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Bad Boy Entertainment, doing business as Bad Boy Records, is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean "Puffy" Combs. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] During the mid-1990s, the label signed hip hop and contemporary R&B artists, beginning with the Notorious B.I.G.
Sean John Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.Raised in Mount Vernon, New York, [21] his mother Janice Combs (née Smalls) was a model and teacher's assistant, [22] and his father, Melvin Earl Combs, served in the U.S. Air Force and was an associate of convicted New York drug dealer Frank Lucas.
After being famously fired from Uptown Records in 1993, Combs ran a plethora of his own businesses, starting with Bad Boy Records and Daddy’s House Recording Studio in the 1990s. There he made ...
"I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 ... 1997. Bad Boy Entertainment/YouTube "I'll Be Missing You" charted at No. 1 for 11 weeks. ... the longest reign ever for a ...
UPDATED: Sean “Puff Daddy/Diddy” Combs’ decision to give artists and songwriters the publishing rights that he owns on songs from his 1990s powerhouse label Bad Boy, confirmed last week, was ...
The label entered a distribution deal with MCA Records and signed artists including Jodeci, Heavy D & the Boyz, Mary J. Blige, Guy, and Al B. Sure, as well as then-unknowns the Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy, among others. [4] He is credited with discovering and giving the latter his start in the industry in 1990. [5]
He was discovered by American rapper Puff Daddy, who signed Thomas to the former's Bad Boy Records, a then-imprint of Arista Records in 1997. He became best known for his 2000 single " I Wish ", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded his debut studio album, Emotional (2000).
Puff Daddy & The Family are set to perform on May 20, the day before Notorious B.I.G.'s birthday, to celebrate 20 years of Bad Boy Entertainment.