At his peak, Diddy hosted large-scale white parties with a huge guest list from 1998 to 2009.
The "White Party" was revealed from many testimonies to be an unimaginable, debauched party with stimulants, drugs and alcohol.
Diddy reportedly began hosting annual parties in 1998 to assert his presence among New York's Hamptons elite.
The rapper's dream was to combine his colorful hip-hop life with the East Coast elite lifestyle and "put it all on the same color, the same level," Diddy once told host Oprah Winfrey in a 2006 interview.
From the very beginning, Diddy's white party series was very popular, attracting entertainment talent and industry moguls.
The guest list was originally said to max out at 1,000 people, all of whom were required to wear all white, according to THR.
The public was abuzz when they looked back at the past white parties, with the most "huge" guest list in the American entertainment industry. From Paris Hilton, Khloe Kardashian, Mariah Carey, Nick Carter, rapper Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Ashanti, Diana Ross, Owen Wilson, to Bruce Willis, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Brand, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker...
However, the fact that artists attended Diddy's white party does not mean they are involved in the rapper's scandals.
“The party seemed to get bigger and bigger as corporate sponsors joined in and Combs used it to launch perfumes, vodkas, and more,” according to a 2016 GQ article.
25 years ago, Diddy seemed to "prophesy" his own future when he continued to hold white parties.
In a clip from a 1999 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Diddy spoke about his white parties that have resurfaced on social media: “People don’t want me to do them anymore. But we’re not going to stop. We’re going to keep having fun. Bringing people from all walks of life together.”
“You’re going to hear about my parties. People are going to shut me down, arrest me… But we do all kinds of crazy things just to have a good time,” the rapper said.
Sean “Diddy” Combs, 54, was arrested in New York on the evening of September 16. The arrest came about six months after authorities searched Diddy’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami as part of an investigation into allegations of sex trafficking and assault.
Diddy pleaded not guilty at his court appearance on September 17 and requested to be released on $50 million bail. However, Diddy's bail request was denied by the judge.
Diddy boasted about his multimillion-dollar business empire for decades, but was accused of running the company as a “criminal enterprise,” engaging in and concealing sex trafficking, forced labor and bribery, according to a 14-page indictment released on September 17.
The indictment accuses Diddy of creating “an illegal scheme to make money” by “engaging in a pattern of ongoing abuse against women and other individuals” since 2008.
Diddy's real name is Sean "Diddy" Combs, born in 1969, also known by many nicknames such as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy. Diddy is an American businessman, music producer, rapper and actor.
Diddy rose to fame in the 1990s when he founded the record label Bad Boy Records, helping to discover and promote the careers of popular hip-hop and R&B artists such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige.
