To say that Daddy Bragging is the epitome of East Coast rap is not at all acclaimed, but for the younger generation, Sean Combs is now a successful businessman.
According to Forbes statistics in 2019, the 51-year-old is personally worth more than $800 million, ranking at the top of Hollywood celebrity income list for many years.
Sitting on a business empire and countless sums of money, he is as talented as he is, has not been married once, but has six children, one of whom is an illegitimate daughter.
Kimberly Porter, the longest-time girlfriend, has been separated and merged for more than a decade, and unfortunately died at home last year due to pneumonia.
Whether it is fortunate or unfortunate to be with such a legendary man, I am afraid it is not clear in three words.
Born in 1969 in Sean Combs, New York, his mother Janice is a model, and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, is a former aide to Frank Lucas, a convicted drug mogul in New York.
2007's "American Gangsters, directed by Redley Scott Sr.," tells his story, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
At the age of 33, Melvin was shot in the street, and the bragging father was only 2 years old at the time.
"Puff" is Sean Combs' nickname from childhood, because as long as he is angry, Little Sean will make a roaring sound, which is his protective color.
Anger is sometimes a powerful energy, and before becoming a singer, he had already shown his personal talent as a director at Uptown Records, and soon Sean realized that working boys were not his destiny, and in 1993 he founded his own label, Bad Boy Entertainment.
First from left: Uptown Records boss Andre Harrell
In 1997, the first album "No Way Out" won seven platinum medals, followed by "Forever" in 1999, "The Saga Continues..." in 2001, "Press Play" in 2006... The undertone that calls itself "King Of NY" comes from the work.
In 2009, "Last Train to Paris," released after founding music group Dirty Money, was the first to be released, followed by albums for musicians Mary J. Blige and The Notorious B.I.G.
Unlike many street rappers, The Bragging Father received a relatively complete education, majoring in business at Howard University after graduating from high school, but chose to drop out of school during his sophomore year.
In 2014, he returned to Howard University to receive an honorary doctorate in the humanities and addressed the university's 146th graduation ceremony
This also determines the bragging father's distinctive life pattern: he has long understood that true success is not only material extravagance, but also a big man with a voice.
After winning three Grammys and two MTV Awards, Sean Combs turned his main focus to what he wanted to do most, which was to make money.
Back in 1998, he launched the clothing brand Sean John, unlike the FMCG brand he co-branded, he started out as a real, and won the 2000 and 2004 American Fashion Designers Association (CFDA) Menswear Designer of the Year Award, and soon received $100 million in financing.
The design texture of clothes has changed with the times
In 2008, the perfume series was launched, and in 2016, the women's line GILLS was launched. During this period, there were also controversies and operational difficulties, and after 9981 difficulties, it has survived to today, becoming a big brand with annual sales of more than 400 million US dollars.
In addition, he opened two restaurants, but decided to close them after the operation problems occurred. But the next project he invested in became the Golden Hen: in 2007, he joined the liquor brand Cîroc vodka and made a fixed profit of 50% from the brand's earnings.
Sean Combs' tentacles also reached out to tv and film production, with a stake in Revolv TV, which began airing in 2014, and investment in PlayVS in competitive gaming.
Partnered with actor Mark Wahlberg to acquire sports drink company Aquahydrate, bringing in former fiji Water chairman as CEO.
There were too many side hustles and too good a job, and since 2006, The Bragging Daddy has never released a studio album.
Along with his thriving career, there is also his colorful private world.
Sean Combs has six children, and his son Justin Combs was born in 1993 to the mother of star stylist Misa Hylton.
Misa Hylton is a well-known stylist who started her own styling company at the age of 21 and expanded into haute couture before the age of 25, and is now a global creative partner of luxury brand MCM.
The two began dating during the Uptown Records period, and after the breakup, Sean paid her $5,000 a month in child support until her son Justin turned 21.
This was followed by a decade of entanglement with model girlfriend Kimberly Porter. How complicated this is, we need to look at it carefully.
The two began dating in 1994, when Sean adopted Kimberly's son, Quincy, born in 1991, the child of a relationship on Porter and the father of music producer Al B. Sure!.
It was after that that the couple's son, Christian, was born in 1998, but the two broke up the following year.
In 1999, Sean began a public relationship with J.Lo, which also helped her push from the nameless accompaniment to the road to the queen of heaven, and the two broke up in 2001.
In 2006, Kimberly returned to Sean's life, giving birth to twin daughters D'Lila Star and Jessie James in 2008.
The dramatic scene is that just before the twin daughters were born, Sean's other daughter, Chance, was born to The Mother, Sarah Chapman, Sean's "friend" for years.
