For years now, there’s been this rumor about Diddy and Sting. Diddy famously sampled The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” on the hit 1997 single “I’ll Be Missing You,” but the rumor goes he didn’t get proper permission for the sample. Therefore, Diddy apparently has to pay Sting $2,000 per day over the song.
Charlamagne Tha God asked Sting about this in a 2018 interview and Sting answered, “Yeah, for the rest of his life. If it’s on the radio, then it must be true!” A clip of that conversation circulated on Twitter recently and Diddy shared it, writing, “Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother @OfficialSting!”
As far as the $5K claim, though, turns out Diddy was just messing around. In fact, the whole story at any dollar amount seems to be a fallacy.
On Twitter today (April 7), Diddy offered some clarification, writing, “I want y’all to understand I was joking! It’s called being Facetious! Me and @OfficialSting have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for Missing You. He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history.”
I want y’all to understand I was joking! It’s called being Facetious! Me and @OfficialSting have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for Missing You. He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history.
Diddy’s always one to shout out his family as his career develops, and he just posted some adorable pictures with his daughter Love. Moreover, it seems like they recently had a nice vacation, as he included some pictures of them in the water. Also, Love is wearing the finest style possible, with some round sunglasses and adorable bow. In the picture, the Bad Boy mogul smiles down on her in her arms, letting her at least dip her legs into the water. While he surely has some big industry moves on the way as always, the 53-year-old’s family matters are always an integral part of his social media presence these days.
Furthermore, he and his other kids recently filmed for a Hulu reality TV series, according to reports. This news comes from people spotting the clan filming around Miami and Los Angeles for a series that will reportedly profile all their endeavors. Given that the Kardashians moved their reality exploits to the streaming service, it would be understandable if the network piles up the famous family content.
In other news, Diddy recently revealed that he’s might purchase BET, and explained why it’s important for the network to be Black-owned. “Media is the most powerful industry in the world but it’s the industry where we have the least amount of ownership, influence and control!” he wrote on Instagram. “It’s time for @BET to be Black-owned again so we have the power to tell our own stories, control our own narrative! This is not about me it’s about WE!!!!
“I’m building a team of leaders in the culture to pursue ownership in @BET together!” Diddy continued. “We have to unify our power and resources to create real change! #THETIMEISNOW.” With that big move, it seems the hip-hop legend is ready to create community wherever he goes, whether it’s in his business endeavors or by cultivating a strong family bond for the media. As long as he doesn’t let his ventures dampen his compassion and family-oriented mindset, he’ll continue to succeed in that department. Regardless, stick around on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Diddy.
Keyshia Cole is, at the very least, a turbulent soul. Both in and out of the studio, Keyshia has shown her personality and individual style. While things can get shaken up between albums, Keyshia does keep things consistent, delivering memorable hits reliably with other artists just as talented as she is. With over a decade of experience in the industry, Keyshia remains one of the top producers of R&B, consistently producing hits. While she may not be as popular as in her early 2000’s days, Keyshia is still down to ride and create with more content on the way.
Keyshia has worked with many talented individuals in her lifetime, which is why it can be good to note and review a few accomplishments. Some collaborations were small, just a verse or two. Others were bigger and better, spanning over entire projects to create something special. In recent history, Keyshia has continued to make waves, one big one with her most recent album 11:11 Reset. She worked with many collaborations throughout that release in 2017, including with French Montana, Young Thug, and Remy Ma. Below we’ll go over other collaborations she’s had in the past and how they’ve gone.
Just Like You And A Different Me
Just Like You And A Different Me was released early in 2006. Working with Diddy to create the song Last Night, Keyshia Cole worked with Diddy to promote the song for their own album, Press Play. These efforts were not only for these two though, as it later ended up appearing on her LP. During the documentation of the album, it was featured on the reality TV show Keyshia Cole: The Way That It Is. Keyshia also worked with Missy Elliot for the number-one hit single Let It Go. The second single after this featured both Keyshia and Amina Harris. This single performed well on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. During this time, Keyshia was also featured on Jahiem’s single, titled I’ve Changed. Keyshia Cole also appeared as a guest during Trina, C-Side, and Missy Elliott songs in 2008.
