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Diddy Says All Is Well Between Will Smith & Chris Rock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty Will Smith and Chris Rock will undoubtedly dominate the news cycle for the new few days easily after their shocking moment at the 2022 Oscars. While tensions appeared to be high, Sean “Diddy” Combs says it’s all “Love” between the pair at the moment. Page Six obtained got an exclusive comment from Diddy regarding the incident, adding to his lighthearted moment onstage at the Oscars of hoping to broker a peace deal between the two after Smith smacked Rock during the broadcast regarding a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith. According to the mogul, the moment is in their respective rearview after partying at the Vanity Fair Oscar afterparty together. Related Stories “That’s not a problem. That’s over. I can confirm that,” Diddy said ...
Mase Drops “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha” Track, Shots Thrown At Diddy
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Mason Betha, better known to most as Mase, established himself as one of the premier stars on Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ Bad Boy Records outfit before moving into other career ventures. The former Murder Mase hopped back in the booth and unleashed a new track titled “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha” which seemingly features barbs aimed towards his former mentor in Puff Daddy. Similar to his 2017 track “The Oracle” aimed at fellow Harlem native Cam’Ron, Mase is apparently ready to move the scope in the direction of Diddy. From “Oracle 2: The Liberation of Mason Betha”: “Yeah, I’m just a Harlem n*gga reppin’ down a Vegas strip with my own Suge/You from Mt. Vernon, n*gga, go & rep your own hood/I’m not hating on your billi wort...
Freddy P Of Da Band Calls Out Diddy & MTV’s For Causing Him To “Hate Life”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty If we’re keeping it a buck, back when rap mogul Sean Combs, AKA Diddy, brought us MTV’s Making the Band, a lot of us knew he was creating reality TV stars, not successful recording artists. Now, this isn’t because the members of Day26, Danity Kane and Da Band didn’t have the talent to make it in today’s Hip-Hop industry, it was just painfully obvious that we were watching an artist training process that was geared more towards the entertainment of reality show viewers than it was to actual tools for creating lucrative and lasting artist careers. I mean, seriously—how are you going to make a rap group walk miles to bring you cheesecake in front of the whole world and still expect them to be taken seriously as hardcore rappers? Da ...
Twitter Reminiscines Over Diddy & His Past Antics On ‘Making the Band’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty In the great pantheon of reality television, MTV’s Making the Band was one of the early standouts within the popular genre. As a result, fans on Twitter are discussing the antics of Sean Combs AKA Diddy as the man of the house on the hit series. These days, Diddy is far more mellow and zen, sharing daily affirmations and rooting on his social media followers with positive energy. However, his time on Making the Band, most especially in the second season, remains the stuff of infamy. Sara Stokes, Dylan Dilinjah, Chopper AKA “Young City,” Babs, Ness, and Freddy P eventually formed Da Band although the careers of the aforementioned never fully panned out under Diddy’s direction, respectfully. However, the show was stacked with lege...
Diddy Cancels New Year’s Eve Bash Due To Omicron Variant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is upending many New Year’s Eve plans across the board and it seem like P. Diddy is the latest to make the decision to cancel his typical partying ways in order to ensure a safer environment for himself and his loved ones. According to TMZ, Diddy has canceled his upcoming New Year’s Eve bash due to the skyrocketing COVID-19 infections that’s engulfed the world, and we’re not mad at that decision at all (not like we got an invite anyway). Originally, Brother Love had planned his annual NYE extravaganza to take place in Miami with 500 of his closest friends and peers, but earlier this month scraped those plans as the “Omarion” variant has been running rampant and infecting every and anybody tha...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sells California Mansion Where Kim Porter And Their Children Lived
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Diddy has offloaded his late ex-girlfriend’s mansion. Back in October, Bad Boys mogul Diddy put the mansion up for sale where his deceased long-time on-and-off girlfriend and mother of three of his children Kim Porter, who died tragically in 2018 of lobar pneumonia, used to live with their son and two daughters. Now, the Toluca Lake, Los Angeles home the rap giant bought in 2009 for just over $5 million is being sold for $7 million to a buyer in a deal that is expected to close this week, according to TMZ. As previously reported, Porter’s body was discovered on the property where Diddy reportedly never lived himself. The Daily Mail noted that the “It’s All About the Benjamins” rapper and businessman has reportedly not set foot in the...
