There was a golden moment around 1997- when Sean Combs could have been as important and influential in the record industry as Berry Gordy or Gamble/Huff. When he could have absolutely defined the course of hiphop forever. Then he lost his focus. On to one project after another- the restaurants; the clothing line; the entry into the NYC Marathon; the role in the recent Broadway production of Raisin In The Sun. Now this Vote Or Die nonsense. I remember vividly how he made a grand entrance to the NAACP convention here in Philly, replete with his burly bodyguards-on the day before it ended. Or how he couldn't enter Bill O'Reilly's No Spin Zone during the Democratic Convention and not look like he just escaped from a washing machine in spin cycle. Not to mention the frequent appearances before child support judges- as the mothers of his children demand more money. Or how he came dangerously close to losing his Bad Boy empire when Arista Records terminated their business arrangement. Or how his lack of discretion one night almost cost his life, and that of Jennifer Lopez. In short, grow up, Bud. We don't take you very seriously.

Are there other young men getting a similar haircut like the P. Diddy mohawk? That's the first time I have seen that. I will admit to being somewhat sheltered in my comfortable red-state. It does look strange: almost like an on-off button, or a fake hair patch with a secret hidden compartment for hiding valuables. Guess I'm just not that fashionable ...

Yeah, yeah, what G-Money just said, and to add my 2 cents:

Man, shut up, Puffy. You 'on't know nuthin about nuthin.....but that ole black victim talk yo peoplez taught you - all white people's racist, I want my fohty acres an a mule, and me some reparations, blah-blah-blah!!

And you damn well Shine took the fall for you and YOU shoulda been in pokey, pun intended, so shut it up!! Who cares how much money you got?? Immoral, amoral, punk wangsta.

And eat my shorts.

P.Diddy had no choice but to attack bush. His whole vote or die organization was being funded by george Soros. Oops I meant Sean"my child support is too high"combs.

The mohawk didn't work for Kid n' Play and they were exponentially cooler than P.Diddy, so why would P. Diddy think that it would work for him? He lives in an unrealistic realm of reality.

But don't tell him, his new slogan is "Mohawk or Die".

*Sigh*

Commenter Gerald is back from vacation and it is times like this when I believe I should simply hand over the reigns of this website to smarter, more knowledgeable, and wittier people than myself. I believe Sean Combs would be better off facing guillatine style decapation than face your verbal wrath. I bow to your skillz homie.

And Beau, I can't believe you broke out the Bart Simpson lingo with "Eat my Shorts" *dying*

MarcV, thankfully NO, men and boys are not running in droves to get the "P. Diddy" mohawk. Thank GOODNESS. When I outline my worst of list for 2004, better believe that will be on there.

Eric I believe you could be right. Right when I posted that, I received a phone call from someone asserting that chances are sketchy that Combs just LEFT his day job of bopping cats over the head (a la shug nite) to pick up this civic duty of corralling the youth vote and didn't get a paycheck for it. I wish I had an investigative staff where they could go out and find the dirt for me so I can just plop it in HTML form and say "see", toldja so. I'll wait this one out to see what comes to the surface.

Nate: if his new slogan is "Mohawk or Die", I'd hafta choose the latter. At least then I'd be with Jesus...and fashionable.

Ambra, I believe I heard that on Bill " hey ludacris,I'm nastee too!"O'reilly's show when he went into one of his rants about 527's. So yeah,I gotta agree with your caller,Sean "my restaurant serves mediocre, over priced food" Combs isn't going to do anything that doesn't involve publicity and a fat check. Since the election is over, he might want to use the slogan Be dignified or die.

Hey Eric, I love the way you said, "caller", makes it sound like I have my own radio talk show.

Maybe you should look into that,who knows you could be the next Laura Ingraham, sans the blonde hair of course.

Can't say I haven't thought about it, but I dunno if I like to talk that much. I wouldn't be one of those jerky types that just hangs up on people mid-sentence. Then again, maybe I would.

But isn't there that old addage, "So and so has a face for radio". Does being on the radio indirectly imply that one is a hag? Just curious.

Come on now,any right-wing radio host worth his or her weight in gold,must hang up on folks.It's mandatory. "havin a face for radio" does imply that one is a hag,especially if you look like Michael Savage or Teresa Heinz.

Amazing. A 48-year-old balding overweight white male is called G-Money. A rare and wonderful achievement. Thanks, B.

You're welcome Gerald........that post was money, G.

Had to do it, Ambra. Truth be told, stinky-mouth Bart's suggestion is most apropos when I'm feeling like a guy named Cheney on an otherwise clean & respectable blogspot. I still haven't forgotten the taste of Irish Spring, ya know whut ah mean?

What? Like I was the only one who got the "wash your mouth out with soap" treatment.

He needs to grow up. He loves to be the center of attention, loves to be seen and it does nothing for him. I can remember watching the music awards when he arrived, he kept trying to talk about his yacht over and over. When I saw that ridiculous haircut on that blue-black man and a grown ass one at that all I could do was shake my head. He's a diffrent kind of Michael Jackson cause he too needs to grow up. He needs to keep those shades on to try and hide as much of his-self as he possibly can. As an african american woman, I am embarrassed by him and I find him appauling.