Rolling Stone reported that associates of convicted Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs offered mid-six-figure payments to Trump administration officials, political operatives, and lobbyists to secure a presidential pardon. The efforts began months before Trump’s inauguration and intensified after …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested on September 16, 2024, by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on federal charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation for purposes of prostitution. The indictment alleges Combs led a criminal enterprise from 2008 to …
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted simultaneous raids on Sean Combs’ properties in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami as part of a comprehensive federal sex trafficking investigation. Federal prosecutors unveiled a three-count indictment alleging a decade-long criminal enterprise …
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Billionaire Ron Burkle, a frequent passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane and close associate of Bill Clinton, forms deep business and personal relationships with Sean Combs, eventually becoming godfather to Combs’ children. In 2003, Burkle invested $100 million in Combs’ Sean John …
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A shooting at Club New York involving Sean Combs, Jennifer Lopez, and rapper Shyne results in three people being injured. Combs and Lopez are arrested but later acquitted, while Shyne serves 9 years in prison. The incident, with its high-profile arrests, conflicting testimonies, and allegations of …
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Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace, Bad Boy Records’ biggest star, is murdered in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, six months after Tupac Shakur’s similar death. The murder, which remains officially unsolved, occurs at the height of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop …
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Sean Combs establishes Bad Boy Records after being fired from Uptown Records, securing a $1.5 million investment from Arista Records under Clive Davis’s leadership. The label quickly became a dominant force in hip-hop, with Combs negotiating a 50% ownership stake by 1996 and signing landmark …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs joins Uptown Records as an intern and rapidly rises to executive position under Andre Harrell’s mentorship. This marks the beginning of Combs’ unprecedented ascent in the music industry, which investigators later compare to Epstein’s unexplained rise …
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