose legal name is Albert Joseph Brown III, broke his silence and admitted that Porter once warned him that he would be “killed” if he got involved in Diddy's lifestyle.
Al B. definitely has a son with the late model Kim Porter. Porter dated Diddy for 13 years. (Robin L. Marshall)
“You have to keep in mind what people have been fed in this propaganda against me over the years. 'Oh, Buffy did this and adopted your child.'” “If you haven't noticed, his name is still Brown,” the singer says. “People thought I was Absent and things like that. I was basically instructed…(Combs) wasn't very happy with anyone having a relationship with Kimberly.
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“Don't interfere. You'll get killed,” Kimberly said. “Even to the point I remember,” Shor said before stopping himself. He then told producers that ongoing legal matters prevented him from discussing the situation further.
Porter died in November 2018 From pneumonia. She was 47 years old.
Her death was determined natural by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office.
Kim Porter and Diddy have three children together, and Diddy adopted her son with the B-Shores, Quincy. (Johnny Nunez)
Al B. Shore referred to her death as “her murder,” before wondering out loud: “Am I supposed to say 'allegedly.'” He claimed to have seen the former model before she died and remembered that she looked healthy. When he heard she died of pneumonia, “No, there's something wrong with this,” he said to himself.
He said Porter had definitely vowed not to talk about their lives “because she was absolutely afraid for my life.”
“Before she died, she kept diaries and things like that,” he added. “Someone got the passcode to her phone and computer, and they found out she was writing about what was happening behind closed doors.”
Deadly stampede
In 1991, Diddy chaired a charity basketball game in City College of New York That turned deadly. More than 5,000 people tried to get into the gym to watch the match between Diddy and Heavy D, but the gym can only hold 2,730 people.
Fans desperate to see the match — and other big names, including Mike Tyson and LL Cool J — tried to break through the double doors that opened inward rather than swinging outward, and a massive crowd rushed toward the entrance.
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The doors remained locked for 15 minutes as fans tried to get in, eventually crushing nearly 30 people, nine of whom died.
Diddy spoke to the press five days after the deadly stampede at the City College of New York. (New York Daily News)
No criminal charges were filed, but Diddy, 22, has faced a number of civil lawsuits brought by the victims' families. One of the victims, Sonya Williams, was given a ticket to the event that day by Combs.
Her brother, Sonny Williams Jr., recalls meeting Diddy after six years of litigation over his late sister's case. Williams was brought to Diddy's office and offered $50,000.
“I remember looking around the office, and seeing all these paintings now on the wall,” Williams said. I said: Brother, you did all this and you offered me 50 thousand dollars. He said, “Sonny, man, listen man, this is real generosity, this is a generous donation.” And I lost it.
“Is Sonia your fucking friend?” I said. “She offered me $50,000 and gave Sonia a ticket to this event.” That was a slap in the face.
Growing up
Diddy's childhood friend Tim Patterson remembers growing up in Harlem, New York, with the aspiring musician. He claimed that Janice Combs, Diddy's mother, hosted parties where “it wouldn't be wrong to accidentally walk into one of the bedrooms” and see a “naked” couple.
“This is what we were privy to. This is what we were fed,” Patterson said. “Was that desensitizing us? I'm sure it was. Were we aware of it? No, it was only Saturday night.”
Diddy's father, Melvin Early Combs, died in a shooting ambush when Diddy was 3 years old. Melvin Combs, a drug dealer, was allegedly caught selling drugs to an undercover officer and then reportedly killed for talking to police.
Janice Combs allegedly hosted parties at which Diddy was exposed to drugs and alcohol at a young age. (Getty Images)
After his father died, Didi and his mother were left with money that provided them with a different lifestyle from their peers, and Didi was often bullied by his peers for being the rich kid in the class. Patterson and his mother moved into the Combs house at Janice's request.
Patterson noted that he protected Diddy from bullies, and the couple regularly attended parties at his childhood home where they were exposed to alcohol and marijuana at an early age.
“He was around all kinds of alcohol. He was around refrigerated smoke,” Patterson said. “It was about drug addicts, it was about lesbians, it was about homosexuals. It was about pimps and dealers. This was the person who was in our house.”
“Big mistake”
Gene Dale, Diddy's former bodyguard, claimed Diddy “could” have been involved in the 1997 drive-by shooting that left one person dead. The Notorious Big One
Rap's greatest rivalry remains an unsolved mystery nearly 30 years after the death of prolific West Coast rapper Tupac, who was shot multiple times in September 1996 while riding in the passenger seat of a car driven by the Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight.
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His death fanned an even larger flame in the infamous East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry of the 1990s, which included the Notorious B.I.G. Six months after Shakur's death, Biggie was shot and killed in… Los Angeles.
Biggie, boy Christopher Wallace in BrooklynHe was signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records label in 1993. His debut album, “Ready to Die,” has sold over 6 million copies. His second album, “Life After Death,” has another 11 million in the books.
Biggie was 24 years old when he was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997.
Recalling the “crazy” week leading up to Biggie's death, Dale recalled the rapper “telling people he should be in London”, although Dale claimed Diddy had been “telling people he wasn't going to be in London all week”.
Combs rose to fame as a producer for Notorious B.I.G. and Lil Kim. The Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting outside the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. (Mark Lenihan)
After Peggy was shot, Dale recalled, “Buff ran out the hospital door and grabbed my arm and said, 'Jane, we've got to pray.'
“Pray for what?” “That n—– is dead, bro.” “He (Diddy) was distraught, and he had this look in his eyes like he couldn’t believe (Biggie) was dead,” Dale said.
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When Dale was asked if he thought Diddy had anything to do with Biggie's death, he said: “I think he put BIG in that atmosphere. So, did he have anything to do directly with it? He could have.”
Combs said “The Wendy Williams Show” In 2017, “I'll always feel a kind of responsibility because I'm in this with him. He's my artist. He was supposed to go to London that night, and I let him talk me out of going to London and to stay in L.A., and that's the thing that really bothered me the whole time.” my life.”
