Sean Combs

Maybach Music Group's Rockie Fresh on Why He Chose Rick Ross Over Diddy and the Violence In His Hometown of Chicago

Even though he wasn't born until the decade after Back to the Future came out, Rockie Fresh still rocks a DeLorean in his videos and even sports a pair of Nike Air Mags AKA the Marty McFlys. Fitting considering he acts much more maturely than his 21 years of age would have you believe. His rhymes a ... More >>

My Thoughts On New Motown Show Quoted In Daily News

I told you right here about the Broadway show Berry Gordy is planning, featuring his life story interspersed with scads of fabulous Motown hits. Well, the New York Daily News addressed the show today, and asked me for my input, so I told them I had a cover band for years and am literally obsessed w ... More >>

Live: Mariah Carey's Grand, Real-Talk-Filled Return To The Stage At Gotham Hall

Mariah Carey w/Diddy Gotham Hall Thursday, March 1 Better than: A promotional tote filled with branded swag. Initally, some words about Diddy's performance were going to open this review, but when Mariah Carey hit the stage after him, his portion of the show was all but forgotten. Still, for the ... More >>

Heavy D, R.I.P.

​Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>

A List Of Things That One Should Get If One Pays $1500 To See Jay-Z And Kanye West

"I thought you said you'd take me to McDonald's" ​Saturday night, after reading a flurry of tweets from Jay-Z and Kanye West's show at the Izod Center, I bought tickets to nosebleed seats for last night's Watch The Throne show at the Garden. It was worth it, though—especially since yeste ... More >>

Live: Black Rob Gets Back To Basics At The Apple Store

​ Black Rob Apple Store (SoHo) Wednesday, July 27 Better than: Waiting around the Genius Bar while a new trackpad gets installed in your MacBook. "Things are different now. There are computers. Dudes are going in with the computers", Black Rob proclaimed with a grin. Despite the obvious iro ... More >>

The Week in Food Blogs: Big, Bad New Gutbombs; Beer Myths Busted

This week in food blogs ... Eater mapped out the city's biggest, baddest new gutbomb dishes. Frito Pie, anyone? Grub Street busted eight myths about beer. For one, it's not always vegetarian, folks. Midtown Lunch noted that, despite a crackdown on food trucks in Midtown, there are still quite a f ... More >>

American Idol, Season 10, "Idols Week" Elimination: Someone Teach Adam Lambert How To Dougie

You've befouled Diana Ross' good name for the last time, Ashthon. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.​Ashthon Jones got sent home from American Idol tonight. I am perfectly OK with this! She was not very good on this show! In her final performance, she once again bleated her way through a Diana Ross son ... More >>

German Lucarelli 'In' at Da Silvano; Mehdi Chellaoui 'In' at Brown Café

​German Lucarelli is the new chef at Da Silvano. His first order of business: introducing brunch. [Grub Street] Chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem Marcus Samuelsson was included in a list of most stylish New Yorkers. [TONY] Brown Café has a new consulting chef. Mehdi Chellaoui is a choco ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​In this week's issue of the Voice, Steven Thrasher takes on the supposed racial discrimination of the New York City "6019" firefighter's exam. Black candidates have passed the test with flying colors and yet have been prevented from joining the FDNY after the test was deemed racist by federal ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Diddy, R. Kelly, Justin Townes Earle, and More

Request "Ass on the Floor." Photo by Travis Shinn.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg chats with Diddy on the eve of the release of his long-awaited Last Train to Paris, Mikael Wood rounds up the current crop of 2010 quiet storm r&b (R. Kelly, Ne-Yo, Jamine Sullivan, Faith Evans, ... More >>

Homeless Woman Gets Surprise $10,000 From Dead Ex-Boyfriend

Via The New York Post​Penny Martin, a Staten Island woman, recently came into some surprise money that rescued her from homelessness. A cool $10,000 in life insurance money was left to her by a deceased ex-boyfriend, which easily makes him the best ex-boyfriend of all time. She discovered the ... More >>

You Have One Day Left to Ensure That New York State Isn't Taken Over by Psychopaths

​In the evergreen words of world-renowned sociological scholar Mike Patton, WE CARE A LOT. As such, we wanted to remind you that if you have yet to register to vote, your voter registration must be postmarked by tomorrow, October 8th.