In fact, during Kimberly's pregnancy, she already knew about the illegitimate daughter who was born 5 months before her baby in her womb, and after silently inquiring about the news and collecting evidence, Kimberly was at ease to give birth: "I still have to have children, and I can't focus on these broken things." ”
Women's calmness before facing a crisis is really not covered. It wasn't until after the twins were born that the bragging dad confessed to his legitimate girlfriend, and Kimberly looked at him calmly and said, "Really? Okay, I actually already know, and I'm glad you can say it like a man, but it's ridiculous, but now I can't respect you anymore. ”
The infidelity also became the main reason the two eventually broke up, with Sean and Kimberly breaking up completely in 2007.
"After a decade of turbulent relationships, I decided to officially break up with Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Ending this relationship is the most in line with my own interests, Sean and our family, and I look forward to continuing my life and career in the future, and I wish him all the best, and we will continue to be good friends and parents of our children. ”
After more than ten years of dating, asked by reporters when to marry Kimberly, the bragging father is used to playing tai chi: "I know it's time to give her a name, but I'm not ready, marriage is not a proof of love, I'm still learning how to be a good boyfriend, and when I finish this step, I will proceed to the next step." 」
Bragging daddy has not been married once so far, marriage means that marriage and business will be inextricably linked, divorce will be divided into half of the wealth, to find a less red, but unlimited tolerance of the partner, is the most cost-effective choice.
But money can soothe most of life's tribulations, but in the end, people still have to face their true hearts. It took more than a decade for Kimberly to understand the reason for the timely stop loss, and she later said in an interview: "We women often choose to suffer losses in our feelings, but in fact, once you feel that something is not right, you should change the status quo." ”
You know, the bragging father's notoriously arrogant and unreasonable personality. MTV had a documentary called "Making the Band" in its early years that fully documented his "tyrant" side: the young contestant who wanted to get ahead annoyed him, and as punishment, had to walk to a brooklyn cake shop to buy him a strawberry cheesecake, and then walk back to his office in Midtown Manhattan, a total of 10 kilometers back and forth.
Since signing a cooperation agreement with Ciroc, whenever he attends a party, there must be no competitors on the spot. At an after-party at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards, the bragging father actually saw someone drinking Grey Goose's vodka, so angry that he picked up the ice cube on the spot and smashed it, or T.I stopped him, seeing that the brother was only released for a few days at the time, and then he gave up.
There is also a gossip that is even more amazing, because the displeasure of the late singer Kendrick Lamar sings that he is "king of New York" in the song, and the bragging father sprinkles a glass of wine on Kendrick.
Although the relationship between the two was not bad afterwards, and Sean did not skimp on the praise of Kendrick's work, this fiery temper did not run.
Therefore, to be the partner of such a domineering president man, it is difficult for others to understand the pain of being cheated during pregnancy, because it is a "family" and a photo with Xiao San, Kimberly's face is really not happy at all.
What is even more distressing is that in November 2018, Kimberly Porter unfortunately died of pneumonia at home at the age of 47.
Before her death, her flu-like symptoms had lasted for several days, and then she was identified by the forensic department as dying of lobar pneumonia, which was originally an acute pneumonia that could be cured in most cases, but one in ten thousand bad luck came, and fate was sometimes so "unreasonable".
Just two weeks before his death, the family attended the premiere of the movie "The Holiday Calendar" starring his son Quincy (Marukotou), who wore a hat to Quincy's biological father.
Although he lacked his father when he was growing up, Sean as a father tried his best to keep the family tidy. "Kimberly's passing away has changed us and made us love each other even more because she loves us that way."
Let's take a brief look at these six children.
Justin Combs is a graduate of UCLA and is currently a regular announcement artist on TV and has 1.7 million IG followers.
Quincy Combs (second from right in the picture below), the most IG fan, more than 4.6 million, is also the only baby bragging daddy has Wikipedia, has worked as a model and director, acted in movies, and is now a resident actor in the musical "Star".
It is no accident that the only child who is not related by blood mixes the best
Born in 1998, Christian Combs, 22, is more like a father between his eyebrows, and has nearly 2.4 million IG followers.
The twin sisters also have 350,000 IG followers, and the illegitimate daughter Chance has 121,000 followers.
The three 12-year-old girls are all super long legs, really tiger father and no dog.
Six children may have a hard time breaking through the heights of their father's career, but they have learned at a very early age to seize opportunities like their fathers.
Good wind with power, although the way of using fame and fortune and material to build the Internet celebrity is a bit boring, but this is the easiest and most error-free way.
Taking care of a large family and an entire business empire, taking care of a whole body, but the history of bragging daddy continues, and the latest gossip girlfriend is Lori Harvey, the daughter of well-known host Steve Harvey, 22 years old.
Although the new relationship is not very clear, the combs family members, it seems that it will continue to expand.
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