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[edit] Manchester United

THIS ARTICLE SHOULD INDICATE ABOUT P DIDDY'S SUPPORT FOR MAN UTD.

HE HAS CONNECTIONS WITH WAYNE ROONEY N RIO FERDINAND.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.3.20.234 (talk) 23:47, 21 March 2007 (UTC).


[edit] How Dumb is the Media to Identify this Dolt as "P Diddy" (Whatever that is)?

It really is funny that rappers with far less intelligence than the average rock can persuade journalists to call them by some silly rap name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.144.158 (talk) 19:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Integrate his non-Music Life

I felt a little betrayed and confused (a little), when I finished this article, had this puzzle constructed in my head, and then saw the Other section, which has crucially important info in it but has been somehow relegated to second-tier simply because it wasn't about Puffy's brief music career. This article is not about his music career--anything noteworthy in his life should be in it. (And frankly, his songs that don't hit the top 40 merely dilute the article, too.) His clothing label is one of the more noteworthy things he's done in the last 5 years, so to relegate it to a miscellaneous Other section doesn't make sense. Right now he's praised in the abstract for his work in the mid-90s, and then the last 10 years are all about crime and punishment, while in actuality, he got famous in the last 10 years after being a pop-star in the mid 90s. It's like taking an article on Madonna and putting everything past 1990s Vogue as an epilogue. -User:mrcolj 71.37.94.102 13:40, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


At the end of the intro, the article very ignorantly states, "thats it with this nigger". It must be removed.

[edit] Chappelles Show

Someone wrote:

In Chappelle's Show, there is a Making The Band 2 skit with Chappelle as Combs, a lazy, childish, flamboyantly gay, cookie loving, milk obsessed, hilarious producer. Combs is trying to get the members to do their freestyles but they failed because of arguments in the studio. (Which did happen in the real show but the skit shows it hysterically)

This is a very poor section, and I removed it. The skit is not notable enough to Diddy's career to bear mentioning in his article. Furthermore, it is clearly NPOV and obviously unnecessary. I added a note to allude to it, but no critique of the show. L.A.F.

Let's take off the phrase "well known." The Chapelle Show is a hit in certain demographics, but isn't big enough to have anything considered "well-known." 71.37.94.102 13:40, 19 September 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Move request

This guy's changed his stage name so often (Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and as of two days ago, Diddy) that moving the article to his birth name seems like the only sensible course of action. Bear in mind he's no Bono or Madonna—his birth name has become quite broadly known. This has been especially true in recent years, as the popularity of his Sean John label, his various political activities, and of course all this stage name switching has led to most press coverage referring to him specifically as Combs. -The Tom 05:26, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

  • Support. "Diddy" is certainly not the most commonly known name. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:53, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
  • Against. "Diddy" is his name as an artist, and that's his choice...not ours. If that's what he wants to be called professionally, then that's how he should be listed. BigGuy219 19 August 2005
  • Support. Every news story about him invariably uses some nickname (which varies) plus his legal name, which has not. CDThieme 05:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. Use his real name, as his nicknames do vary quite a bit. – AxSkov (☏) 07:37, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. Diddy is definately not the most common name. Agree with most other comments above. Jonathunder 17:48, 2005 August 21 (UTC)

This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. Please clean up the references in the article itself and the remaining double redirects (I have changed the most important ones). Dragons flight 15:05, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 70.60.93.151

Naming Names should be cleaned up. Combs should be called by his given last name. All informal nicknames or performance names such as "Puffy", "P. Diddy", and "Puff Daddy" should be replaced with "Combs" where possible.

That would be quite repetitive. Combs could be used in the first instance in each paragraph, and then the artist name of the time. --Erri4a - [[User talk:Erri4a|Say what?]] 22:36, 25 Sepember 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Finances

I've heard that Sean Combs has done very well for himself, especially with his clothing line. Does anyone have info on his financials? Vicarious 16:30, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] bad boys of comedy

there should be some mention of his attempt to be def comedy jam--Jaysscholar 19:42, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Come with me

The other day I heard a different song with the same tune as Come with me, and was told it was pretty old. Any info on it? Hackwrench 15:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

It's Kashmir, by Led Zeppelin. Eixo 15:43, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

In the section titled : Other work.

