https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:23:49 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/ https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2019 20:11:24 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?post_type=featured&p=340144 This article originally appeared in the February 1997 issue of SPIN. Imagine you are Snoop Doggy Dogg, the best and biggest-selling rapper of the '90s, hero to millions of kids. It's less than a week before the release of Tha Doggfather, your first real album in three years, a cinch to go No.]]> https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/11/sean-combs-has-changed-his-name-to-love/ https://www.spin.com/2017/11/sean-combs-has-changed-his-name-to-love/#respond Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:01:28 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=265300 Sean Combs has gone through a lot of names. First he was Puff Daddy. Then he was P. Diddy, only to drop the P five years later to become "Diddy," which was later expanded to encompass group Diddy—Dirty Money. Yesterday on his birthday, Combs took to Twitter to share a video that revealed he was… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/11/sean-combs-has-changed-his-name-to-love/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/07/diddy-watcha-gon-do-ft-the-notorious-b-i-g-rick-ross/ https://www.spin.com/2017/07/diddy-watcha-gon-do-ft-the-notorious-b-i-g-rick-ross/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2017 15:11:06 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=250522 Puff Daddy, the newly minted highest paid entertainer in the world, would like to prove that he’s still actually an entertainer. He’s just premiered two versions of a new song, "Watcha Gon’ Do" and "Bad Boy Watcha Gon’ Do? Dre Day," both featuring Rick Ross and posthumous contributions from Biggie, on tonight’s (July 22) episode of OVO… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/07/diddy-watcha-gon-do-ft-the-notorious-b-i-g-rick-ross/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/07/p-diddy-cant-stop-wont-stop-review/ https://www.spin.com/2017/07/p-diddy-cant-stop-wont-stop-review/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:29:55 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=248281 4:44, JAY-Z frequently and explicitly lays out his long-held belief in how black freedom is attainable through both artistic expression and wealth. He was hardly rap's first exemplar of the principle—that might be Russell Simmons—but he is close enough to its most grandiose proponent: Diddy, aka Puff Daddy, aka P. Diddy, aka Sean "Puffy" Combs.]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/07/p-diddy-cant-stop-wont-stop-review/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/06/diddy-bad-boy-documentary-cant-stop-wont-stop-stream/ https://www.spin.com/2017/06/diddy-bad-boy-documentary-cant-stop-wont-stop-stream/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=246885 Diddy himself, is now available to stream on Apple Music. The film centers on the run-up to the label's reunion concert in Brooklyn last year, but also tells the history of the label through Diddy's eyes, focusing, of course,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/06/diddy-bad-boy-documentary-cant-stop-wont-stop-stream/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/03/puff-daddy-bad-boy-entertainment-reunion-tour-announcement-notorious-big-tribute-brooklyn-jay-z-mary-j-blige-lil-kim-tickets/ https://www.spin.com/2016/03/puff-daddy-bad-boy-entertainment-reunion-tour-announcement-notorious-big-tribute-brooklyn-jay-z-mary-j-blige-lil-kim-tickets/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:10:31 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=189020 reunion tour, and the kickoff has been announced: BBE artists will perform May 20 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center in honor of borough's native, late rapper, and future hologram Notorious B.I.G. Biggie would have been 44 on May 21. The lineup features Diddy, R&B star Faith Evans (who was married to B.I.G.), Lil']]> https://www.spin.com/2016/03/puff-daddy-bad-boy-entertainment-reunion-tour-announcement-notorious-big-tribute-brooklyn-jay-z-mary-j-blige-lil-kim-tickets/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2015/06/p-diddy-arrested-assault-son-ucla-football-coach/ https://www.spin.com/2015/06/p-diddy-arrested-assault-son-ucla-football-coach/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=149712 Update: Diddy's representatives have issued a statement about the alleged assault to the Associated Press. "The various accounts of the event and charges that are being reported are wholly inaccurate,"Combs Enterprises rep Nathalie Moar said. "What we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr. Combs were solely defensive in nature to protect himself and… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2015/06/p-diddy-arrested-assault-son-ucla-football-coach/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2014/10/puff-daddy-jennifer-lopez-booty-access-hollywood/ https://www.spin.com/2014/10/puff-daddy-jennifer-lopez-booty-access-hollywood/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:23:51 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2014/10/puff-daddy-jennifer-lopez-booty-access-hollywood/ Summer of Ass. Although she didn't kick it off, Jennifer Lopez reclaimed her status as the greatest of all time in such matters with her and Iggy Azalea's metaphor-light video for "Booty."Just in case anyone thought one of her challengers had surpASSed her (sorry), no less an… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2014/10/puff-daddy-jennifer-lopez-booty-access-hollywood/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2014/04/nas-jay-z-diddy-puff-daddy-coachella-2014-video/ https://www.spin.com/2014/04/nas-jay-z-diddy-puff-daddy-coachella-2014-video/#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:42:53 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2014/04/nas-jay-z-diddy-puff-daddy-coachella-2014-video/ broke it down onstage nearby, Jay Z made a special appearance during Nas' Coachella set. The former rivals rapped together on Hov's classic tracks "Dead Presidents" and "Where I'm From." Soon after, Puff Daddy (yes, he's changed his handle yet again) joined Nasty Nas for a quick duet of their 1999 collaboration… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2014/04/nas-jay-z-diddy-puff-daddy-coachella-2014-video/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2013/05/diddy-downton-abbey-hoax-funny-or-die/ https://www.spin.com/2013/05/diddy-downton-abbey-hoax-funny-or-die/#respond Thu, 16 May 2013 12:37:56 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2013/05/diddy-downton-abbey-hoax-funny-or-die/ Downton Abbey aficianados and the chagrin of train-wreck lovers everywhere, Diddy will not be joining the cast of the hit British period drama. This despite a series of straight-faced tweets from the artist formerly known as [insert any iteration of the words "Puff" and "Daddy"] announcing that he'd become a regular… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2013/05/diddy-downton-abbey-hoax-funny-or-die/feed/ 0