Sean Combs
Awards & Honours
25
Awards Won
5
Honours
5
Rankings
7
Covers
4
Records
Sean Combs is a three-time Grammy winner whose debut album No Way Out remains a landmark in hip-hop. He made history as the first rapper to have five US number-one singles, and his song I'll Be Missing You was the first hip-hop track to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100. In 2008, he became the first male rapper to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His fashion line Sean John earned him the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year award. Forbes twice named him the richest hip-hop artist, in 2014 and 2017.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
First male rapper to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Honorary Doctorate
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for his contributions to music and business.
CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year
Awarded for his Sean John clothing line.
Key to the City of Miami
Recognized for business and philanthropic contributions.
Guinness World Record
First hip-hop song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (I'll Be Missing You).
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Artists of All Time
Top 100 Artists of the 2000s
50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists
World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists
World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists
Magazine Covers
Rolling Stone
December 1997
Puff Daddy: The King of Hip-Hop
Time
July 1998
The Hustler: How Puff Daddy Built an Empire
Forbes
May 2014
The Richest Man in Hip-Hop
GQ
November 2006
The Return of Diddy
Vanity Fair
September 2010
The Mogul of Music
People
December 1997
Cover story on relationship with Jennifer Lopez
Ebony
March 2007
Diddy: The Man Behind the Empire
Records & Feats
First hip-hop song to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I'll Be Missing You (featuring Faith Evans and 112) debuted atop the Hot 100 in 1997.
First rapper with five US number-one singles
Combs achieved five Hot 100 No. 1s as a lead or featured artist, a first for a rapper.
First male rapper to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Received the star in 2008 for his contributions to music.
First solo artist to replace himself at No. 1 on the Hot 100
Mo Money Mo Problems replaced I'll Be Missing You at No. 1 in 1997.