Diddy Buys Back Sean John: Velour Suit Twitter Is Pleased
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Diddy has his baby back. He has just won a bidding war for the rights to his Sean John clothing brand. As spotted on Women’s Wear Daily the mega mogul has bought back the line that he made global back in the 1990’s. According to sources he shelled out a whopping $7.551 million dollars to win control of the brand. He detailed his enthusiasm in a formal press release. “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,” Combs said. “Seeing how streetwear has evolved to rewrite the rules of fashion and impact culture across categories, I’m ready to reclaim ownership of the brand, build a team of visionary designers and g...
Take That, Take That: Diddy Has Put In A Bid To Buy Sean John Clothing Brand Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Diddy’s name is his name. The mogul is now bidding on buying back his Sean John clothing brand. As spotted on Complex the serial entrepreneur is trying to save his failing apparel empire from bottoming out. Back in 2016 he sold a majority stake to Global Brands Group but the brand management firm recently filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bloomberg reports that Combs has put in a bid of 3.3 million dollars to buy the assets back so he is the sole owner. Currently he is the highest bidder but other potential buyers have until December 15 to throw their names in the hat. A undisclosed source that TMZ says is close to the mogul says “very excited” at the thought of getting the company back and breathing new life into it. Earlie...
Diddy Teams Up With That Rony Seikaly To Release A House Music Track
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Becker / Getty If there’s one thing to be said about Diddy, it’s that he doesn’t turn down unique pathways to create hits. Another example of that comes in the form of a new track he’s appearing on featuring a former NBA star turned DJ. Rony Seikaly, the former center out of Syracuse University who enjoyed a long career playing for the NBA’s Miami Heat as their first-ever draft pick, has made a second fruitful career as a DJ specializing in electronic dance music. After performing sets around the world for years, Seikaly is now set to release his first album, Moonwalk. And the latest single to be released features none other than his former neighbor in Miami, Diddy. The single is called “Won’t Stop Now”, which has gained a description of as being a ...
Here’s a House Music Collab Between a Former NBA Star and Diddy
A 6′ 11″ former NBA star-turned-DJ and Diddy walk into a bar. There’s no punchline here, as Lebanese DJ Rony Seikaly has joined forces with the hip-hop mogul for a new tech house track called “Won’t Stop Now.” According to a press release, the two have been friends and neighbors in Miami for years. When the storied Syracuse basketball star told Diddy he was developing his debut album, he agreed to hop onboard. “It’s such an honor to have Diddy on my track,” Seikaly said in a press statement. “We’ve talked about it for years and finally made it a reality.” The track features a personal voicemail message from Diddy to Seikaly, but the meat and potatoes of Diddy’s contribution to “Won’t Stop Now” com...
Diddy’s Harlem Charter School Lands Historic Location
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Diddy‘s charter school has officially found a new home in Harlem. According to published reports, Diddy’s Capital Prep Harlem will move to the Church Of All Saints and School after the Bad Boy hitmaker decided he wanted to accept more students. “The kids of Harlem should have access to opportunity and a quality education and deserve to learn on a campus that reflects the level of excellence we aspire for them to achieve,” Diddy said in a statement. “This new campus for Capital Prep Harlem reflects my commitment to empowering as many children as I can and creating spaces for the next generation of leaders to thrive in every aspect of their lives.” Related Stories The new historic new location holds a maximum capacity of 700 students, ...
Diddy Lists Late Kim Porter’s Mansion For $7M
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Brian ZAK / Getty Three years after her untimely passing, Diddy is listing Kim Porter‘s mansion for sale. According to published reports, the Los Angeles home that Sean “Diddy” Combs purchased for Kim Porter, his ex-girlfriend and the late mother of three of his children, is now on the market for $7 million, nearly $2 million more than the price he paid for it in 2009. Sean Combs, bought the clapboard-sided East Coast traditional-style home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles in 2009 for $5.3 million for the late model and their children to live in. Porter, who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Combs until 2007, died unexpectedly on the property almost three years ago in November 2018 due to lobar pneumonia. Related Stories The half-acre estate is full...
