Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: The ups and downs of a ‘bad boy’ turned businessman

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: The ups and downs of a ‘bad boy’ turned businessman

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. One day, when he was a child, he asked his mother for a new pair of sneakers, but she couldn’t afford them. He recalled in a 2016 CNN interview that his mother almost began to cry upon hearing his request. That day, he said, “my hustle was born.” The man who famously once sang about being a “bad boy for life” had it pretty good for a long time…