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Gilbert Arenas: “They never gave me a number for Puff though, right? No. But they gave me Beyoncé's number, and said he’d throw a number so high just to signal he didn’t want to do it. Like, ‘I don’t want to do parties and clubs, but if you give me that number, f** it, I’ll take it.’*” “So they gave me Puff’s contact. I hit Puff up and he charged me $200,000. I used to get charged $200,000.” “Once I got his name as the host, Lil Wayne came, T.I. came. Then I made the party private. Everybody and their mama wanted to be there.” “At the same time, I started doing All-Star voting. That year I overtook Vince Carter for the starting spot in the All-Star Game in Vegas.” “Then I renegotiated with Adidas. I was asking for $2 million, and they ended up giving me $5 million a year.” “All right. So yeah, Diddy talked. I f***ed that off though with the gun situation. But I got that deal first. So that’s the question now—” “Basically, I threw a $2 million party to get $40 million.”
A new Diddy accuser claims he was sexually assaulted, raped and humiliated at a "freak-off" party in Miami ... and he says Jay-Z, Beyoncé, LeBron James and Gloria Estefan saw him in rough shape. Diddy is being sued for human trafficking by a Florida man named Manzaro Joseph , who claims Diddy humiliated him at an April 2015 birthday party for King Combs by strapping a penis to his face and parading him around.
Shammgod was especially close with Mase, a quadruple platinum-selling rapper in the late 90s while on the Bad Boy label with Puff Daddy and Biggie Smalls. “I remember one night, me and Mase being so close, we’re arguing, and I’m like, ‘You think you’re going to be Biggie Smalls? You’re never going to be Biggie Smalls.’ This is before he met Puff,” Shammgod said before his Mavericks fell in a 3-0 hole, falling 106-99 to the Celtics on Wednesday night in Dallas. “And he’s telling me, ‘Aww, you think you’re Isiah Thomas? You’re not Isiah Thomas. And then 10 years later, he’s Mase and I’m Shammgod.”
"It's never going to stop," he said. "It's never going to stop, but that don't mean we stop. 'Can't stop, won't stop' is what Diddy says. At the end of the day, we know the turmoil and everything that's going on. They're going to look at Black people how they've always viewed us: Smile in our face and [act like] it's fine. "But at the end of the day, we can't stop. We can't stop speaking up for things that are unjust. We can't stop speaking up about things that we feel are wrong -- or things that are right. And calling out people that literally are simply just bad people."
A 6' 11" former NBA star-turned-DJ and Diddy walk into a bar.There's no punchline here, as Lebanese DJ Rony Seikaly has joined forces with the hip-hop mogul for a new tech house track called "Won't Stop Now." According to a press release, the two have been friends and neighbors in Miami for years. When the storied Syracuse basketball star told Diddy he was developing his debut album, he agreed to hop onboard.
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Last time we looked Memphis Grizzlies controlling owner Robert Pera had weathered a financial storm, moved his head office to Manhattan and watched the stock price for his startup, Ubiquiti Networks, climb into the stratosphere. Now, eight years after the reclusive young Californian bought into Memphis’ professional basketball team, he has made headlines again by spending newsworthy sums. What's he buying? Residential properties on both coasts including a design for a “medieval-like fortress” in Lower Manhattan and a posh Florida residence near entertainer Diddy have cost him over $70 million, The Wall Street Journal reported.
O'Neal encouraged the feverish crowd at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center to chant "Kobe" during his performance. Diddy, who performed after O'Neal, closed his short set by doing the same thing, with the audience happily obliging. "Man, this week was crazy. You know, I'm all about that 'Can't stop, won't stop'; somebody or something got to inspire me. And when I feel like giving up, I swear to God the only person that pops in my head is Kobe shooting in the gym," Diddy said. "It's Kobe coming in early, leaving late. It's Kobe playing hurt."
Shaquille O’Neal plus Miami plus Super Bowl LIV equals Shaq’s Fun House extravaganza on Jan. 31, two days before the big game. "You get the best party in Miami history," O’Neal told USA TODAY Sports by phone on Monday. "I’m bringing out my friends who are Miami legends. ... It should be the best lineup ever at the Super Bowl." The Super Bowl party in Miami features Shaq as DJ Diesel, Pitbull, Diddy, Diplo and Tiesto, plus midway carnival games and rides, circus performers, food and beverages. O’Neal is working on adding another hip-hop star to the event.
He participated in the dunk contest in 2012, jumping over Diddy on one of his dunks. But, the most memorable moment came in his first matchup against Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. “The only time I was really star struck was when I played against Kobe for the first time,” said Budinger. “I grew up a Lakers fan so playing against him my first time was probably my one star struck moment.”
There's no better time of year for Drake to reinforce @champagnepapi than New Year's Eve ... and he definitely didn't disappoint on Monday night with his famous pals. Tons of celebs showed up and showed out to Drizzy's year-end bash at Delilah in West Hollywood, which was aptly dubbed The Mod Selection Champagne New Year's Party. Some of the folks in attendance ... LeBron, KD, Klay Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Diddy, Nas, Chris Brown, Madison Beer, Idris Elba, and more.
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When it became known the Carolina Panthers would become for sale last month, Warriors star Stephen Curry wasn’t shy about his interest in joining music mogul Diddy to from a group to potentially by the team. Curry provided an update to a TMZ camera man on Friday night in Los Angeles, indicating some progress was being made on that front. “Closer than we were yesterday, for sure,” Curry said. “… This is a real thing, so hopefully it happens sooner than later.”
She is one of the most influential celebrities, and on par with soccer star Lionel Messi, according to the Marketing Arm’s Celebrity DBI database. She ranks 150th out of more than 4,000 celebrities, and is particularly effective reaching females between the ages of 13 and 17. According to Forbes, Beyonce is second to Sean “Diddy” Combs on its 2017 list of highest-paid celebrities at $105 million. Her net worth is $350 million, Forbes said. Jay-Z is worth $810 million.
Before games, he’d be prone to devouring an entire plate of orange slices. After them, he’d mock their dancing on Instagram or poke fun at the memes his on-court antics created. He dressed as Puff Daddy for Halloween. The Clippers enjoyed Stephenson enough that one staffer said the team would look to re-sign him this summer, assuming Memphis declines its team option on his deal.
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