The arrest and heavily publicized raid on his homes mark a rapid downfall for the powerful mogul who in recent years has vied to rebrand as ‘Brother Love’.
The music mogul's arrest in New York on Monday follows a raid in March by armed federal agents on his luxury properties in Miami and Los Angeles that had suggested an investigation into him was under-way.The arrest and heavily publicized raid on his homes mark a rapid downfall for the powerful mogul who in recent years has vied to rebrand as"Brother Love."founded the Bad Boy record label in 1993, with proteges including the late Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J.
He has no major convictions but has long been trailed by allegations of physical assault, dating back well into the 1990s. The bombshell suit was quickly settled out of court, but a string of similarly lurid sexual assault claims followed -- including one in December by a woman who alleged Combs and others gang-raped her when she was 17.
The rapper is also facing a string of civil lawsuits that characterize him as a violent sexual predator who used alcohol and drugs to subdue his victims. He was fired from Uptown, and founded his own label, Bad Boy Records. Thus began a quick ascent to the top of East Coast hip hop. He was also a Grammy-winning rapper in his own right, debuting with the chart-topping single"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and his album"No Way Out."
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