 His real name's Sean Combs and he was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. He experienced the tragic loss of his father at the age of three. Following this, his family relocated to Mount Vernon, New York, nine years later. There he attended prep school and earned the nickname Puck due to his habit of puffing up his chest during football practice. Although Combs initially pursued a higher education at Howard University in Washington, he left after two years to be a party promoter, background dancer, and a label intern. He did he made his initial mark as a talent director at Uptown Records before venturing out to establish his own record label Bad Boy Records in 1993.