Aretha has respect for Puff's performance

Rap mogul Sean "P Diddy/Puff Daddy" Combs was dumbfounded backstage at his Broadway show A Raisin In The Sun as soul legend Aretha Franklin personally praised his performance.

Rap mogul Sean 'P Diddy' Combs was dumbfounded backstage at his Broadway show A Raisin In The Sun as soul legend Aretha Franklin personally praised his performance.

The hip-hop star - who has attracted widespread acclaim for his stage debut - was delighted when the singer made the special trip to meet him just to shower him with compliments.

The rapper portrays frustrated limousine driver Walter Lee Young in the revival of the 1959 play about a working-class family in Chicago, Illinois.