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Call Him Diddy, Dammit!

by celebuzz on Jun. 10, 2008 12:04 PM / 6 Comments

Contrary to a story "being blogged all over the world," Sean Combs has not reverted to any of his previous monikers.

The rumors swirled after Diddy, or whatever his label is, contributed some raps to his former stylist O'Neal McKnight's first single: "They call me Puff Daddy...he's back/ Yeah, you heard me right/ I said Puff Daddy/ I'm about to back on that Puff Daddy sh*t."

And the world picked it up, with reports aplenty chronicling the change and asking why he'd go back to a name he'd finally shed.

Then he took to YouTube to protest the reports. "I did not change my name, I did not change my name, I did not change my name," the rapper said, with just a hint of mocking irony, eventually seguing to a king-of-the-world rant.

The world picked it up again. And now the joke, friends, is on us. This guy can work it like nobody's business. Truth is, he doesn't care what we call him, as long as we do.

Now, maybe we should stop.

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“P. Diddy showed himself to be Web-friendly, politically active and um, multifaceted yesterday when he posted a myspace video blog clarifying that he has NOT changed his motherfucking name back to Puff Daddy.

He does, however, still employ previous names in order to have conversations with himself.

Check out Sean Combs engaging 'Puff Daddy,' 'Puffy' and 'Diddy' in a heated discussion about his various names, voting, being black, designing clothes, his kids, and being rich.

Our boy was sounding pretty down to earth until the halfway point, when his modesty did a 180. And suddenly the hip-hop mogul sounded neither grounded nor humble, but rather crazy and cocky.

Well at least he put things into perspective--worry less about P. Diddy's name, more about his mental health voting on his Birthday!”

Pacific Coast News

“Sean "Diddy" Combs decided to ignore the driver before his Tribe partying in Montreal and take a stroll instead. It's just too bad he had to take his whole entourage along with him. Is that even relaxing?

I wish he had taken some more time to clear up his name change rumors yet again, especially after he posted on his MySpace "This is your boy Puff Daddy!!! Yes Puff Daddy." Even though his rep denied the rumors now, I'd love to check his autograph below just to make sure.

Update: Gee, thanks! Diddy posted Blog No. 4 to let us know that he didn't change his name, and that we bloggers need to tell you to vote instead. So, from Diddy: Vote or Die.”

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rockinout 1 yr 5 mos ago
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so true dude
missamericandream 1 yr 5 mos ago
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i love diddy- he's so much more talented than most rappers in the hip hop game right now.
mraniston 1 yr 5 mos ago
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who cares what we call him- just come out with some decent stuff, none of this "last night" crap
mcdreamyisme 1 yr 5 mos ago
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diddy needs to diedy
cameronkitty 1 yr 5 mos ago
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i love how he turns it into his advertisment for rock the vote. i mean its important, but cmon diddy/daddy/douche/whateveryour nameis
hispanicatthedisco 1 yr 5 mos ago
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P. Diddy? More like P. Sh*tty!