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  • June 2008

    • Retro Diddy Back to Puff Daddy

      E! Online  |  Jun 10, 08 10:21 AM CDT

      Retro Diddy Back to Puff Daddy

      (Newser) - Rapper Sean Combs—also variously known as Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Diddy—appears to be going retro and reverting back to Puff Daddy, which he hasn’t used since 2001, E! Online reports. His rep says there’s no change in the works, but Combs suggested otherwise on his MySpace page and on a new single. More »

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      music  • hip-hop  • rap music  • rapper  • Sean Combs  • P Diddy

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • LA Times Apologizes for Diddy-Tupac Story

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 27, 08 4:54 PM CDT

      LA Times Apologizes for Diddy-Tupac Story

      (Newser) - The Los Angeles Times today admitted the paper was duped in its story alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs was connected to the 1994 murder of fellow rapper Tupac Shakur. The reporter and editor responsible for the story apologized and said parts of it were based on FBI records that turned out to have been fabricated by an imprisoned con man. More »

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      fraud  • rap music  • Los Angeles Times  • apology  • Sean Combs  • Tupac Shakur  • P Diddy  • East Coast-West Coast rap feud

    • Story Linking Diddy to Tupac Shooting a Hoax

      The Smoking Gun  |  Mar 26, 08 2:13 PM CDT

      Story Linking Diddy to Tupac Shooting a Hoax

      (Newser) - The Los Angeles Times was duped into reporting that associates of Sean “Diddy” Combs were involved in the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, the Smoking Gun reports. The paper based last week's story on FBI reports fabricated by a long-time con man who has long sought to insinuate himself in the rap world.  More »

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      fraud  • hip-hop  • Los Angeles Times  • hoax  • Sean Combs  • Tupac Shakur  • P Diddy  • James Sabatino  • East Coast-West Coast rap feud

    • Diddy Denies Tupac Claim

      MTV  |  Mar 18, 08 7:15 AM CDT

      Diddy Denies Tupac Claim

      (Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has vehemently denied claims that he, the Notorious BIG, and other rap figures were involved in an attack on Tupac Shakur in 1994. Shakur was shot outside a New York recording studio, triggering the East Coast-West Coast rap wars in which Shakur and others were murdered. In an interview with MTV, Combs insisted that the Los Angeles Times story was "beyond ridiculous." More »

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      New York  • FBI  • Las Vegas  • hip-hop  • Sean Combs  • Tupac Shakur  • P Diddy  • James Sabatino  • Notorious B.I.G.  • Interscope Records  • rap rivalry

    • Tupac Was Right to Suspect Diddy

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 17, 08 2:43 PM CDT

      Tupac Was Right to Suspect Diddy

      (Newser) - Tupac Shakur was right: Associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs and the Notorious BIG were behind the beating and shooting of Shakur in New York in 1994. New info uncovered and interviews conducted by the LA Times show Combs' buddies set up the ambush, which kicked off the countrywide feud that eventually led to Shakur's death. More »

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      hip-hop  • rap music  • rapper  • Sean Combs  • Tupac Shakur  • James Sabatino  • Notorious BIG

  • January 2008

    • 'Diddy Did It,' Say Witnesses in Assault Lawsuit

      Associated Press  |  Jan 19, 08 7:00 AM CST

      'Diddy Did It,' Say Witnesses in Assault Lawsuit

      (Newser) - Four witnesses have backed up a realtor's claim that rapper "P Diddy" Sean Combs struck him at at a post-Oscar party in Los Angeles last year in a confrontation over a woman, according to court papers filed yesterday in a lawsuit . "I remember seeing him go flying, not flying as in like feet off the ground, but he went back significantly," said one witness. "I was kind of shocked." More »

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      lawsuit  • assault  • rap music  • Sean Combs

  • October 2007
  • July 2007

    • Wanna Work for Diddy? Post an Iddy-Biddy YouTube Viddy

      Reuters  |  Jul 31, 07 7:33 AM CDT

      Wanna Work for Diddy? Post an Iddy-Biddy YouTube Viddy

      (Newser) - Rap music big Sean Combs, aka Diddy, needs a new assistant, and 3D wannabes need not apply. He's taking only filmed applications posted on YouTube. Diddy's video announcing the search on appeared YouTube recently and gained a clarification less than 24 hours later: Applicants must be able to read, write, and count—oh, and must have a college degree. More »

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      celebrity  • music  • YouTube  • Sean Combs

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