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Sean Combs was born on the 4th of November 1969 in Harlem, New York City. He was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy before moving to Mount Vernon with his mother after his father died when he was two years and two months old.
Melvin Earl Combs was shot dead while sitting in his car on Central Park West in 1972. The killer was Walter Grant who believed Melvin had ratted out his crew, though drug lord Frank Lucas doubted the accusation.
Sean Combs released his debut album No Way Out on the 22nd of July 1997. The album was originally titled Hell up in Harlem and became a massive success selling over 7 million copies in the U.S.
Sean Combs launched the clothing line Sean John in 1998 and the Cîroc vodka brand partnership in October 2007. He also owned two restaurants called Justin's which closed in 2007 and 2012 and acquired the Enyce clothing line for $20 million in 2008.
The jury found Sean Combs guilty on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution involving Cassie Ventura and male sex workers on the 2nd of July 2025. He was sentenced to four years in prison on the 3rd of October 2025 and is expected to be released in May 2028.
Sean Combs has seven children including his first biological child Justin born in 1993 and his seventh child born on the 15th of October 2022. He and his son Christian became the first father-son duo to have simultaneous No. 1 hits in November 2022.