Have you heard of a Diddy party? I’m sure you have, as it’s a term often used in the vocabulary of middle and high school students. While you may think it’s funny, it’s not. I have done an incredibly deep dive as to what Diddy has actually done, and the Diddy parties are nowhere near the worst of the things he has done. So, buckle up, and after reading, consider refraining from using his name in silly conversations, as he is a cruel and disgusting man, and doesn’t deserve the attention that many people give to him.

Background:
Sean Combs, a.k.a. Puff Daddy, a.k.a. P Diddy, has quite the track record. From being accused to killing more than five people, to being charged for sex trafficking, P Diddy will no longer be known as the “singer” he once was.

As the primary founder of Bad Boy Records in 1993, Combs is most famously known for producing music for The Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls). He produced some of Biggie’s biggest hits, like Big Poppa and Juicy. In addition to Biggie, Bad Boy was the record label for artists/groups such as Mase, Faith Evans, Cassie, Craig Mack, Janelle Monáe, and Boyz n da Hood.

Diddy’s goal in life was to become a rich and famous rapper, which didn’t quite happen. According to Bad Boy co-founder Kirk Burrowes, also Diddy’s childhood best friend, he was never interested in alcohol or drugs. He was a very kind and ambitious young man in his early career. As Combs’ story progresses, this completely changes.

Growing up as Sean Combs:
Sean Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in Harlem, New York, NY.
He was always interested in entertainment, and more specifically, in dancing and singing.
He had a very troubled childhood, with a dead father and a mother who physically abused him. In his teenage years, he tried his hardest to become a rapper, which led him to his young adulthood as a featured dancer in many music videos.

In The Beginning:
As a young adult, Sean worked at Uptown Records, a record label in New York, featuring himself in music videos. In 1993, Sean was fired from Uptown by founder Andre Harrell. Soon after, he founded his own label, Bad Boy Records, with his best friend Kirk Burrowes as co-founder.
Once founding Bad Boy, Sean quickly signed his first artist under the company, Craig Mack. Success was quick with Mack’s big hits, which helped them to sign many more artists under the Bad Boy label.
Once, Bad Boy’s revenue and popularity started skyrocketing with the sudden success, and more specifically, the success of signing Biggie onto the label, tension started rising.

East vs. West:
Death Row records vs. Bad Boy records. There was intense beef between the East and West coasts, but very few know the details.
Starting with Death Row Records. Death Row was founded mainly by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre, with various co-founders. Under the Death Row label, there were artists such as Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Nate Dogg.
The argument between the coasts started with the East Coast’s Bad Boy Records producing multiple diss tracks against the West Coast’s Death Row Records in 1995. The feud was mainly centered around the beef between Tupac and Biggie.

In-Depth:
Before Tupac and Biggie’s widespread diss battle, the two were friends. Tupac served as a mentor to Biggie, helping him build his career. The two were very close.
Once Biggie signed under the Bad Boy name, Diddy, Bad Boy’s founder, pushed Biggie to produce diss tracks against the West, and more specifically, Tupac. Death Row didn’t back down from the fight whatsoever. Tupac began producing songs of his own to fire back at Bad Boy’s tracks.

Back to The Beef:
After the diss tracks were produced by both of them, founders Suge Knight and P Diddy (who at the time was considered Puff or Puffy) continued their beef in a more public way.
At various award shows, Suge Knight and Diddy directly insulted each other and their record labels. This made everything so much worse.
Tupac was shot and jailed in 1994 at a New York City studio (East Side turf). Tupac and other West Coast rappers believed Bad Boy had a lot to do with this. Soon after his shooting, Diddy released Biggie’s song “Who Shot Ya”, which Tupac believed was a direct hit at him and proved they had something to do with the shooting, fueling the fire even more.

The Shootings:
On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in a hit-and-run incident after leaving a boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada. He died six days later from the wounds on September 13, 1996.
On March 9, 1997, The Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed in a hit-and-run incident outside the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.
Most thought these deaths were way too close together to be a coincidence, with many conspiracies being thrown around.

Bad Blood?:
Mainly, Suge Knight and Diddy were seen as possible suspects for Tupac’s murder, as Suge Knight was in the car when Tupac died, and Diddy was the orchestrator for the West vs. East beef, possibly wanting Tupac dead. The case was left unsolved.
Biggie’s case was also left unsolved, as nobody was arrested from the lack of evidence.
Well, recent audio recordings have resurfaced in the new P Diddy: The Reckoning documentary, produced by 50 Cent.

To Make Things Worse:
Many fans speculated that Bad Boy Records founder, Diddy, was heavily involved with the violent gang, the Crips, forcing the narrative that the artists under Bad Boy were as well.
Suge Knight was affiliated with the gang, the Bloods, which are known to have issues with the Crips. Making the situation much worse.

Solved the Case?:
In an audio clip provided by the P Diddy: The Reckoning documentary, Crip gang leader Keefe D openly admitted to Sean Combs (P Diddy) bribing Keefe with a million dollars to successfully take Tupac down. Keefe claimed he and his members were driving around Vegas looking for Tupac, and once spotting him walking out of the boxing match, they took their chance, fired, and drove away. Keefe is now serving time in prison.
Previously, Keefe’s nephew and Tupac had issues, causing Tupac to violently assault the nephew (also a crip member) just hours before Tupac’s untimely death.
Keefe knew of this, which is probably why he ended up taking his chance.

