Diddy attended the 1995 Soul Train Awards with his protégée, hip-hop soul queen Mary J. Indeed, all of those artists were developed by a young Diddy when he worked in A&R at Uptown Records before he went on to start his own label, Bad Boy, where he launched the careers of the Notorious B.I.G., Mase and his own act, Puff Daddy & the Family. “He really pioneered what would become this great mix of hip-hop and R&B if you think about Mary J. “He’s from Harlem, and he brings that Harlem sensibility to everything he does,” said culture expert Emil Wilbekin. While some hip-hop purists dissed Diddy when he began bringing more of a melodic R&B and pop sensibility to hip-hop in the ’90s - sometimes basing whole tracks around sampled songs such as the Police’s “Every Breath You Take” (on his 1997 smash “I’ll Be Missing You”) - it set the template for the modern hip-hop sound with Kanye West in the ’00s and then Drake in the ’10s and you name it today. In fact, “The Love Album” shows just how much Combs is The Blueprint (sorry, Jay) for today’s hip-hop music. Getty Images for MTVĪnd if you thought Diddy was going to sound like your formerly hip father crashing the party, think again. ![]() Hip-hop mogul Diddy received the Global Icon Award at the MTV VMAs on Tuesday. ![]() “The Love Album: Off the Grid” - Diddy’s first studio LP since 2010’s “Last Train to Paris” with Dirty Money - features everyone from pop stars (The Weeknd, Justin Bieber) to R&B divas (H.E.R., Summer Walker) to rappers young enough to be his children (21 Savage, Swae Lee), all showing up to kiss his blinged-out ring. However, one ’90s game-changer - the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy - has been largely MIA from the festivities, such as the epic Hip Hop 50 concert, held at Yankee Stadium in August.īut it was impossible to deny the lasting impact of Sean “Diddy” Combs when the 53-year-old rapper, producer and all-around mogul rocked the stage at Tuesday’s MTV Video Music Awards with a career-spanning performance that more than merited his Global Icon Award - and showed the kids half his age how it’s done.Īnd there is plenty of Love - the middle name that Combs officially adopted to replace John in 2021 - for Daddy Diddy from the younger generation on his star-studded new album that dropped on Friday. Nicki Minaj to host 2023 VMAs in comeback bid amid ongoing career dramaĪs the 50th anniversary of hip-hop has been celebrated this year, many props have been paid to the pioneers who launched the Bronx-born culture in the ‘70s and ’80s. VMAs 2023: How to watch and everything to know ‘Bad boy of politics’ Mayor Adams awards key to the city to ‘bad boy of entertainment’ Sean Combsįrom Taylor Swift’s fangirling to that *NSYNC reunion, here are the best and worst moments from last night’s VMAs
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