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For more than two decades, Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> was one of hip-hop’s most nimble entrepreneurs, spinning his hitmaking talents into a broad business empire that included a record label, a fashion brand, a TV network, deals with liquor companies and a key role in a reality TV show.<\/p>\n Then he was charged<\/a> with forcing, threatening and manipulating two ex-girlfriends into drug-fueled sex marathons<\/a>, with assistance from a network of associates.<\/p>\n Combs denied the allegations and went to trial. The jury acquitted him of racketeering and sex trafficking but convicted him<\/a> of transporting people across state lines to engage in prostitution.<\/p>\n He is set to be sentenced<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n Here is a timeline of major events in his life:<\/p>\n 1990-1999<\/p>\n 1990: Combs, then a student at Howard University, gets his start in the music business with an internship at Uptown Records in New York.<\/p>\n Dec. 28, 1991: Nine people die at a celebrity basketball game promoted by Combs and the rapper Heavy D when thousands of fans try to get into a gym at the City College of New York. A mayoral report lays part of the blame for the catastrophe on poor planning by Combs.<\/p>\n 1992: Combs is one of the executive producers on Mary J. Blige’s debut album, \u201cWhat\u2019s the 411?”<\/p>\n 1993: After being fired by Uptown, Combs establishes his own label, Bad Boy, which quickly cuts a lucrative deal with Arista Records.<\/p>\n 1994: Bad Boy releases Notorious B.I.G.\u2019s album \u201cReady to Die.” Two months later, Tupac Shakur survives a shooting in New York and accuses Combs and Biggie of having prior knowledge of the attack, which they deny. Shakur was later killed in a 1996 shooting in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n 1996: Combs is convicted of criminal mischief after he allegedly threatened a photographer with a gun.<\/p>\n 1997: Biggie is killed in Los Angeles. Combs, then known as Puff Daddy, releases \u201cI\u2019ll be Missing You\u201d in honor of his dead star.<\/p>\n 1998: Combs wins two Grammys, one for best rap album for his debut \u201cNo Way Out\u201d and another for best rap performance by a duo or group for \u201cI’ll Be Missing You\u201d with Faith Evans. Combs’ Sean John fashion line is founded.<\/p>\n April 16, 1999: Combs and his bodyguards are charged with attacking Interscope Records executive Steve Stoute in his New York office in a dispute over a music video. Combs is sentenced to an anger management course.<\/p>\n Dec. 27, 1999: Combs is arrested on gun possession charges after he and his girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Lopez, fled a shooting that wounded three people at a New York City nightclub. Some witnesses tell police Combs was among the people shooting in the club. He is later charged with offering his driver $50,000 to claim ownership of the handgun found in his car.<\/p>\n 2001-2008<\/p>\n March 17, 2001: Combs is acquitted of all charges related to the nightclub shooting. One of his rap prot\u00e9g\u00e9s, Jamal \u201cShyne\u201d Barrow, is convicted in the shooting and serves nearly nine years in prison. Two weeks after the trial, Combs announces he wants to be known as P. Diddy. (Barrow also later changed his name, to Moses Barrow, and became a parliamentarian in his native Belize).<\/p>\n 2002: Combs becomes the producer and star of \u201cMaking the Band,\u201d a talent search TV show.<\/p>\n Feb. 1, 2004: Combs performs at the Super Bowl halftime show along with Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and others. A week later, Combs, Nelly and Murphy Lee win a Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group for \u201cShake Ya Tailfeather.\u201d<\/p>\n April 2004: Combs makes his Broadway acting debut in \u201cA Raisin in the Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n 2005: Combs announces he is changing his stage name to Diddy, getting rid of the P.<\/p>\n March 2008: Combs settles a lawsuit brought by a man who claims Combs punched him after a post-Oscar party outside a Hollywood hotel the previous year. In May, Combs is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n 2015-2022<\/p>\n 2015: Combs is arrested after a confrontation on the campus of UCLA, where one of his sons played football. Assault charges are later dropped.<\/p>\n 2016: Combs launches a Harlem charter school, the Capital Preparatory School<\/a>. Also that year, he announces he is donating $1 million to Howard University.<\/p>\n 2017: Combs is named the top earner<\/a> on Forbes’ list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities, which says he brought in $130 million in a single year.<\/p>\n 2018: Kim Porter<\/a>, Combs’ former girlfriend and the mother of three of his children, dies from pneumonia at age 47.<\/p>\n 2022: Combs receives a lifetime honor<\/a> at the BET Awards.<\/p>\n 2023-2025<\/p>\n Sept. 15, 2023: Combs releases \u201cThe Love Album \u2014 Off the Grid,\u201d<\/a> his first solo studio project since 2006’s chart-topping \u201cPress Play.\u201d<\/p>\n Nov. 16, 2023: R&B singer Cassie<\/a> sues Combs, alleging that during their decade-plus as a couple, he subjected her to abuse, including beatings and rape. A day later, the lawsuit is settled under undisclosed terms. Combs denies the accusations.<\/p>\n Nov. 23, 2023: Two more women accuse Combs<\/a> of sexual abuse in lawsuits. Combs\u2019 attorneys call the allegations false. Dozens of additional lawsuits follow by women and men who accuse Combs of rape, sexual assault and other attacks. Plaintiffs include singer Dawn Richard<\/a>, a \u201cMaking the Band\u201d contestant who alleged years of psychological and physical abuse. Combs denies all the allegations.<\/p>\n March 25, 2024: Federal agents search Combs’ homes<\/a> in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n May 17, 2024: celebrity.land airs video<\/a> that shows Combs attacking and beating Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Two days later, Combs posts videos on social media apologizing for the assault.<\/p>\n Sept. 16, 2024: Combs is arrested<\/a> at his Manhattan hotel. A federal sex trafficking and racketeering indictment<\/a> unsealed the next day accuses him of using his business empire to coerce women into participating in sexual performances. Combs denies the allegations. His attorney calls it an unjust prosecution of an \u201cimperfect person.\u201d<\/p>\n May 5, 2025: Jury selection begins for Combs’ trial.<\/p>\n May 12, 2025: Testimony begins<\/a> in Combs’ trial.<\/p>\n June 30, 2025: Jury deliberations begin<\/a> in Combs’ trial.<\/p>\n July 2, 2025: The jury convicts Combs of two counts of a prostitution-related offense<\/a> but acquits him of higher-level charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.<\/p>\n