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‘BAD BOY OF POLITICS’ MAYOR ADAMS AWARDS KEY TO THE CITY TO ‘BAD BOY OF
ENTERTAINMENT’ SEAN ‘DIDDY’ COMBS

By Deirdre Bardolf

Published Sep. 15, 2023, 6:45 p.m. ET

Can’t nobody hold him down.

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Sean Combs took the stage in Times Square to accept a “Key to the City” award
from Mayor Eric Adams, who proudly dubbed Friday “Diddy Day.”

“The bad boy of entertainment is getting the Key to the City from the bad boy of
politics,” Adams gushed.

The Harlem-born rapper — also known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy and Diddy — was
celebrated for his contributions to music and fashion as well as his
entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors, despite a history of arrests and
legal troubles since the ’90s.

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“This city has given me triumphs, life lessons and love,” Combs said at the
event. “Today, I accept this key not just for me, but for every dreamer, every
hustler, every artist, and every kid from New York who dares to dream big.”


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Adams said the hip-hop artist is the “embodiment of the New York City attitude.”

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Mayor Eric Adams awarded a Key to the City of New York to musician, entrepreneur
and philanthropist Sean “Diddy” Combs. James Messerschmidt for NY Post

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Mayor Adams declared Friday “Diddy Day,” after awarding the rapper with a Key to
the City award. GC Images

Before rising to fame, Diddy almost pursued a drastically different path. He
tried peddling drugs as a student at Howard University but quickly got scared
out of a life on the streets, he told The Post back in 2017.

He made a name for himself in the East Coast hip-hop scene and founded Bad Boy
Records in 1993.

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Combs, who hails from Harlem, has helped open schools there and in the Bronx,
and donated millions in scholarships to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. James Messerschmidt for NY Post

In 1999, Combs attacked music exec Steve Stoute with a Champagne bottle and
spent a day in anger management.

Later that year, the “Bad Boy for Life” singer got into a dispute at a Manhattan
club, where he was celebrating a Bad Boys protégé alongside then-girlfriend
Jennifer Lopez.

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Shots rang out and three people were injured. Diddy was charged with criminal
possession of an unregistered gun and attempted bribery, and faced a hefty 15
years in prison. He was acquitted in 2001.

The Grammy-winning mogul, who was known as Puff Daddy at the time, is said to
have reinvented himself after the arrest, going instead by P. Diddy.

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Harlem native Sean Combs became one of the most influential voices in music and
entertainment, despite a turbulent start. Getty Images

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His famous White Parties have drawn the likes of Donald Trump, Martha Stewart
and Salman Rushdie.

These days, it’s all about the Benjamin’s. Combs is worth an estimated $1
billion and a portfolio including Sean John sportswear and Ciroc liquor.

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Harlem-born rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs is worth $1 billion, according to recent
reports. James Messerschmidt for NY Post
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The event coincided with the release of Diddy’s first studio album in 17 years,
“The Love Album: Off The Grid.” James Messerschmidt for NY Post

Combs has helped open schools in Harlem and the Bronx and donated millions in
scholarships to Historically Black colleges and Universities.

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The Big Apple won’t be singing “I’ll Be Missing You” to Combs anytime soon.

Diddy’s Key to the City is a “symbol of the city’s wish that a guest feel free
to come and go at will,” according to the release from the Mayor’s Office.

The event coincided with the release of Diddy’s first studio album in 17 years,
“The Love Album: Off The Grid.”


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