Regarding That One Time Diddy Rapped with Anna Wintour and Oprah

​Anna Wintour, Diddy, and Oprah got their rap on like it was 1998. MTV's Jersey Shore is being sued for profiting off of... being Jersey Shore. Letterman's extortionist is off to the hoosegow. The SexFraggle now known as Ke$ha played a Bat Mitzvah at Cipriani. These are Wednesday's Gossip Folk ... More >>

Anderson Cooper Vs. Dr. Death!

​CLICK HERE to read my new column about the meeting between CNN dreamboat Anderson Cooper and Dr. Death Jack Kevorkian, which I was privy to in person. It was so exciting I wanted to kill myself afterwards because nothing could ever top it! On a lighter note, I also cover:

Black Celebrities on the Down Low

​A regular on Datalounge.com has posted his list of black male stars on the down low! Someone else on the site responded that a lot of it is just wishful thinking, and someone else chimed in that a lot of these guys are more likely bi, but I'd have to say a lot of this is pretty spot on too. ... More >>

WTF: Martha Stewart & Snoop Dogg Make Brownies, Rap About Weed

Martha Stewart's love of rap is nothing new. She's had Puff Daddy and Ludacris on her show, and claims to have repeatedly invited her favorite rapper, Eminem. But this segment with Snoop Dogg making brownies might come as something of a surprise. Especially when the two start rapping about pot bro ... More >>

Spice Guy: Jay Rayner Shames U.S. for Cinnabomb

S. Diddy/flickrIs this spice nice or a nasty habit?​ First they had a problem with our English breakfasts being too healthy (by "healthy," they meant lacking in deep-fried toast). Then they complained that all of New York had gone soft because we have a Whole Foods on The Bowery. The latest fo ... More >>

'Power 105.1 FM's Powerhouse'

Hip-Hop RNC Chairman Michael Steele Likes Diddy, Snoop Dogg; Calls the Rat Pack the "Pack Rats"

Also pictured: the Great Satan It's getting harder to imagine a path to survival for RNC Chairman Michael Steele, whose promise to launch the Republican party into "urban-suburban hip-hop settings" was only the beginning of a long downward slide that may well end in a no-confidence vote in April. I ... More >>

Week in Review: Asher Roth, the Silent Superhero; Real World: Brooklyn, Obnoxious Diseasebags

In the week we met the Real World Brooklyn cast (again) and yipee-skippied at the first episode, we also watched Whitney Port in The City and learned to stay away from the "Downtown Crowd." Meanwhile, the real youth-world Brooklyn was actually here. A rap spectacular this week. For a second, Ashe ... More >>

Interview: Comedian Aziz Ansari

Aziz Ansari performs at Comix on January 9 and 10. Tickets are still available here. Comedian Aziz Ansari studied marketing at NYU and came up through the city's underground comedy scene before earning his break as co-creator and co-star of MTV sketch show Human Giant. He's now departed for L.A., ... More >>

Phillips de Pury 'Bling' Auction Postponed; Hip Hop's Crown Jewels Suddenly Too Valuable To Sell

BACK IN BUSINESS

EPMD bring New York back

Live: Hot 97's Summer Jam

Diddy's Little Helpers

Why hip-hop ghostwriting is an art now, and an actually respectable one

Status Ain't Hood Interviews Lupe Fiasco

The MTV Video Music Awards: A Running Diary

50 Cent vs. Diddy: Battle of the Rap Villains

"Ruff, Ruff"

The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

Jay-Z Brings Nas Onstage, Disses No One

Diddy Humps Enormous Woman in Front of Thousands

NY Mirror

Lorraine Hansberry's Raisin: Still Just as Fresh 45 Years Later

NY Mirror

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NY Mirror

The Sorrow and the P. Diddy

Letters

Letters

‘That’s Gangsta!’

‘Puff Love’ in the Bad Boys Family

Puff! Goes the Weasel

An Impersonator Witness and Alleged Testilying Redefine Rap Mogul’s Trial

Letters

O.J. Simpson Meets Puff Daddy

Scapegoating Sean Combs to Get Back at Johnnie Cochran

Letters

Gratuities Included

Among New York’s Wheel Greasers and Palm Ticklers, Real Estate Types Lead the Pack

No Scrubs

Don't Want Your Money, Don't Want None of Your Time

I Want My B-E-T

Let Us Now Praise Famous Gangstas (and Their Videos)

The Gatsby of Gats

R.O.C.K. in the USA