Sean “Diddy” Combs’ recent litany of sexual assault lawsuits and an ongoing sex trafficking investigation has put the limelight back on the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper’s past – including his high-profile romances.
Perhaps one of his most memorable relationships to date, though, was with pop superstar Jennifer Lopez.
Although the former couple only dated for two years, they went through the highest highs and lowest lows in the public eye together.
In 1999, when Lopez was riding the wave of her success from the box office hit “Selena,” she was preparing to release her debut album, “On the 6.”
Combs was hired to co-write and produce her track “Feelin’ So Good” featuring Big Pun and Fat Joe, which is how they met and sparks flew.
The mega producer reportedly even played a big role in how Lopez got ahold of her debut single, “If You Had My Love.”
Singer Chanté Moore previously told NPR News and Notes that Combs persuaded Rodney Jenkins to give Lopez the same arrangement that he had already been working on for her track “If I Gave Love.”
“I heard that it was because Puff Daddy walked in and heard my song and said ‘I want that song,’ and he [Jenkins] was like, ‘Well that’s already taken. We wrote that for Chanté,’ and [Combs] was like, ‘I want that song,’” she claimed.
Lopez and Combs went public with their romance for the first time in September 1999 at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the singer wore a bedazzled white crop top, white jeans and a matching bandana.
She was nominated that night for best female video, best new artist in a video, best pop video and best dance video for “If You Had My Love.”
Combs and Lopez continued to dominate Hollywood red carpets with their glamorous fashion moments, but the…
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