Sean Puffy’s real names are Sean John Combs. He is a Black American entertainer and business person born on November 4, 1969. He is a successful record producer and actor. The actor and rap artist grew up in a suburb of New York City called Mount Vernon although his place of birth is Harlem in New York City as well. When he was just a kid, he lost his father. His father was shot dead in his car while his mother worked as a model and as a teacher’s assistant to make ends meet. He has a son with his girlfriend from high school. He is more known by his numerous stage names, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Puffy than his real name.
Education
While he was growing up, he attended a local high school, Mount Saint Michael Academy in the city of New York. He graduated from this school in 1987. Some years later, he attended Howard University. He did not complete his degree at the University as he dropped out of the school in his second year at the school. This gave him enough time to start a music career which later became very successful.
Career
Immediately he dropped out of the University, he went for training in the art of music production with Uptown Records. He later became the director in charge of talent. It was during this early stage of his career that he helped music newbies like Mary J. Blige and Jodeci to become superstars.
When Uptown Records terminated his appointment, he established his record label, Bad Boy Entertainment together with Arista Records. Some of the big names in the music world that he managed then are The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Usher, TLC, Mase, Usher, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, and others.
In 1997, he released a debut album, No Way Out, as Puff Daddy. The album had a tribute to Notorious B.I.G that was brutally shot to death a few days before the release of the album. The tribute was titled I’ll be Missing You. It was one of the best singles of this prolific rapper and businessman with over seven million copies sold. The album was so popular that it won a Grammy Award and additional four nominations.
He also has a clothing line which he established in 1998. He named the clothing line after himself, Sean John. Two years after the company took off, it was nominated for an award by the body regulating fashion designing in the United States. The company later won the award in 2004. With all these business ventures, the man who has no wife is believed by financial experts to have a net worth of about $740 million.
Ten years after establishing the clothing line, he added another business to his portfolio, men’s perfume. His label, I Am King, was created to produce high-quality fragrance. The fragrance was dedicated to past and present celebrities like Martin Luther King, Barrack Obama, and Muhammad Ali.
Personal life
He and his children live in one of his houses in New York City. He divorced the only woman he married to, Kimberly Potter.
| Net Worth 2021: | 740 million |
