

Sean Combs
- rapper
- songwriter
- record producer
- entrepreneur
- music executive
- television producer
- actor
- film actor
- businessperson
- philanthropist
- fashion designer
- hype man
- chief executive officer
- musician
- dancer
- singer
- Born 1969-11-04 (age 56)
- Nationality United States
- Years active 1990–2024
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography| Role | ||||
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| 2001 | Monster's Ball | Movie | 32 | |
CSI: Miami | Series | |||
Hawaii Five-0 | Series |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1969 age 0
Born2001 age 32
CreditMonster's Ball
Worked with most
Family and influences
Nothing recorded for: Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.
Photos
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Photo:NikeushCC BY-SA 4.0
Photo:HOTSPOTATLCC BY 3.0
Quotes
I was brought up by my mother and my grandmother. My father was killed when I was three,
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
And one day, I had, you know, asked my mother for a pair of sneakers. And the look on her face that she couldn’t afford it – it just made me realize that I needed to step up as a man.
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
I used to clean bathrooms in gas stations. And I took a lot of pride in it because I know all the other bathrooms were filthy. And I was just like, I wanted to have people walk into a clean bathroom – pristine. And I wanted to watch their face when they came out and ask, like, you know, ‘Who did that bathroom?’ And I felt proud.
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
Yes. I just believe that you have to think out of the box. You have to be one of the crazy ones,
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
I wanted to integrate hip hop into R&B. We just made it more authentic to what was coming out and more disruptive. I was one of the early adapters of how to move it forward and how to own the music and own the culture and the lifestyle. So I saw the demand and how hip hop was becoming this billion-dollar business.
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
You have these record companies that are making so much money off our culture, our art form, but they’re not investing or even believing in us
Sean Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1990–2024
- Instruments
- voice
- Record labels
- Bad Boy Records, Epic Records, Uptown Records, Arista Records, Universal Music Group, Atlantic Records, Interscope Records, Motown
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop, contemporary R&B, pop rap, pop music
- Education
- Howard University, Mount Saint Michael Academy