The Way It Is
In 2004, March, Keyshia collaborated with American Rapper Eve to create Never. The song Never was her debut single, released as a lead single for the movie Barbershop 2: Back in Business. On that same album, Cole released her first feature with Kanye West, titled I Changed My Mind. She also collaborated with DJ Green Lantern to make Team Invasion Presents Keyshia Cole. This remix featured remixes of longtime loved hip-hop instrumentals, as well as parts of songs from other albums.
Diddy
Drama stirred between multiple collaborators during many of these collaborations, especially between Diddy, Keyshia, and Lil Mo. Keyshia Cole, while working with Diddy and Lil Mo, controversy arose. She accused Lil Mo of betrayal, to which Lil Mo disregarded the statement, believing Keyshia Cole to be intoxicated at the time. Cole denied this after the statement. During that time, Keyshia Cole was accused of cheating with collaborator Diddy during their collaboration over Last Night. Keyshia Cole denied the accusations.
Despite the drama, Keyshia teamed up with Diddy for this R&B track, which was released in 2006 and features production by Mario Winans. The song was a commercial success, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming one of Keyshia’s biggest hits to date.
Keyshia Cole collaborated with Monica to release the single “Trust.” In 2005, Trust appeared on “The Way It Is.” The initial song did so well that Monica featured it on her main album as well. The song features production by Soulshock & Karlin and showcases the two artists’ vocal abilities, as they sing about the importance of trust in relationships. Considering the drama at the time that directly has everything to do with trust, to say that there is some comedic timing there is an understatement.
Remy Ma and French Montana
Remy Ma first appeared on Keyshia Cole’s radar in 2005, when she collaborated with them during The Way It Is’s initial hype. Many years later, Keyshia Cole is still collaborating with Remy Ma, during a lead single titled You. Remy Ma assists with this single by singing a verse. Under production by Harmony Samuels, the song quickly became a fan favorite among Keyshia Cole fans and Remy Ma adorers alike. During an interview with Rap-Up magazine, Keyshia Cole announced the title for that album the collaboration would be featured on, dubbing it 11:11 Reset.
Bobby Valentino
Keyshia and Bobby Valentino teamed up for an emotional ballad titled “I Should Have Cheated. The emotional song was eleased in 2006 and became a hit on urban radio stations. The song features production by Ron Fair and Soulshock & Karlin and deals with the aftermath of infidelity in a relationship.
It’s been 26 years to the day since hip-hop lost one of its most impactful, resonant, and powerful voices. While the tragedy of his passing isn’t lost on anyone, millions around the world continue to keep The Notorious B.I.G. alive. For example, Diddy made an Instagram post on Thursday (March 9) honoring Biggie on the anniversary of his tragic death in Los Angeles. “There will NEVER be another,” Puff wrote as a caption to a video of a B.I.G. interview. “The GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. Today we celebrate and honor you king. Love and miss you!!”
In that clip, the legendary MC spoke on maintaining his originality, freshness, and unique voice as an artist. “Don’t be the fool to just sit back and do it because somebody else is doing it,” the Brooklyn native expressed. “Because those of you who do just gon’ follow in somebody else’s footsteps, and you just gon’ be a shadow. Who wanna be a shadow for the rest of their life, you know what I’m saying? If you got a lil’ something’ that you know how to do, progress that and keep trying. I mean, God knows what could happen. That’s what I did. Just kept on walking, just happened to get to the right ends.”
