Dad's murder drove Diddy to succeed

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was driven to become a successful businessman to avoid the same fate as his father, who was murdered when he was a child.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs was driven to become a successful businessman to avoid the same fate as his father, who was murdered when he was a child.

Combs was just three years old when his dad Melvin, an associate of drug kingpin Frank Lucas, was shot dead in his car in 1972.

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