Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Interscope Records.
After his climb from a non-paying internship to becoming an A&R; executive at Uptown Records, Sean ("Diddy") Combs was abruptly terminated in 1993 by Andre Harrell. Combs soon founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. Th...
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Bad Boy Records (originally Bad Boy Entertainment) is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, and is distributed by Interscope Records.
After his climb from a non-paying internship to becoming an A&R; executive at Uptown Records, Sean ("Diddy") Combs was abruptly terminated in 1993 by Andre Harrell. Combs soon founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. The label’s first release was "Flava In Ya Ear" by Craig Mack, followed quickly by Mack's debut album, Project: Funk Da World in 1994. On the heels of these releases came "Juicy" and Ready To Die, the lead single and debut album from The Notorious B.I.G. (who would also be referred to as "Biggie"), released the same year. While Mack's album went gold, Ready to Die achieved multi-platinum success. Dominating the charts into 1995, B.I.G. became one of the genre’s biggest names of the day and Bad Boy’s premier star. Also in 1995, the label...
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