• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs A lawsuit was filed in September on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
• His record label, Bad Boy Records, is one of the sources of his wealth.
• Musicians such as Janelle Monáe, French Montana and Machine Gun Kelly have signed to Bad Boy.

Before more than a dozen people sued Sean Combs, also known as Diddy. sexual harassment allegationHe was a creator of strong musical taste who founded his own record label.

Diddy founded Bad Boy Records in 1993 and signed notable musicians such as The Notorious BIG, Mase and Faith Evans. It’s impossible to think of ’90s and ’00s rap without thinking of Bad Boy, who released 13 No. 1 albums from 1997 to 2022.

Over the years, Bad Boy and its founder have developed a reputation for being difficult to work with; this is underlined by many public examples of friction between artists and labels.

“It’s easy to reduce the 30-year legacy to a few negative statements, but that doesn’t capture the full story,” a representative for Combs said in a statement to Business Insider.

“Sean Combs and Bad Boy Records were more than a record label; they were a cultural movement that shaped music, launched careers, and produced iconic hits,” they said. “Focusing solely on complaints distorts the narrative. The label’s contributions remain an important part of music history.”

Before the charges in September 2024, racketeering and sex trafficking accusationsDiddy had begun the process of returning the publishing rights to many of Bad Boy’s most famous songs to the original artists, provided they signed a deal. billboard.

More than one now celebrities are remembered in the cases filed against him and dozens more were examined. Relationship with Diddy for the last few months.

“Mr. Combs and his legal team have full confidence in the facts, their legal defense, and the integrity of the judicial process,” his lawyers said in a statement after the new lawsuits were filed in New York in October. “The truth will prevail in court: Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted anyone, adult or minor, male or female.”

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