Sean Combs is a famous American rapper best known as Puff Daddy. He is also an entrepreneur and founder of Bad Boy Records. He has won Grammy Award for two times under the Best Rap Album & Best Rap Performance for his songs No Way Out and I’ll Be Missing You. He also won Grammy for his work in Shake Ya Tailfeather in 2004.
Sean Combs' Net Worth
Sean John Combs regained his ownership of Sean John Brand which he had launched in the ‘90s. He purchased his eponymous brand at a $7.551 million cost on 20 December bidding a war with 45 potential buyers.
In a statement to WWD, Sean Combs said, “I launched Sean John in 1998 with the goal of building a premium brand that shattered tradition and introduced hip-hop to high fashion on a global scale. Seeing how streetwear has evolved to rewrite the rules of fashion and impact culture across categories, I’m ready to reclaim the ownership of the brand, build a team of visionary designers and global partners to write the next chapter of Sean John’s legacy.”
His brand won a CFA Award for the Menswear Designer of the Year in 2004. A Billionaire Ronald Burkle had invested more than $100 million into the company and subsequently, the business mogul introduced Colognes, Perfumes and a Girls Collections to the Sean John brand.
Then, Sean Combs sold his 90% share to the Global Brands Group in 2016. However, he filed two multi-million dollar lawsuits against the company for breach of contract, unfair competiton, common law trademark infringement, deceptive practices and unjust enrichment but it seems the case is now dropped.
According to Forbes, Sean Combs has an estimated net worth of $55 million and as per Celebrity Net Worth reports, his net worth is around $900 million. He has made many clever business investments under the Combs Enterprise brand which includes AquaHYDRATE, Bad Boy Entertainment, the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School, Combs Wines & Spirits, CIROC, DeLeon, Sean John, REVOLT Films & REVOLT TV & Media.
Career Details Of Sean Combs
Sean Combs has moved his Bad Boy Record to Sony’s Epic Records from Universal Music Group’s Interscope and agreed on a deal that will provide label services for the Puff Daddy albums including promotion, marketing, sales and distribution. Sean John started his Bad Boy Records along with Arista Records in 1993 after losing his job at Uptown Records. His label signed many other artists like Mary J Blige, a girl band TLC, Faith Evans and many others.
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— LOVE (@Diddy) August 5, 2021
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He made his debut as solo artist with his album, ‘No Way Out’ in 1997 released under his own label. His single, Can’t Hold Me Down became a huge success and created his own niche in the industry. His single, 'I’ll Be Missing You’ won him Grammy Award and it was a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G who was murdered. His hit songs are Bad Boy For Life, That’s Crazy, Let’s Get It, Angels, Hello Good Morning, Loving You No More, Coming Home, Finna Get Loose and many more. He has also worked as a producer for number of famous artists Mariah Carey, Jay-Z , Jennifer Lopez, Mary J Bilge, etc. his works for producing are in the hit songs and albyms like I know What Girls Like, Life Story, War & Peace Vol.2, Emotional, Shyne, Shake Ya Tailfeather, Ridin High, Freak and many more.
Sean Combs Dating Life
The businessman and rapper, Sean Combs used to date celebrity designer and stylist Misa Hylton with whom he welcomed his first child, Justin in 1993.
The rapper had to bid his goodbye to his lover, Kim Porter in 2018 when she was just 47 years old as she died due to lobar pneumonia. He had dated her since 1994 but had on and off relationship until 2007. He adopted her son, Quincy from her past relationship and together welcomed a son, Christian and twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James. He also welcomed his daughter Chance with an Atlanta-based fashion figure, Sarah Chapman. Kim, Porter was an actress and she was best known for TV series like Wicked Wicked Games and film Mama I Want to Sing.
The rapper Diddy has shared how Kim was unforgettable to him and said, “Three days before she passed, she wasn’t feeling well. She had the flu, and she sent the kids over to my house so they wouldn’t get sick. One night I was checking on her and she was like, ‘Puffy, take care of my babies.’ She actually said that to me before she died.”
Sean John had broken his silence about the death of his ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter via his instagram and wrote, “I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare. But I haven’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you baby. I miss you so much. Today, I’m going to pay tribute to you. I’m going to try and find the words to explain our unexplainable relationship. We were more than best friends, we were more than soulmates.”
Then, Sean John dated singer Cassie from 2007 until 2018. However, he is reported to be dating Daphne Joy, ex-girlfriend of 50 Cent in 2021. But the City Girls rapper, Yung Miami was seen with Diddy in June 2021 when they attended Quality Control CEO Pierre ‘P’ Thomas’s star studded 40th birthday. She also posted a photo of them holding hands on her Instagram. But, neither Diddy nor Yung Miami has confirmed their relationship.
The rapper has shared how he had got engaged once for four hours but did not reveal with whom and said, “I ain’t gonna lie, it was like for four hours; I honestly did. I was engaged for four hours. And I kept it a secret forever – until now.”