According to the Associated Press, Sean "Diddy" Combs is being sued for more than $19 million by a former consultant to his Bad Boy Entertainment Inc. company.
James Sabatino, who is currently incarcerated for an unrelated crime, says he flew the late Notorious B.I.G. to Miami in 1994 to do a show and record tracks. Diddy agreed to pay Sabatino $200,000 for the 17 minutes of vocals and a video recording of the session in the wake of B.I.G.'s murder.
Diddy paid him $25,000, according to the suit, and promised to pay him the rest within 60 days. But when Sabatino was named a "person of interest" in Biggy's murder, Diddy decided to delay payment for fear of guilt by association, according to the suit.
Regardless of the outcome of the suit, it will not be the first time Diddy has come under scrutiny for his handling of Notorious B.I.G.'s music after his death. He came under fire last year for the release of a "duets" album called Duets: The Final Chapter, which was widely seen as a cynical exploitation of the artist's legacy, featuring collaborations with artists he never would have worked with.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-07-2007 @ 9:21PM
jim said...
It's Combs....
10-08-2007 @ 1:07PM
rido said...
Mary J. Blige talks about about her memories of P. Diddy when he was an intern at Uptown Records. See #11 on the list.
http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=449&src=tst120
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