“See, Diddy is my nickname. Love is my actual identify. I simply modified my identify to Love,” stated the person born Sean Combs throughout his ultimate look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in Might 2022. “Sean Love Combs—that’s what it says on my driver’s license; that’s my official identify, Love.” Nonetheless, it appears the rapper, who was arrested in New York on September 16 and charged with racketeering, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, isn’t just a determine of sensuality.
Diddy has an extended checklist of identified companions over time, however with the current surge in allegations—120 new claims since October 1, together with 25 victims who have been minors—his lifetime of “love” has revealed a extra troubling aspect.
Diddy constantly claimed that his companion Kim Porter would at all times maintain a particular place in his coronary heart, however rumors surrounding his sexual historical past and alleged abuse have emerged since her dying in 2018. He has additionally notably dated Jennifer Lopez, Lori Harvey, Yung Miami, and extra. The hip-hop icon and spirits connoisseur’s relationship historical past has not been with out drama. In November 2023, Cassie Ventura accused the rapper of a sequence of alleged offenses, together with claims of rape and abuse. Though the case was reportedly settled, CNN revealed safety footage from 2016 exhibiting Diddy kicking his then-partner in a Los Angeles lodge on Might 19. Since then, Diddy has confronted a number of sexual assault accusations and was taken into custody by federal brokers in September 2024, following raids on his properties earlier that 12 months.
Right here’s what you might want to learn about every of his most notable romantic relationships.
Kim Porter
Combs started relationship Porter in 1994. “The primary time I noticed her, she was on the studio along with her ex-boyfriend,” Diddy informed Essence, referring to singer Al B. Positive, the daddy of Kim’s oldest little one, Quincy Taylor Brown. “I wasn’t making an attempt to holler at her or something, however I used to be admiring her—her lips, her eyes, her mouth, her form, her power—and pondering, ‘I want I had a lady like that.’”
“She type of made me nervous,” he continued. “She wasn’t like a New York lady. She was Bohemian, combined with Georgia-peach hospitality. I bought the concept she’d like doing stuff like strolling barefoot within the grass. I didn’t assume I may get her to love me. She was clean, you understand, like ice. She’s cool and picked up and thinks earlier than she speaks. You meet numerous younger girls, they usually simply don’t try this. Kim was by no means pressed; she was at all times in management.”
Whereas Kim was in management, Diddy wasn’t at all times in charge of his love. Kim and Diddy break up in 1999, as he started seeing Lopez. The 2 rekindled their love in 2003, earlier than splitting for good in 2007.
Throughout their time collectively, Diddy and Kim began a household. They welcomed Christian Combs in 1998 and twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James Combs in 2006. Diddy would additionally assist elevate Quincy, finally adopting the boy as his son.
Tragically, Kim handed away in 2018 on the age of 46. She died in her sleep from lobar pneumonia.
Misa Hylton Brim
Misa Hylton Brim is a designer and stylist credited with placing collectively some unbelievable seems from the Nineties, per Capital XTRA. She is also referred to as Diddy’s highschool sweetheart and the mom of his son, Justin Combs. Misa and Diddy welcomed Justin in 1993. Since then, they’ve co-parented their son collectively.
“Kim, for the final 20 years we have now raised our youngsters collectively, my thoughts can not start to wrap across the reality that you’re not going to be right here,” Misa wrote following Porter’s dying, per PEOPLE. “Thanks for being a 2nd mom to Justin and for loving Niko and Madison simply the identical,” she added, referring to her youngsters from one other relationship.
Sarah Chapman
Diddy had a short romance with Sarah Chapman within the early 2000s. It was lengthy sufficient for them to welcome a daughter, Probability Combs, who was born shortly earlier than twins D’Lila and Jessie. The romance didn’t final for much longer after Probability’s delivery, although Sarah didn’t appear to carry any sick will. When Kim Porter handed away, she too mourned the loss.
“Relaxation in paradise Kim, and know your children are coated in prayer and love,” she wrote on Instagram, per PEOPLE. “Your gentle will at all times shine through your youngsters and the way in which all of them love one another is a blessing past phrases.”
Jennifer Lopez
One of many highest-profile romances of the late ’90s/early 2000s was that of Sean Combs and Jennifer Lopez. In 1999, Sean started relationship J.Lo (whereas he was nonetheless with Kim, which triggered the break up.) J.Lo and Diddy stayed collectively for 2 years,
“The Puffy period was simply type of a loopy, heightened time in my life. You realize, Puffy and I each grew up within the Bronx,” J.Lo informed The Breakfast Membership in 2019. “He had been within the music enterprise and had all this success; I used to be simply beginning and making my first album after I met him. He grew to become type of a mentor to me in that second. We had this type of loopy, tumultuous relationship that led to a bang.”