Diddy’s Tribute To Biggie Smalls On Anniversary Of His Tragic Loss
Most recently, Nas spoke on how Biggie influenced his classic album It Was Written, shortly before the anniversary of his death arrived. “Biggie made it different, where you can’t just be the hot dude that they liked from New York to Connecticut to Virginia,” he expressed. “You got to hit the mainstream. You got to touch the world.” Elsewhere in the interview, he said that they inspired each other in many different ways. For example, Nas working with Dr. Dre possibly opened up the doors for Biggie to work with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
Meanwhile, this year will also mark what would’ve been Big’s 51st birthday in May. Last year, Lil’ Kim penned an inspiring message for his 50th. “He was more than just a rapper more than an artist; he was an educator, he was a poet, obviously a writer. He was a prophet, he was here to do more than just make some songs or record a couple of albums, which is at the end of the day, that’s what he did. And he did way more than that in his spare time.” Join us in honoring Biggie Smalls with your favorite tracks, albums, or moments in the comments, and if you don’t know, now you know.
Diddy’s Super Bowl commercial for UberEats ended up being one of the funniest this year. Moreover, the skit is based on a group of executives trying to get Diddy to make a new song for the Uber One membership. “Diddy don’t do jingles,” his threatening bodyguard tells them, as he sits in silence in his office. However, the commercial then goes into the studio, where Combs and his entourage listen to prospective hitmakers. In fact, they’re all bonafide hitmakers, as you’re bound to recognize all these tracks. Even if they fit slightly into the “one-hit wonder” category, these melodies are more far-reaching than some entire discographies.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 24: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Sean “Diddy” Combs performs onstage during the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 24, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
Still, it was pretty funny seeing the Bad Boy chief give his take on these “auditions.” Starting things off was singer-turned-minister Montrell Jordan, who rapped a UberEats-centric version of his 1995 hit “This Is How We Do It.” Moreover, Diddy cheered on everyone in the booth- well, almost everyone, but we’ll get to that. Next up was Donna Lewis, who spun her 1996 cut “I Love You Always Forever.” Also, singer-turned-farmer Kelis sang a remixed version of her iconic track “Milkshake” from 2003. Don’t remember that one? Well, it brings all the boys to the yard, and they’re like “it’s better than yours.”
However, once Swedish duo Ylvis hit the booth with a rendition of their YouTube sensation “What Does The Fox Say?”, Diddy asked them to stop their repeated barking. Then, they retorted in Swedish, and the mogul’s right-hand man responded perfectly back. Last, but certainly not least, singer Haddaway emerged from behind Ylvis to sing his absolute smasher “What Is Love.” Overall, it was a nostalgic, brief, and sweet celebration of some of the biggest earworms of the last thirty years or so.
Meanwhile, the 53-year-old took to Twitter to share his excitement over his second Super Bowl commercial. “Proud to be starring in my second #SuperBowl commercial! Watch it tonight during the 2nd quarter!” he wrote. Also, his flame Yung Miami expressed support of her own via the app. “Papi only does HITS,” she wrote excitedly, sharing the commercial in full. Speaking of which, you can see the whole UberEats commercial from Diddy above. Of course, stay logged into HNHH for the latest on the Super Bowl and its amazing commercials.
Diddy’s former bodyguard just accused Snoop Dogg of inflating the extent of his friendship with Biggie Smalls. Moreover, Gene Deal inquired as to why Snoop’s supposedly tight relationships with the New York rapper, as well as Tupac, weren’t highly publicized until after their tragic passing. “That’s something that sounds good for the media,” Deal declared of Snoop’s stories of friendship with the two. “You know, ‘I’m the peacemaker. I’m the one that’s showing love. I’m the one that’s out here when everybody else is dead, wishing that I coulda did something to put the s**t together.’
Notorious B.I.G. 1995 (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage)
“It wasn’t all that love until ‘Pac was dead,” he went on in the interview with The Art Of Dialogue. “Wasn’t Big out in California three, four weeks and Snoop never saw him? Snoop never came and smoked nothing wit’ him. Snoop never came and ate nothing with him. But it was a lot of love? Come on, man.” Since the loss of the Brooklyn legend in 1997, the Dogg Pound leader repeatedly spoke on their relationship and mutual respect. For example, in an interview with the Rap Radar Podcast in 2018, Snoop recounted when he and Biggie discussed Tupac’s death. After a shooting happened while Tha Dogg Pound filmed the “NY, NY” music video in Brooklyn, Snoop felt Big was responsible. Moreover, they didn’t take action due to East Coast and West Coast tensions. However, the two rappers ran into each other in Atlanta and came to an understanding.
