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Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, [4] his mother Janice Combs (née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant, [5] and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.
Sean “Diddy” Combs casts a long shadow over the history of hip hop. One of the industry’s first moguls, his work as an A&R executive, label boss, rapper and producer made him both ...
The City College stampede was a crowd crush event on December 28, 1991, in the City College of New York gymnasium during a charity basketball game organized and promoted by hip hop celebrities P. Diddy and Heavy D. Nearly 5,000 people tried to pack into the gymnasium, which could fit 2,730 people. [1]
Mainstays at Biggie's recording sessions were members of his rap clique Junior M.A.F.I.A., especially Lil' Cease, [42] who recounts his alliance with Biggie from their Brooklyn neighborhood, [57] whom Biggie brought into the music industry, [15] and who seemingly was one of only two persons within the music industry whom Biggie thoroughly ...
Paras Griffin/Getty Images; Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs and 50 Cent came up in the rap industry around the same time — and have been feuding for almost as long. While ...
Sean “Diddy” Combs and 50 Cent came up in the rap industry around the same time — and have been feuding for almost as long. While Diddy and 50 Cent have been at odds since the early 2000s ...
James Traub, City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College, 1994. Paul David Pearson, The City College of New York: 150 years of academic architecture, 1997. Sandra S. Roff, et al., From the Free Academy to Cuny: Illustrating Public Higher Education in New York City, 1847–1997, 2000.
Launched in B.I.G.’s native Brooklyn by his daughter, T’yanna Wallace, The Biggie Experience museum immerses fans in hip-hop history. Entering […] The post The Biggie Experience is ‘one ...