“It was undoubtedly a second however I felt prefer it was mandatory,” she added. “He was meant to be in my life at that second to show me what I wanted to know concerning the music enterprise, about what sort of artist I needed to be within the music trade.”
The couple introduced their break up on Valentine’s Day 2001. “Mr. Combs confirmed that he and his love, Jennifer Lopez, have, actually, damaged up,” his publicist stated on the time, per Newsweek. “Mr. Combs is confirming this in the present day, as he needed to place all of the rumors surrounding their relationship to relaxation. At this troublesome time, we ask that you simply respect his privateness.”
J.Lo would later say in an interview that she ended issues as a result of she’d by no means have the household life she needed with the rapper. Plus, who can neglect the drama of the Dec. 1999 nightclub capturing that noticed Diddy and J.Lo arrested, earlier than they have been in the end cleared of all fees.
Naomi Campbell
For a sizzling second, Diddy was romantically linked to one of the vital stunning ladies on the planet. Courting rumors swirled round Diddy and Naomi Campbell in 2001, when the 2 have been photographed collectively in British Vogue in 2001. It’s thought that issues went romantic in 2002, however the couple by no means confirmed a relationship. Issues remained platonic after the tip of their rumored romance.
Cassie
Cassie (aka Cassie Ventura) started relationship the Dangerous Boy Icon in 2007. The on-and-off romance was principally secret till 2012. The couple went public with their love, which continued till they break up in 2018. Diddy was reportedly not excited by placing a hoop on Cassie’s finger, so she left him. 4 years after that breakup, Diddy launched a track about how he needed to “transfer on” and cease mourning the loss. Nonetheless, in 2022, he thanked Cassie “for holding me down at midnight occasions” when accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award on the BET Awards.
Since splitting from Puff, Cassie married Alex Nice in 2019, and the couple welcomed two youngsters collectively. However in November of 2023, she filed a lawsuit in New York Metropolis, alleging quite a lot of complaints, together with rape and abuse throughout their relationship, in opposition to the rapper. In papers filed in Federal District Courtroom in NYC and reported on by the New York Occasions, she leveled accusations of “rape, and of repeated bodily abuse over a couple of decade.”
“After years in silence and darkness I’m lastly prepared to inform my story, and to talk up on behalf of myself and for the advantage of different ladies who face violence and abuse of their relationships,” she stated in a press release obtained by the NYT.
Combs hit again onerous by way of a press release by his lawyer, Ben Brafman. “Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations,” Combs’ rep stated in a press release. “For the previous six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, below the specter of writing a harmful guide about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. Regardless of withdrawing her preliminary menace, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to submitting a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s repute and searching for a payday.”
Cameron Diaz
Thought of extra of a short-term fling between two ’90s icons, Diddy and Cameron Diaz had a short romance in 2008. In 2014, Us Weekly reported that Diddy was at a dinner the place the topic of Cameron relationship Benji Madden got here up and stated “If I may flip again time, issues can be completely different.”
Lori Harvey
One among Diddy’s most up-to-date amorous affairs was with Steve Harvey’s daughter, Lori Harvey. The 2 sparked speak of a romance in July 2019, after they have been noticed spending time collectively. Diddy even joined Lori on trip in Italy with the Household Feud host and Steve’s spouse, Marjorie Elaine Harvey. Nonetheless, the connection (that neither publicly confirmed) didn’t final that lengthy. Lori stopped following Diddy on-line in October 2019 after he was noticed out with one other lady.
Gina Huynh
Gina Huynh, a Los Angeles-based mannequin, was as soon as linked to Diddy in 2019. In 2022, following the Billboard Awards, Gina claimed that she and Diddy have been giving love a second shot by posting an image of him kissing her cheek on her Instagram Story. This caught the eye of Puff’s girlfriend on the time, Yung Miami, who referred to as out for “anyone, please give this lady some consideration.”
Yung Miami
“I’m single. However I’m relationship, I’m simply taking my time with life,” Diddy stated on the June 9, 2022, episode of Caresha Please, the podcast hosted by his then-girlfriend Yung Miami. Regardless that Diddy stated he was single, he acknowledged that he and Miami (b. Caresha Brownlee) have been an merchandise. “We’re relationship. We go have dates. We’re buddies,” he stated. “We go to unique areas. Now we have nice occasions.”
“You’re like one of many realest folks I’ve ever met and also you’re authentically your self,” he informed her on the podcast. “You’re a fantastic mom and a fantastic good friend. We simply have an excellent time.”
Nonetheless, the rapper confirmed in an April 2023 interview with The Reduce that she’s not relationship the Dangerous Boy Data mogul. “We’re nonetheless buddies! We’re nonetheless good buddies!” she stated. “However we’re single. That’s not my man.” She additional defined that the connection had been intensely intimate.
“We have been f*cking with one another onerous. We have been collectively day-after-day at one level,” she stated. “He supported me, I supported him. I’ll let the web name it no matter they need to name it.”
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