Within the prison indictment for this week’s intercourse trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the doc lists most of the hip-hop mogul’s aliases.
Most individuals, particularly music followers, in all probability already know them.
From “Puff Daddy” to “P. Diddy” and even the obscure “Brother Love,” this is a glance again at Combs’ self-appointed names and what was happening throughout his profession in every period.
Puff Daddy
His childhood nickname was Puffy as a result of, as he instructed Jet Journal in 1998, he used to huff and puff when he obtained mad. Therefore the early stage names: Puffy and Puff Daddy. In nowadays, he was aspect by aspect with fellow New York Metropolis rapper Infamous B.I.G., the star of Combs’ Unhealthy Boy file label.
In 1998, Combs received two Grammys as Puff Daddy, one for greatest rap album for his debut “No Way Out” and one other for greatest rap efficiency by a duo or group for “I’ll Be Missing You” with Religion Evans. The track memorialized Infamous B.I.G., who was fatally shot in 1997 in a case that continues to be unsolved. This was through the East vs. West rap rivalry, significantly with Tupac Shakur from California and his crew at Dying Row Data. Shakur was fatally shot in 1996.
Combs additionally began his vogue line Sean John, his first and center title, in 1998.
P. Diddy
The shift to P. Diddy unfolded in 2001, not lengthy after Combs was acquitted of gun and bribery expenses from when he and his then-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, fled a taking pictures that wounded three individuals at a New York Metropolis nightclub. Some witnesses instructed police that Combs was among the many individuals taking pictures within the membership.
Combs famous on the time that Infamous B.I.G. got here up with the nickname P. Diddy. Beneath this new title, Combs reached new heights of success. He grew to become the producer and star of the talent-search TV present “Making the Band” in 2002, carried out on the Tremendous Bowl halftime present in 2004 and weeks later received a Grammy for greatest rap efficiency by a duo or group for “Shake Ya Tailfeather.”
Diddy
He dropped the “P.” from his artist nickname in 2005. He instructed the “Today” present on the time that followers at live shows weren’t doing nicely chanting P. Diddy. Nonetheless, he bumped into points in attempting to make use of Diddy for his 2006 album “Press Play” resulting from a lawsuit by British DJ Richard “Diddy” Dearlove over using the title. Combs used P. Diddy for some releases of the album because of this.
His authorized points and his stardom continued. In 2008, Diddy settled a lawsuit introduced by a person who claims Diddy punched him after a post-Oscar occasion exterior a Hollywood resort the earlier yr. Roughly two months later, Combs is honored with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
Swag
For only a week in Could 2011, Combs modified his title to “Swag,” posting in a video on-line that it was a part of his “comeback” after a foul sickness.
Love, a.okay.a. Brother Love
He posted on social media in November 2017 that he was celebrating his birthday by altering his title to “Love, a.k.a. Brother Love.” Combs stated he wouldn’t be answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puff Daddy or any of his different monikers. He stated on the time that he knew it was dangerous and could be corny to alter his title once more, however he stated he had modified as an individual and was not who he was earlier than. Later that month, he stated was joking concerning the title change and other people might use any of his older names.
In 2021, he introduced that he had legally modified his center title to Love. A yr later, he clarified on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that Diddy stays his stage title. He launched “The Love Album – Off the Grid” in 2023.
At his intercourse trafficking trial Monday, the choose learn off an inventory of his monikers to potential jurors, telling them, “There is one defendant: Sean Combs.”