“It’s just me and him, one on one,” the Long Beach legend elaborated. “And he giving me the rundown about how much he loved Tupac and he didn’t wanna see cuz die. And a lot of shit that he said and did, he was wrong for. He just was apologizing like a man, to me. Just getting an understanding on what he did, ’cause I never tripped on him for what he did. That was a Dogg Pound video, that wasn’t a Tupac video. And we got shot at, and the direct shot came from him. But nobody got hit so we let it go. So with him apologizing to me, we became friends again.”
Meanwhile, Deal said that he couldn’t corroborate whether that conversation actually happened, as he wasn’t present. Still, he raised eyebrows at Snoop meeting Big in another city when he claimed they never linked in Los Angeles. “I can see you in Atlanta,” Deal said, “but I can’t see you in California in my own hometown? Huh? I’m so gangsta, I can come to your hotel room by myself in Atlanta. But in California, I can’t come and see you? Alright.” Check out the interview clip above and return to HNHH for the latest news in hip-hop history.
The 65th Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 5) had a slew of highlights, whether for celebratory or disappointing reasons. However, Grammy season apparently sunk its teeth pretty hard into the competitive music landscape for some artists. Diddy posted a cryptic diss towards an unnamed artist on his Instagram story, and deleted it shortly after. Moreover, the scathing shot took aim at the mystery artist’s Grammys aspirations and previous success. “I helped you win your first and only grammy award which I did out of kindness,” Combs wrote. “And somehow you thought you could win another without my help ?? Oh okay..”
After the Bad Boy mogul’s post, many took to social media to take their guesses as to who he could be dissing. Before all that, though, some people noticed that the 53-year-old apparently helps people win awards. “The fact that Diddy is out there helping people win Grammies puts a lot of Grammy’s credibility into question. This is wild,” one Twitter user noted with a screenshot of the post. “Now I get why TAT won ahead of Antibals’s Fu Chronicles,” capping his message off with a facepalm emoji. In the replies, people speculated on who this could possibly refer to.
The fact that Diddy is out there helping people win Grammies puts a lot of Grammy’s credibility into question. This is wild. Now I get why TAT won ahead of Antibals’s Fu Chronicles pic.twitter.com/WPxtxW02ua
However, in the hours since this news broke, a few conflicting accounts made the waters murkier. When Onsite! reported the deleted post on Instagram, Diddy commented “This is fake.” Meanwhile, many others including TMZ came to the conclusion that Diddy dissed Burna Boy. Moreover, the Harlem native executive produced Burna’s 2020 album Twice As Tall, which won Best Global Music Album in 2021. Later, the Afrobeats star scored a nomination for his album Love, Daminiin the same category this year.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 23: Burna Boy performs onstage at the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy Party at Hollywood Athletic Club on January 23, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Warner Music)
Still, people on either side of the fence are defending their side of the story, since apparently people saw Diddy’s post before deletion. “Knowing you it’s probably true lol look how many artists you ‘helped’ then dropped….” one user wrote under his clarifying comment. “Lol i seen when u posted it wtf why u get to lyin,” another posted. While that back-and-forth could go on forever, it’s also possible that someone hacked his account and did post the message. If you’re curious, you can check out the screenshots of the posted and deleted Diddy diss at an artist below for yourself. Regardless, come back to HNHH for more updates on this story and the latest on Diddy.
Diddy’s baby mama Dana Tran just posted some Lunar New Year pictures of her and their daughter, Love. When the Bad Boy mogul revealed her to the world, many were surprised and buzzed about his seventh child. Still, however the discourse goes, it’s nothing that some adorable pictures can’t fix.
