Wild for the Night: Diddy's Craziest Nightclub Dramas

Puff's been keeping bouncers and bodyguards busy for years.

7. Diddy Lands Deal With Diageo (2008; $100 Million) - How awesome is it to get paid $100 million to become the face of a vodka brand? In 2007, Diddy landed a deal with Diageo to develop the Ciroc brand. Since then it's turned into the vodka of choice for club go-ers, hip hop artists and pretty much anybody in between. Though hip hop artists have been endorsing alcoholic beverages for years, this was one of the first brands with a legit hip hop impresario at the helm pooling all of his resources into making it the du jour vodka brand of choice for those actively a part of the hip hop lifestyle. Years before, Dame Dash and Jay Z had tried their hands at popularizing Armadale vodka but it never quite caught on. Ciroc did. And we're pretty sure it's here to stay. (Photo: Annette Brown/Getty Images)

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Wild for the Night: Diddy's Craziest Nightclub Dramas - Today (November 4) music mogul Diddy celebrates his 42nd birthday. You know what that means. It's a party, it's a party, it's a party! It also means bouncers better be on alert, because when Diddy throws a party things can get out of hand at times. As reported last month, Puff got into some drama at a welcome home party for T.I. in Atlanta that had the Internet buzzing. But that wasn't the first time the rapper-mogul's landed in trouble behind the velvet ropes; whether it's his fault or not, Puff's been keeping bouncers and bodyguards busy for almost two decades now. Read on for a history of Diddy's most infamous night club dramas.

City College Stampede, 1991 - Puff first made headlines when a deadly stampede at a Heavy D concert he was promoting at New York's City College left nine people dead. In 1999, a judge found that he was partially responsible; Puff settled with the victims' families out of court and has always expressed remorse for the incident.(Photo: A. Khosh/Maxppp/Landov)

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City College Stampede, 1991 - Puff first made headlines when a deadly stampede at a Heavy D concert he was promoting at New York's City College left nine people dead. In 1999, a judge found that he was partially responsible; Puff settled with the victims' families out of court and has always expressed remorse for the incident.(Photo: A. Khosh/Maxppp/Landov)

Death Row Employee Shot, 1995 - On Sept. 23, 1995, an argument between members of the entourages of Diddy and Marion "Suge" Knight allegedly led to the shooting death of Jai Hassan-Jamal Robles, aka "Big Jake," an employee of Knight's Death Row Records. Many people cite the shooting as one of the catalysts of the bicoastal rap wars of the mid-'90s.(Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

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Death Row Employee Shot, 1995 - On Sept. 23, 1995, an argument between members of the entourages of Diddy and Marion "Suge" Knight allegedly led to the shooting death of Jai Hassan-Jamal Robles, aka "Big Jake," an employee of Knight's Death Row Records. Many people cite the shooting as one of the catalysts of the bicoastal rap wars of the mid-'90s.(Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)

Club New York Shooting, 1999 - On December 27, 1999, shots rang out at Manhattan's Club New York, where Puff, his ex-boo Jennifer Lopez, then Bad Boy Records artist Shyne and others were chilling. Diddy, Shyne and other members of their crew were arrested later that night. In 2001, in a highly publicized trial over the incident, Diddy was found innocent of several weapons charges, while Shyne was hit with a 10-year bid for attempted murder and assault. (Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters)

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Club New York Shooting, 1999 - On December 27, 1999, shots rang out at Manhattan's Club New York, where Puff, his ex-boo Jennifer Lopez, then Bad Boy Records artist Shyne and others were chilling. Diddy, Shyne and other members of their crew were arrested later that night. In 2001, in a highly publicized trial over the incident, Diddy was found innocent of several weapons charges, while Shyne was hit with a 10-year bid for attempted murder and assault. (Photo: Mike Segar/Reuters)

Alleged Assault, 2007 - In February 2007, an L.A. man said Diddy socked him in the jaw after he objected to the MC-mogul's attempts to woo his fiancée at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel. Diddy said the claims were a "flat-out lie," and the charges were later dropped due to insufficient evidence. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Alleged Assault, 2007 - In February 2007, an L.A. man said Diddy socked him in the jaw after he objected to the MC-mogul's attempts to woo his fiancée at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel. Diddy said the claims were a "flat-out lie," and the charges were later dropped due to insufficient evidence. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Fight at Club Kiosk, 2007 - In October 2007, reports emerged that Diddy had allegedly punched a long-time acquaintance after a heated argument at Manhattan's Kiosk nightclub. Charges were never filed. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Belvedere)

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Fight at Club Kiosk, 2007 - In October 2007, reports emerged that Diddy had allegedly punched a long-time acquaintance after a heated argument at Manhattan's Kiosk nightclub. Charges were never filed. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Belvedere)

Alleged Bodyguard Beatdown, 2011 - In April 2011, photographer Jabari Tilgham filed suit against Diddy and four of his bodyguards, claiming the bodyguards assaulted him for no reason at Atlanta's Club Mansion Elan the previous October. The case is still pending. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Alleged Bodyguard Beatdown, 2011 - In April 2011, photographer Jabari Tilgham filed suit against Diddy and four of his bodyguards, claiming the bodyguards assaulted him for no reason at Atlanta's Club Mansion Elan the previous October. The case is still pending. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Police Escort, 2011 - Diddy made the news again in late April 2011, when he allegedly asked for—and received—a three-car NYPD escort for his motorcade from a Manhattan show to a New Jersey after-party. The incident raised the ire of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "The bottom line is the police department should treat everybody exactly the same," Bloomberg said. "If you don't get a police escort, P. Diddy shouldn't."(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/PictureGroup)

Ciroc Rant, 2011 - Diddy's done it again! Puff was captured on camera cursing, yelling and throwing a drink at a group of partygoers at an after-party he was hosting during the BET Hip Hop Awards weekend in Atlanta. The beef seemingly started because the crew in question was holding up bottles of Grey Goose, a rival to Diddy's Ciroc Vodka. Luckily, T.I. swooped in to squash the beef, telling Diddy, "you got too much money for that."(Photo: GrindHD.com)

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Ciroc Rant, 2011 - Diddy's done it again! Puff was captured on camera cursing, yelling and throwing a drink at a group of partygoers at an after-party he was hosting during the BET Hip Hop Awards weekend in Atlanta. The beef seemingly started because the crew in question was holding up bottles of Grey Goose, a rival to Diddy's Ciroc Vodka. Luckily, T.I. swooped in to squash the beef, telling Diddy, "you got too much money for that."(Photo: GrindHD.com)