Diddy Announces He’s In Semi-Retirement Mode: Will Hip-Hop Miss Diddy?
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 27: Sean "Diddy" Combs speaks onstage at the REVOLT X AT&T Host REVOLT Summit In Los Angeles at Magic Box on October 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for REVOLT)
I’m contemplating, ‘Is there a role for me in music now?; I just know that for me, I would only be able to sign legends,” Diddy said.
In a Rolling Stone cover story, Sean “Diddy” Combs and DJ Khaled discussed their career, being fathers, and what lies ahead for them.
For Diddy, he’s in a mind-frame of “semi-retirement” from the music industry.
“If you don’t see my name on all the Top 10 records, that means I’m not making music,” said Diddy.
As many know, Mr. Sean “Diddy” Combs has been the glue and stamp of approval for many artists such as: Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, 112, and Mary J. Blige. Diddy also produced MMM (Money Making Mitch), a free project that featured Future, French Montana, Big Sean, Lil’ Kim and more.
The 49-year old music mogul helped put these artists on the map but will the hip-hop industry miss him.
Honestly, it’s hard to say considering that hip-hop is taking a completely different direction. However; the public may miss his collaborations and Bad Boy Records as a whole.
But just because Diddy is in semi-retirement mode doesn’t mean he’ll stop getting that bag.
He still has business ventures outside of music. He sign lucrative partnerships with liquor companies, and created the television network station Revolt.
“When I look at what I do, I call myself an inventor: an inventor of culture, an inventor of music, an inventor of disruptive ideas,” Diddy tells Rolling Stone, “What I did with Bad Boy, I look at that as inventing things. It’s not like I put myself in a box and follow what somebody else has done. I have to dream the things that have not been accomplished.”
Diddy also added, “To be honest, my decisions will be made through God. I’m at another frequency and level of music. It would have to be something that God fully put in my heart, like when I heard Biggie or I heard Mary [J. Blige].”
Diddy has been a big part of the hip-hop culture and if he does retire, his legacy will always be. However; he did recently announce on social media that he is bringing back MTV’s “Making the Band” in 2020, so we don’t believe Mr. Sean “Diddy” Combs will be retiring anytime soon.
