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| Thank you, Mr. Combs. |
Fox and Apple Music Entertainment teamed up with Bad Boy CEO, Sean "Puffy" Combs to do a documentary. It's on tonight.
Bad Boy has been in the business since 1994. It started with a young intern for Uptown Records. He was writing and producing hits for Jodeci and Mary J. Blige. He heard a demo from a young rapper named Christoper Wallace who dubbed himself as Frank White. He would soon be known as The Notorious B.I.G.
Combs was fired out the cannon at Uptown after he was held responsible for a riot that ended up killing nine concert goers who attended the City College of New York.
He would use $12,000 of his savings to start up the Bad Boy Records label. He inked a deal with Clive Davis and his Arista Records. The rest is history.
The series titled Can't Stop Won't Stop is a dedication to the Bad Boy family.
Combs revisits his historical roots with guest appearances from many of those who helped Bad Boy become an iconic label.
Combs, the media mogul who made hip-hop what it is today is credited for the rise and fall of many acts. He is also the founder and CEO of Ciroc, Sean John Fashions, Revolt TV and executive producer of Fox's reality show The Four.
The current roster of Bad Boy is Combs (as Puff Daddy), French Montana, Cassie and Machine Gun Kelly.
Combs credited for putting hits.
Craig Mack, Mase, The Lox, 112, Total, Father MC, Carl Thomas, Faith Evans, Shyne, Dream, Mario Winians, Loon, Black Rob, Janelle Monae, G. Dep, Yung Joc, Danity Kane, B5 and Gorilla Zoe had once signed to the label.
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| Puff gathered his friends to do the Bad Boy Reunion. |
The Notorious B.I.G. is the iconic rapper who bought Bad Boy to prominence. He was hailed as the King of New York rap music. He was dubbed the most recognizable MC to ever score a diamond certification album. He was finishing up his second album Life After Death when he was killed in February 1997 after leaving the Vibe Music Awards after party.
His murder remains unsolved. Some point to a controversial feud with another rapper who was killed in September 1996. They said at the peak of this feud, many rappers were concerned that people would die from this.
Biggie Smalls was engaged in a high profile feud with Tupac Shakur. In 1994, Shakur fingered Biggie and Combs for a botched robbery that nearly cost him his life. He was also sent to the iron college on allegations of rape and robbery of a female fan. He served a few montha in the iron college before he was sprung out by a media mogul who was best known for putting out West Coast gangsta rap.
The feud with Bad Boy was sparked by an antagonist media mogul named Marion "Big Suge" Knight.
Knight bailed Shakue out of the iron college and helped him seal a deal with the label. Soon after, Shakue would start trashing on Bad Boy, Biggie Smalls and those associated to the label.
Shakur would force the label to react and response in their own set of disses.
The junk food media hyped up the feud by labeling it the East Coast vs. West Coast.
It cost two men their lives. It helped Combs discover himself.
He is held as one of the richest media moguls in modern history. He pulls nearly $1 billion in revenue. He donates his fortune to scholarships, internships, food banks and housing.
Sean Combs is an icon of Black success. Salute to Puff Daddy and Bad Boy.
We can't stop! We won't stop!
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