On the morning of the launch of his first network channel, REVOLT TV, Sean “Diddy” Combs was captured in a vulnerable moment speaking of the influence of his father.
Diddy didn’t have much time to get to know his father, who died when he was only 3 years old, however the media mogul is certain he wouldn’t be where he is today without the DNA of his father pumping through his veins.
“My father was killed when I was 3 years old. I don’t have a lot of memories of my father. They say you can’t miss something you never had. That’s only a little ways right,” he said. “There’s definitely been times as I’ve gotten older that I’ve missed my father and his presence not being there, to have someone to ask manly advice and just things that you would ask your father. Also things that you would celebrate with him that would make him proud. My father was a hustler. He was a drug dealer. He was a hustler. So I learned early in life there’s only two ways out of that, dead or in jail. It made me work even harder.
“Sometimes you can’t just ask why things happen, but I definitely think the route that I went on – staying out the streets and hitting my books and trying to be somebody – I think he played a role in that. I think that even if we don’t know our parents, we still have their DNA in us. We have their genes. I have his hustler mentality, his hustler spirit, his drive, his determination. His swag. He’s gonna be on my mind a lot today. My father’s name was Melvin Combs and I’m Melvin’s son, Sean Combs.
“Peace. I’m about to eat my sandwich. Y’all ’bout to make me cry.”
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