Dawn Richard at the Latin American Music Awards, Dolby Theater, Hollywood, CA, Oct. 8, 2015/Depositphotos *The music industry remains divided following the mixed verdict in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ...

April 2004: Combs makes his Broadway acting debut in “A Raisin in the Sun.” 2005: Combs announces he is changing his stage name to Diddy, getting rid of the P.

Two weeks after the trial, Combs announces he wants to be known as P. Diddy. (Barrow also later changed his name, to Moses Barrow, and became a parliamentarian in his native Belize).