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12 Things You Didn't Know About... P. Diddy

Including the origin on his name

Posted by Nick Annan Thu, 29/10/2009

1) Sean Combs obtained his Puff Daddy nickname at a young age by a friend. “Whenever I got mad as a kid, I used to huff and puff,” Diddy says now. “That’s why my friend started calling me Puffy.”

1) Sean Combs obtained his Puff Daddy nickname at a young age by a friend. “Whenever I got mad as a kid, I used to huff and puff,” Diddy says now. “That’s why my friend started calling me Puffy.”

2) His dad was tragically murdered when Diddy was only two years old. The murderer is still unknown today, although his father was reportedly involved with New York gangsters.

3) Diddy’s first job was a newspaper delivery boy at twelve-years-old. “This was an easy way for me to start making money,” he said. Twenty-eight years later, and Diddy is worth around $346 million. That’s a helluva lot of papers.

4) “Gas prices are too high,” complained the multimillionaire on his blog. And while many concur and look to alternative transport to reduce our carbon footprint, Diddy’s main gripe is that now can’t afford to fill up his private jet. “I have to fly com

5) On February 27th 2009, Diddy posted that he was in the middle of a thirty-six-hour tantric sex session via Twitter. It’s a wonder that his hands were free long enough to post it.

6) Diddy’s ideal acting role would be that of James Bond. “One day the time will come for a black Bond and hopefully I can audition for it. It’s a dream of mine to play a great role like that,” he says.

7) Diddy revealed himself to be the biggest Arctic Monkeys fan. He even invited the Sheffield band to party with him at his Miami home. It’s unclear if dinner conversation consisted of explaining the meaning of a “Mecca dobber”.

8) Diddy has confessed that he has a fear of people who have long second toes. “I somehow get to see the toe on the going to see if that second toe is long.” Priorities, Diddy. Priorities.

9) As a child, Diddy stayed with an Amish family every summer as part of the Fresh Air Fund, a project enabling inner-city kids to see the countryside. “My mother signed me off for the whole summer,” the rapper told David Letterman. “I guess that was my

10) Diddy always dedicates his smash hit ‘Missing You’ to not only his friend Biggie, but to Diana too… “I lost my friend ten years ago and I made a song called ‘Missing You’. From that time on I will also dedicate that song to her when I do it live.

11) Diddy personally thanked Kanye West in his own blog video for making him fall in love with hip-hop again. “I’m in love with hip-hop again. Thanks to my man.”

12) In 1986, Diddy saw RunDMC and had the epiphany that this was his calling. “That day, I began my dream. One day I wanna be up on that stage and hold those Adidas up in the air. One day I want that to be me.” High aspirations then…

First we tried to dig up some dirt on Sean Combs, then we tried with Puff Daddy, then Diddy...Too many bloody names, and what for? To make our life difficult, that's what!

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