Months Later:
Diddy was never arrested for the cause of Tupac’s death.
Just months after Tupac’s death, Biggie died as well.
As stated in the documentary, Diddy and his Bad Boy partner Kirk Burrowes had planned to take Biggie on a trip to London for a press tour after his recently released album “Life After Death.”
Last minute, Biggie had called Kirk just a day before they were set to leave, stating Puff (Diddy) wanted to stay in Los Angeles, where they were staying at the time. Kirk didn’t think this was a good idea, considering it was enemy turf and Bad Boy was being blamed for Tupac’s death.
Biggie didn’t want to stay either and was very excited to go on his press tour in London, but in the end, it was all up to Puff, the boss. He wanted to attend an after-party he was hosting, which he claimed was better for Biggie’s success than the press tour.

Enemy Turf:
Clips have resurfaced of Biggie and Puff before the after-party on March 9, 1997.
Biggie is very noticeably nervous and straight up states he is scared to be on enemy turf and worries for his life.
Around 12:30 am, when Biggie is leaving the after-party at the Peterson Automotive Museum, he is shot and killed in a drive-by.
Many believed the West Coast was involved in this, considering Puff purposely had a party on enemy turf to simply establish power.
Some also believe that Biggie was set up, as he wasn’t even supposed to be in Los Angeles, and if it weren’t for Puff, he would have been safe in London.

I’ll Be Missing You:
In May of 1997, just two months after Biggie’s death, Puff and Faith Evans (Biggie’s wife) released the hit song “I’ll Be Missing You” as a tribute to the late Biggie Smalls.
Diddy received backlash and suspicion for the release of this song, as people thought it was strange that he recorded and produced the song in just two months. Insinuating that he had premature knowledge of the intended murder.
When Diddy and Faith performed their song in New York as a memorial for Biggie, there was a high production cost.
It has been speculated that Diddy may have made Biggie’s estate pay for the memorial and his funeral, which Diddy had promised to cover with the Bad Boy earnings.

Success For Diddy?:
Looking from an outside perspective, once Tupac and Biggie (the biggest hip hop singers at the time) were both killed, Diddy had little to no competition, which most believe was his goal.
Diddy went on to continue creating music, which didn’t have much success.
He chose a different approach to fame; he then produced the show Making the Band in 2000, where he hosted auditions to hopefully create a band with members found on the show. The show was a great success and created bands like O-Town, Da Band, Danity Kane, and Day26.
Diddy attempted a fashion line called Sean John in 1998.
He then repeatedly partnered with liquor companies, eventually having an official partnership with Ciroc Vodka in 2008.
He also performed at the 2004 Super Bowl with other artists such as Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and many others.

He was known to be a very violent, sexual, money-hungry person as well as a straight-up bully during his rise to fame, but at the time, this seemed to go unnoticed by his fan base. However, when looking back, it was apparent and now even more so with legal documentation.

Violence In His Rise To Fame:
Various violent events, including Diddy, occurred in the late 90s and early 2000s.

First, in 1999, Diddy and his bodyguards violently attacked Interscope Records music executive Steve Stoute over issues with a music video; he was then sentenced to take an anger management course.

Also in 1999, Diddy and his girlfriend at the time (Jennifer Lopez) were at the scene of a shooting at a nightclub. Some people claimed he was one of the men firing the shots. He was charged with bribing his driver with $50,000 to claim ownership of the gun to prevent his arrest.

In 2008, Diddy was accused of punching a man outside a post-Oscar party in Hollywood. Diddy settled the lawsuit.

Diddy was arrested at UCLA (where his son played football) in 2015 after a violent confrontation. The assault charges were dropped later on.

Diddy Parties:
Diddy was known for his parties. “Diddy parties”, otherwise known as “freak-offs”, where hundreds upon hundreds of guests would come together to “celebrate” or simply just party. Various witnesses have claimed that these parties weren’t just parties. Many claim that there was constant rape and sexual assault at these parties, including Diddy himself and his friends who accompanied him. The guests who are close to him and know what the parties are really for stay silent, as they probably commit just as bad of crimes as Diddy does at these parties.

Who Is Cassie Ventura:
Cassie was signed under Bad Boy Records in 2005 when she was 19, and he was 36; they started a professional relationship.

At the beginning of their relationship, Diddy was seen as a role model for Cassie. He was helping her start her music career and was feeding into her dreams. He helped her produce the hit songs “Long Way to Go” and “Me & You.” At the time of this, Diddy was dating Kim Porter, which continued until 2007. Soon after, Cassie and Diddy started a romantic relationship of their own. It was said to be very on and off, and Cassie has since claimed that she was physically, mentally, and sexually abused.

Cassie claimed to have been raped constantly and recorded every single time. Many witnesses have come out and claimed that Diddy hired men to perform sexual acts towards Cassie, which he also recorded, to simply embarrass her. Diddy would then drug Cassie, making her stay awake for days, just to perform for him.