This should be a quote of someone who is influential or simply be removed. This is NPOV " he is also one of the most despised. Some have argued that he is perhaps the worst thing that has ever happened to hip hop. " I will rephrase. Thanks.

--- This whole piece is NPOV. If you just arrived from mars, you would have no chance whatever to understand what makes mr Combs important. The first sentence gives it all away ("CEO" ? Please; get another claim to fame). I am no "hater" of this man, but if this biography was written about a company, it would not have stood for long. So if we grant the man a ceo/entrepenour status, perhaps wikipedia shoudl treat him like one in its writeup? Or maybe we should tell people that this is a popular music singer from the west coast rap tradition who is popular on mtv? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.159.198.156 (talk) 00:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] P Diddy

Combs was soon acquitted of all charges relating to the shooting incident, followed almost immediately by a break-up with Lopez. With the media circus over, Combs changed his stage name to "N. Diddy".

Didn't he change his name well before then? I believe Jennifer Lopez and he changed their names simultaniously to P Lo and P Diddy? In the meantime I'll citation it. 211.30.80.121 23:21, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Lox publishing dispute

Perhaps the Controversy section should include something about The Lox's dispute over publishing rights with Combs, which was recently settled, see [1].


MURDER TRIAL


Diddy was caught slottering an old man with a raw turkey on his head!

[edit] Hmm

Not too sure Diddy is a "gay musician". Vandalism?Extenebris 11:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

lol, i think so.. how can anyone who's been with lopez be gay..

Publicity!!!!!!????????????? gav 19th august 2006

[edit] PE 2000 remix

could anyone tell me if the neptunes remix of PE 2000 was on the PE 2000 single? (can be heard here.) 23:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Second Child

Why doesn't this article state that he and his model girlfriend are pregent with their second baby? Lil Flip246 16:14, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changing his name again

Well, in the UK at least.[2] violet/riga (t) 15:41, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

It would be helpful if the article could cite anything known about how he chose these names. Wasn't the "puff" a reference to (pick one) smoking crack or the report of a gun, which is why he abandoned it after the big incident? --Dhartung | Talk 20:45, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I would say in the article we should refer to him as "Combs" rather than Diddy, since: 1) there is no one of his nicknames that is predominant across his entire career; and 2) it sounds more encyclopedic in tone. --Delirium 02:18, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Someone with the right software could get a free picture of Combs from Rocketboom's 2006 Time 100 at http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/05/rb_06_may_09.html --Erri4a - [[User talk:Erri4a|Say what?]] 22:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Current image can't possibly be right. Maybe it's one from his youth but he still looks too different.

[edit] Grammys

The wiki indicates that he won 9 grammys, but shows only 3 specific wins. Grammy wins are important enough to be listed in completion in a biography.

[edit] "Controversy"

I don't think it makes sense to mention his minor conflict with 50 Cent, seeing as how there is nothing pertaining to the whole Bad Boy/Death Row situation, or the dispute he had with Jadakiss, Styles, etc. I realize the media was hungry for a "beef" and tried to make it seem like it was more than what it really was (which forced 50/Puff to downplay it everytime it was brought up), but still... :\

[edit] 2006 CMA's Awards

P. Diddy had a controversial reaction, when he lost a Country Music Award to Carrie Underwood. He swore many times, threw a glass of water to an operator, then a glass vase very close to him, then he finished with "and gimme the f***ing award, you country ****** *******" or something like that. This video feature has been uploaded to YouTube. It must be there at the Controversy section, because I think it made strong reactions. 86.101.211.226 16:37, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Glass eye"

How is his having a glass eye controversial? Ghilz 03:33, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

I dont ever remember P. Diddy being crucified in the "Hate Me Now" video. I only remember Nas being crucified near the end. Although im fairly sure Diddy wasnt, someone check up on this. BishopTutu 07:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For some reason...