MIAMI, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 24: Sean “Diddy” Combs and his family, his daughters Chance, D’Lila and Jessie, celebrated Thanksgiving Day at The Caring Place in Miami on November 24, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs)
“Happy Lunar New Year!” she captioned one of her posts. In it, she holds Love up in her arms and smiles at her as she makes an excited face at the camera. Furthermore, she added another post in which she held her baby up to her face for a smooch. “Our First Tết together,” she wrote with a teary-eyed emoji. “I love being your Mommy, My LOVE.”
Moreover, the world responded with cutesy messages as well after Diddy first shared their child. Initially, he announced her birth on Twitter, which got everyone talking.
“I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world,” he wrote. “Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is he Greatest!”
Meanwhile, these new revelations came amid the 53-year-old’s still-developing relationship with Yung Miami. When he was the first guest on her Caresha Please podcast, they elaborated on their relationship.
“We date,” Diddy stated. “We’re dating, we go have dates, and we’re friends. We go to exotic locations, we have great times. We go to strip clubs, church…”
Meanwhile, the City Girl gave her own perspective in other settings. “He see other people outside of me and I see people outside of him,” she told XXL last fall. “I’m young, I’m dating. You know, having fun. I’m doing me. He’s doing the same thing. I can’t speak for exactly what he doing or who he seeing, but we single and we dating. But we are dating each other, but we single.”
Still, what do you think of these new pictures of Diddy’s baby girl Love and her mother Dana Tran for the Lunar New Year? Whatever the case, let us know in the comments down below. Also, as always, stay tuned to HNHH for more snaps from your favorite celebrity families.
It’s been nearly a month since Diddy took the pop culture world by storm when he surprisingly announced the birth of his seventh child, Love Sean Combs.
The hip-hop mogul certainly isn’t being shy when it comes to sharing content of his baby girl.
Honoree Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Coke onstage during the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET)
On Monday (January 9), the 53-year-old took to his Instagram account to share another video of the newest addition to his family. “BABY LOVE,” reads the caption, while the video shows her smiling in the bath tub. With the new post, it seems as though he cleared the rest of his account’s content. It is currently the only post on his page.
Of course, Diddy found himself in the middle of controversy when he officially announced Love’s birth last month. “I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world. Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest” the new father of seven writes in a tweet from December 10.
I’m so blessed to welcome my baby girl Love Sean Combs to the world. Mama Combs, Quincy, Justin, Christian, Chance, D’Lila, Jessie and myself all love you so much! God is the Greatest!
The New York native was known to be in a relationship with Yung Miami, but the world quickly found out that she wasn’t the child’s mother. After rumors began running rampant online, the Bad Boy rapper took to his Twitter account to set the record straight. “@yungmiami305 is not my side chick. Never has been, never will be. She’s very important and special to me, and I don’t play about my Shawty Wop. I don’t discuss things on the internet and I will not start today,” he writes in the tweet.
@yungmiami305 is not my side chick. Never has been, never will be. She’s very important and special to me, and I don’t play about my Shawty Wop. I don’t discuss things on the internet and I will not start today.
Although the City Girls rapper subsequently joked about being single to The Game, it appears as though the power couple is still together. They shared some romantic photos together from New Year’s Eve and the “Rap Freaks” rapper says their relationship runs deep. “We go to church. He takes me to church. We pray together. We put God first, for real. I can talk to him about anything,” she tells PEOPLE in a recent interview.
In order to capitalize off of all of this publicity, the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper dropped his newest single on December 14. “Sex In The Porsche” features PARTYNEXTDOOR and is a lustful track that finds PND taking centre stage before the Revolt TV CEO spits some bars of his own. It serves as the first official collaboration between these two artists.
What are your thoughts on Diddy sharing the new looks on social media? Comment down below. Finally, make sure to stay tuned to HNHH for all of the latest updates in music and pop culture.
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