1. Headline
  1. Headline
Advertise | AdChoices

Rapper P. Diddy becomes just Diddy

He says ‘the P was getting in between us’

Advertise | AdChoices

Video: Dropping the 'P' from Diddy

Open in new window

updated 8/19/2005 3:05:51 PM ET 2005-08-19T19:05:51

NEW YORK — It’s not P. Diddy any more. It’s just Diddy.

Rapper-producer-clothing designer Sean Combs tells MTV News he’s chosen a new name for himself. He says he’s going with just “Diddy” because “the P was getting in between us.”

Combs -- or Diddy -- says a lot of his friends in the music business have been calling him Diddy anyway, but his fans didn’t know what to call him.

Diddy will host the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami on Aug. 28.He’s promising “the unveiling of Diddy” at that event.

He was previously known as Sean “Puffy” Combs, then Puff Daddy, then P. Diddy.

© 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Advertise | AdChoices
Advertise | AdChoices
Advertise | AdChoices

Discuss:

Advertise | AdChoices

Discussion comments

“ ”

Expand Collapse
,
Reply
Advertise | AdChoices
Advertise | AdChoices
Advertise | AdChoices

Most active discussions

  1. votes comments
  2. votes comments
  3. votes comments
  4. votes comments

More on TODAY.com

None
US News
  1. NBC News
    US News

    3 young kids abandoned in shed near vacant house

    5/25/2012 3:08:44 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T15:08:44
None
The Bottom Line
  1. The Bottom Line

    The man who covertly lived at AOL

    For two months late last year, entrepreneur Eric Simons toiled -- and squatted -- at the Palo Alto campus of America Online: eating, exercising, showering, laundering his clothes, and sleeping in dark nooks, all while trying to keep his life habits a secret.

    5/25/2012 1:42:25 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T13:42:25
None
Entertainment
  1. National Archives
    Entertainment

    Can WWII film hidden by Army help veterans?

    5/25/2012 4:43:26 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T16:43:26
None
  1.
    Toyota Concert Series

    Pitbull gives TODAY ‘Everything’ on the plaza

    video Latin music superstar Pitbull rocks the plaza with a song that made it to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts, “Give Me Everything.”

    5/25/2012 1:24:57 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T13:24:57

  2. Al, Savannah, Jenna rock out to Pitbull

    Pitbull's performance electrified our plaza, and our anchors grooved right along to his tunes.

    5/25/2012 4:20:41 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T16:20:41

  3. video ‘Mr. Worldwide’ heads ‘Back in Time’

    video Armando Perez, also known as Pitbull, gets the plaza bumping with his new song “Back in Time,” which is featured in the highly anticipated film, “Men in Black 3.”

    5/25/2012 1:25:29 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T13:25:29
  4. TODAY
None
  1.  TODAY
    Pets & Animals

    video Explosives strapped to dog, pup survives

    5/25/2012 4:26:25 PM +00:00 2012-05-25T16:26:25