For some reason, whenever I come to this page, it's vandalized in SOME way. I'm going to put it on watch. If any more vandalism occurs, I'll see to it that the page gets locked. DrowningInRoyalty

Heh, I thought to myself how hilarious it would be to write an entire section on his "Proactiv Solutions" commercial. Something like "P. Diddy is a big supporter of Proactiv Solutions acne medication, and quote 'Didn't want no bumps on my face. I'm going to be straight up with you. You know what I mean?' and additionally likes it because it enables him to 'preserve my sexy, you know what I'm saying?'" Just a thought. I guess that would be vandalism though.

Even though this is kinda off topic can someone help the new list of best-selling remix albums worldwide with its structure.

[edit] Kim Porter?

Why is Kim Porter redirected to this page? Is this not the same Kim Porter from "Wicked Wicked Games" on My Network TV? Brian25j 17:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that's his wifes name.

[edit] Create Disambiguation?

As most Sun readers in the UK will know, as well as fans of Scottish football team Gretna FC, Puff Daddy is also the nom de plume of billionaire Brooks Mileson.

Should a disambiguation page not therefore be created... so that when people type in Puff Daddy they can either choose between Sean Combs or Brooks Mileson? Tris2000 17:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Is it true he is of somali origin? i have heard this rumour many times march 7 2007

[edit] Details about reason behind name change to N.Diddy?

I vaguely remember that during a larger live event a few years ago, the woman who was responsible for the booking mentioned that she had met Puff Daddy recetly, and that he would change his name to N. Diddy "because Notorious N.I.G. called him by that". Well, that's what I remember. I thought the N. Diddy name didn't sound very serious (even less than Puff Daddy :-)), and I could make out about no rational reasoning for such a name change (although tone and wording of the woman's remark indicated that it was serious). Okay, it actually happend some time later. However, I have not found any definite information about the reason behind his name change and if the claims concerning Notorious N.I.G. are true - only what I might classify as second hand rumors (and this includes my own statements and experiences). It also appears that he used the name N. Diddy earlier in works in which he participated (not sure about that, though). This article obviously tells little about this. Anyone here with some more definite information? --Klaws 21:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diddy And His Songs

I listen to diddy's songs all the time actually i think hes the bomb!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.208.0.230 (talk) 01:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] umm

no mention of his early career and his break with B.I.G.? 134.69.166.125 10:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silly Nicknames

If I missed it, my apologies - but couldn't find any explanation as to why a seemingly intelligent grown man would give himself such a silly, childish nickname - not once, but twice!

[edit] Lots of vandalism

I just spent 15 minutes cleaning up vandalism and requested temporary page protection. Most of it is traced back to 71.232.243.229 hopefully this is all. :) Yamaka122 ...☑ 20:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Just cleaned up a bit more, namely "N. Diddy", "Notorious N.I.G.", and variations of the n-word. --Patik 02:37, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hip-Hop Wealth

This article says that Sean Combs is both the second-wealthiest (top of the page) and wealthiest (first paragraph under Controversy) person in the hip-hop business...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.154.15.82 (talk) 22:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] WTF

In various places throught the article it says N. Diddy instead of P. Diddy and its fukin pissin me off —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.107.194.79 (talk) 07:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Well I don't know why it says P. all over the article, it should say N. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.238.85 (talk) 23:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Racoon dogs?

Erm, apparently his jackets featured very real "raccoon dog" fur?

Problem is, there is no such species of dog that is a raccoon dog (as this article states). Besides, that doesn't make any sense to talk about a species of dog. Talking about a certain "breed of dog" makes sense but doesn't apply here. Imagine talking to someone about a specific species of human... jeez....

The news sites/original poster probably almost definitely meant that the coats featured [Tanuki] fur which is commonly referred to as "raccoon dog" and is a fairly common animal in Asia / Japan. It is neither a raccoon or a dog (but it is a canine). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.199.97.30 (talk) 02:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New nickname?

This article says he denies changing his nickname to Sean John. If so, why has everything been changed to Sean John?68.166.37.220 (talk) 07:28, 1 March 2008 (UTC)