She claims she was uncomfortable every time, but when drugged, she wasn’t herself and couldn’t remember much.

Every time Cassie attempted to leave, Diddy would threaten to release their videos, ruining her music career. As well as that, he was very physically abusive and would beat her if she even brought up the possibility of leaving him. He wanted complete control.

Video footage from the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, where Cassie and Diddy were staying, was recently released to the public in 2024. Cassie had reportedly tried to leave their hotel room, presumably to leave him. We see her walking down the hallway to a lobby containing elevators, alone, pressing the button to use the elevator. Soon after, we see Diddy rushing down the hallway, in only a towel around the waist. He bursts into the room, grabbing and pulling Cassie down to the floor, where he continued to hit and kick her. He then dragged her by her jacket all the way back to their hotel room.

She finally escaped him in 2018.

In 2023, Cassie filed a lawsuit against Diddy for his constant physical abuse, rape, and sex trafficking. She also testified against him during his sex-trafficking trial earlier this year.

The Lawsuits:

Once Cassie came out with her story on November 16, 2023, others felt compelled to do so as well.

• On November 23, 2023, Joi Dickerson-Neal filed a lawsuit stating Diddy drugged and raped her in 1991, recording the whole thing without her consent.
• On November 23, 2023, as well, Liza Gardner sued Aaron Hall and Diddy, alleging they sexually assaulted her and a friend in 1990, soon after meeting them at an event.
• An anonymous woman filed a lawsuit against Diddy on December 6, 2023, claiming that when she was a teenager growing up in New York, she was gang-raped by three individuals: Diddy, Harve Pierre (the previous president of Bad Boy), and an unknown man.
• Rodney Jones Jr., a music producer for nine of Diddy’s tracks on his 2023 album, “The Love Album,” sued him in February 2024, stating he made Rodney perform unwanted sexual contact with himself and hired prostitutes. He also claimed that Diddy attempted to groom him into performing acts with another man.
• In September of 2024, Dawn Richard, a former member of Danity Kane, which was under Bad Boy Records in the early 2000s, sued Diddy for sexual abuse, physical violence, and groping.
• One lawsuit in November 2024 included a woman accusing Diddy of raping her at the age of 10 for suggesting he was involved in the death of Tupac.
• In November of 2024, Bryana Bongolan, a fashion designer, filed a lawsuit against Diddy claiming he dangled her over a 17th-floor balcony and threatened to kill her in 2016.
• Kirk Burrowes, co-founder of Diddy’s Bad Boy Records, had a lawsuit filed on February 27, 2025, suggesting that Diddy would call Kirk into his office, where Kirk would then find him performing sexual acts, to establish control.

Diddy and his lawyers deny all claims against him.

Is He A Murderer?:
Diddy has been accused of being involved in multiple deaths. None of which has he been charged for, because of the lack of evidence. When taking his violent actions into account, it appears there actually is a possibility he was involved, as Diddy has always wanted power, and that’s what you get when you kill off the people who know all your secrets.

He has been accused of being involved in the deaths of:
– Tupac Shakur
– Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.)
– Whitney Houston
– Michael Jackson
– Andre Harrell
– Aaliyah
– Lisa Nicole Lopes (Left Eye)
– Kim Porter

Kim Porter:
Diddy is most commonly assumed to be involved in the death of his ex-girlfriend Kim Porter. She was apparently working on a memoir where she explained her life as Diddy’s girlfriend and what she went through, but she died before being able to have it published.

She died at age 47 of pneumonia on November 15, 2018, the same year Cassie and Diddy finally ended their relationship. Many believe that Diddy had a role in her death and foul play was involved, suggesting she didn’t actually die of pneumonia.

Most people believe this, considering she knew a lot of Diddy’s secrets, and if he heard she was going to publish a memoir, he would likely have tried to stop her. Since she died right before publishing said memoir, people assume she was murdered to prevent information from getting out.

Recent Life:
In recent years, Diddy has continued to host his Diddy parties and has attempted to release albums. After the lawsuits of 2023 and 2024 occurred, his life got much more difficult. FBI agents ended up searching his houses in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25, 2024, after the troubling lawsuits. Soon after, the 2016 video footage of the hotel was released, making matters even worse. Two days later, he apologized on his social media accounts for the video.

Diddy was arrested at a hotel in Manhattan for the accusations of sex trafficking and racketeering.
On May 5, 2025, his trial began.

After countless witness statements and the decision of the jury, he was found guilty only of transportation for prostitution and acquitted of racketeering, the least of the charges.

He is now serving 50 months (4 years and 2 months) in prison. He is currently appealing his sentence, so the release date is still unknown, as he could be released earlier than expected.

Is It Ethical To Listen?:
After all of this, will you still listen to Diddy? He’s usually only a featured artist on the songs he’s in, as he isn’t the greatest artist on his own. Though, there are countless songs that he is featured on, which you probably never noticed. Consider this article the next time you consider listening to a Diddy-featured song or using his name as a way to joke around. Do you want to continue fueling his madness?