Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs' Evolution
Madeline Boardman
Puff Daddy Through the Years
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The 2016 Essence Festival is getting a little D-I-D-D-Y, with Sean "Puffy" Combs set to take the stage in New Orleans on Saturday night. Joined at the three-day event by performers like Maxwell, Tyrese, Mariah Carey, Kendrick Lamar, and Ciara, Combs adds the gig to his famed decades-long career. See the evolution of the rapper from Sean Combs to Puff Daddy to P. Diddy to Diddy and back again, ahead.
Sean "Puffy" Combs in 1990
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Clive Davis and His Mother Janice Combs on September 29, 1993
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs With Notorious B.I.G. and Lil' Kim at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards on December 6, 1995
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs With Mariah Carey and His Mother Janice Combs on November 4, 1996
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs With Notorious B.I.G. at the 11th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 7, 1997
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Sean "Puffy" Combs in New York on July 14, 1997
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Will Smith at the 40th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 25, 1998
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Janice Combs on August 15, 1998
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Sean "Puffy" Combs at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards on August 20, 1999
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Then-Girlfriend Jennifer Lopez at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 9, 1999
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Then-Girlfriend Jennifer Lopez at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 2000
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Sean "Puffy" Combs With Then-Girlfriend Jennifer Lopez at Radio City Music Hall on September 7, 2000
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs With Tommy Lee at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards on June 2, 2001
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs With David Bowie in 2001
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards on August 29, 2002
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Sean "P.Diddy" at Heidi Klum's Third Annual Halloween Party on November 1, 2002
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs With Ashton Kutcher and Jamie Foxx at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards After-Party on May 31, 2003
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs Running the ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 2. 2003
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs With Then-U.S. Senate Candidate Barack Obama on July 29, 2004
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Sean "P.Diddy" Combs With Mary J. Blige in New York City on October 28, 2004
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs With Donald Trump and Melania Trump on March 11, 2005
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs on October 27, 2005
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Sean "Diddy" Combs With Tina Knowles and Beyonce Knowles in Las Vegas on August 27, 2007
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Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York City on April 3, 2008
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Sean "Diddy" Combs in Beverly Hills on May 1, 2008
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Sean "P.Diddy" Combs With Jay-Z in New York City on September 30, 2008
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Sean "Diddy" Combs and Busta Rhymes at the 2010 BET Awards on June 27, 2010
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Sean "Diddy" Combs in Dallas on February 5, 2011
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Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York City on March 1, 2012
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Sean "Diddy" Combs at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2012
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Sean "Diddy" Combs at the the BET Hip-Hop Awards on September 28, 2013
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs at Howard University's 146th Commencement on May 10, 2014
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs With Cassie at the Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs at the the 2015 BET Awards on June 28, 2015
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Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs with Chris Rock, French Montana, and Tobey Maguire at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 28, 2016
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See Diddy through the years before he hits the Essence Festival this weekend