Editing Sean Combs (section)

==Personal life==
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===Family and relationships===
[[File:Sean Combs by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|right|Combs with his sons Christian and Justin at the ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'' premiere, 2007]]
Combs is a father to seven children. His first biological child, a son, Justin, was born in 1993 to fashion designer and stylist [[Misa Hylton]]. He attended [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] on a football scholarship and graduated in 2016.<ref name="LATimes Mather June 1, 2012" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Luria |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Diddy's Son, Justin Combs, First In Family To Graduate From College |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/diddy-justin-combs-ucla-graduation-427419/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012065336/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/diddy-justin-combs-ucla-graduation-427419/ |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |access-date=October 1, 2023 |website=VIBE.com}}</ref> Combs had an on-again, off-again relationship with [[Kim Porter|Kimberly Porter]] (1970–2018), which lasted from 1994 to 2007.<ref name="USA Today 2007" />{{sfn|Traugh|2010|p=80}} He raised and adopted [[Quincy (actor)|Quincy]], born 1991,<ref name="Essence 2009" /> Porter's son from a previous relationship with singer-producer and Combs's rival, [[Al B. Sure!]]. Together, they had a son, Christian, born 1998, and twin daughters, born 2006.<ref name="Silverman 2007" /> Porter died of [[pneumonia]] on November 15, 2018.<ref name="AutoRQ-22" /><ref name="AutoRQ-23" />

Five months before the birth of his twins,<ref name="Silverman 2007" /> Combs had a daughter, born to Sarah Chapman. He took legal responsibility for her in October 2007.{{sfn|Traugh|2010|p=80}} Combs was in an 11-year relationship with [[Cassie Ventura]] from 2007 to 2018.<ref name="AutoRQ-3" /><ref name="AutoRQ-4" /> Combs's seventh child was born on October 15, 2022, a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Diddy's Mystery Baby Mama Revealed as 28-Year-Old Cyber Security Specialist |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/12/diddy-daughter-baby-mama-dana-tran-cyber-security-specialist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213000940/https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/12/diddy-daughter-baby-mama-dana-tran-cyber-security-specialist/ |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=TMZ}}</ref> Her mother is Dana Tran.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callas |first=Brad |date=December 27, 2022 |title=Diddy Unveils First Photos of Newborn Baby Daughter Love Sean Combs |url=https://www.complex.com/music/diddy-unveils-first-photos-newborn-baby-daughter-love-sean-combs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112011207/https://www.complex.com/music/diddy-unveils-first-photos-newborn-baby-daughter-love-sean-combs |archive-date=January 12, 2023 |access-date=January 12, 2023 |website=Complex}}</ref>

In November 2022, Combs and his second-eldest son became the first father-son duo to have simultaneous No. 1 hits. Combs reached the top of the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Adult R&B Songs|Adult R&B Airplay]] chart with "Gotta Move On", while his son, under his stage name King Combs, topped [[Mediabase]]'s US Urban Radio chart with "Can't Stop Won't Stop", featuring [[Kodak Black]].<ref name="father-son">{{Cite web |last=Somajor |first=Kim |date=November 22, 2022 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs & King Combs Make History as First Father-Son Duo to Reach No. 1 on US Airplay Charts |url=https://thesource.com/2022/11/22/sean-diddy-combs-king-combs-make-history-as-first-father-son-duo-to-reach-no-1-on-us-airplay-charts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012065336/https://thesource.com/2022/11/22/sean-diddy-combs-king-combs-make-history-as-first-father-son-duo-to-reach-no-1-on-us-airplay-charts/ |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=The Source}}</ref>

Combs owns a home in [[Alpine, New Jersey]], which he purchased for $7{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="NYT Century February 11, 2007" /> In 2018 Combs bought ''[[Past Times (painting)|Past Times]]'', a 1997 painting by [[Kerry James Marshall]] for $21&nbsp;million, establishing a record for a painting by a living black artist.<ref name=NYT18>{{cite news|last=Deb|first=Sopan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/arts/design/marshall-sothebys-auction.html|title=Painting That Hung in a Chicago Convention Center Brings Unexpected Windfall|date=May 17, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=October 29, 2024}}</ref>

