The Combs Curse? Embattled Diddy’s record labels marked by murder, untimely deaths and prison

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beleaguered hip-hop impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs have both collapsed during a spiral involving murder, death and imprisonment.And Combs himself is now in the crosshairs of the law after federal law enforcement raids on his homes in Los Angeles and Miami in the wake of a number of stunning lawsuits accusing him of sexual misconduct.The rapid ascent of Diddy, a former backup dancer, began when he started as an intern at Uptown records in 1990 at age 20 and was recruited by CEO Andre Harrell to work with their growing stable of young artists.In launching Uptown, Harrell also tapped assistant Kim Porter to handle a variety of affairs as the budding label signed a young Yonkers rapper named Heavy D as its first act.With rap’s popularity beginning to burgeon, the company had a string of successful releases and appeared primed to entrench itself as an industry power.

Diddy himself was vital in moulding the popularity of several emerging stars, including Mary J. Blige and the R&B group Jodeci.But Harrell would later part ways with Combs over business and creative differences in 1993, and the ambitious Diddy would go on to form the label he became synonymous with, Bad Boy Records.Tragically, the key originators of Uptown — Harrell, Porter and Heavy D, whose real name was Dwight Myers — would all later die untimely deaths.Myers passed away after collapsing in front of his Beverly Hills home at age 44 in 2011 from a pulmonary embolism that stemmed from a blood clot in his leg.Porter, who had a volatile relationship with Diddy and bore him three children, died at age 47 in 2018 in Toluca Lake, Calif.

She had been suffering flu-like symptoms for days before her passing, and a medical examiner concluded that she suffered from.