===Religious views===
In 2008, he told ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' that he does not adhere to any specific religious denomination. He said, "I just follow right from wrong, so I could pray in a synagogue or a mosque or a church. I believe that there is only one God."<ref name="Walden-2008" />

In a 2023 interview, Combs said he believes that [[Gender of God|God is a woman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frazier |first=Tharpe |date=September 20, 2023 |title=How Diddy Got His Groove Back |url=https://www.gq.com/story/diddy-love-album-off-the-grid-interview |access-date=April 1, 2024 |website=GQ}}</ref>

===Charity work and honors===
[[File:Sean Diddy Combs Hollywood Star.jpg|thumb|Combs's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help [[Inner city|inner-city]] youth, in 1995. Programs include tutoring, life skills classes, and an annual summer camp. Along with Jay-Z, he pledged $1&nbsp;million to help support victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, and donated clothing from his Sean John line to victims. He has donated computers and books to New York schools.{{sfn|Traugh|2010|p=88}}

In 1998, he received a Golden Plate Award from the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Plate Awardees listed by year |url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/all-honorees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221003453/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/all-honorees/ |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]}}</ref> Chicago Mayor [[Richard M. Daley]] named October 13, 2006, as "Diddy Day" in honor of Combs's charity work.{{sfn|Jones|2014|p=94}} In 2008, Combs was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]],<ref name="Today MSNBC May 2008" /> the first male rapper to be so honored.<ref name="Aniftos 2020">{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=February 5, 2020 |title=From 50 Cent to Diddy, Here Are 9 Rappers With Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8550263/rappers-with-stars-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326135133/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8550263/rappers-with-stars-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
[[File:Sean Combs 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Combs in May 2008]]
In 2014, Combs received an [[honorary doctorate]] in Humanities from [[Howard University]], where he gave the [[commencement speech]] for its 146th commencement ceremony. In his speech, Combs acknowledged that his experiences as a Howard student positively influenced his life.<ref name="Aratani 2014" /> In 2016, Combs donated $1&nbsp;million to Howard University to establish the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund to help students who are unable to pay their tuition.<ref name="AutoRQ-24" /><ref name="AutoRQ-5" /> On June 7, 2024, Howard University announced that it was revoking Combs's honorary doctorate. They also returned his $1&nbsp;million donation and terminated his pledge agreement.<ref name="howardrevoked">{{cite news |last1=Frehse |first1=Rob |last2=Respers |first2=Lisa |last3=Campbell |first3=Josh |last4=Wagmeister |first4=Elizabeth |title=Howard University revokes Sean Combs' honorary degree and terminates $2 million gift and pledge agreement |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-howard-university/index.html |access-date=June 8, 2024 |work=CNN |date=June 7, 2024}}</ref>

In 2022, Combs announced during his [[BET Awards 2022|BET Lifetime Achievement Award]] acceptance speech that he will be donating $1&nbsp;million each to Howard University and [[Jackson State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Josh |date=June 27, 2022 |title=In speech, P. Diddy pledges $1 million each to Jackson State, Howard University |url=https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/27/speech-p-diddy-pledges-1-million-each-jackson-state-howard-university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627123101/https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/27/speech-p-diddy-pledges-1-million-each-jackson-state-howard-university/ |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=WLBT TV}}</ref>

===White Parties===

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Combs held a series of parties known as [[Sean Combs's White Party|White Parties]] between 1998 and 2009. The parties had a strict all-white [[dress code]]. A 2024 ''New York Times'' article stated that in the 2000s "few events held the cultural cachet".<ref name="NYTSep24">{{cite news|last1=McKinley|first1=Jesse|last2=Maslin Nir|first2=Sarah|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-white-parties.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241008013107/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-white-parties.html|title=Sean Combs's White Parties Were Edgy, A-List Affairs. Were They More?|date=September 29, 2024|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=October 15, 2024|archivedate=October 8, 2024}}</ref> CNN commented that "there was a time when one of the hottest summer tickets belonged to anyone who was able to score an invite to party" with Combs, and that the parties "marked the peak of his cultural influence".<ref name="CNNSep24">{{cite news|last=Respers France|first=Lisa|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/24/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-white-parties/index.html|title=Sean Combs' lavish White Parties marked the peak of his cultural influence|date=September 24, 2024|work=[[CNN]]|accessdate=October 15, 2024}}</ref>