It's no secret that Sean "Diddy" Combs has probably seen it all. Growing up as a kid in Harlem, he never dreamed he'd be a music, fashion, television and restaurant mogul. "I dare you to write down all my achievements. It will be overwhelming. Break it down and then say who's number one in hip-hop," he says in the January/Feburary issue of Playboy. "If I'm not inspiring you at this point, you're a lost hope."
During the interview, Diddy puts all his cards on the table, as he opens up about his relationship with J.Lo, his interesting meeting with Michael Jackson, his brief stint dealing drugs and how he tried to lose his virginity ... at age 7!
On Jennifer Lopez: "I'll always cherish her. There are people who come into your life that you'll always love and respect. She's definitely one of them. I feel as though we changed each other's lives. ... It was a different type of feeling. It was being in love with somebody who understands who you are because they are exactly like you."
On a more recent celebrity fling: "There was a young lady who's an actress. She's famous. I liked her, so I was willing to do whatever I had to do... We started spending time together, but we were prisoners of our celebrity. She took me out to dinner after we got to know each other and hit me with a line that was straight out of the movies. She said, 'You know this will never work, right?' I knew she was right...This was going to shake up the world. It would have been a Puff and J. Lo situation, part two."
On trying to lose his virginity: "I tried to lose my virginity when I was seven years old. I was on top of a girl who was nine or 10, but it didn't happen -- so everybody doesn't have to bug out. My mother and the babysitter whipped my ass, but it didn't knock me off my mission."
On when he actually lost his virginity: "When I was 13, and I felt like I was a porno star because I'd been watching porn for so long... I'm proud to say I love sex. You might catch me in a porn store at any given moment -- it ain't nothing I'm ashamed of. If they start sending freaks to jail, I'm guilty as charged."
On meeting Michael Jackson: "He was acting as if he was from the hood. Then he whispered in my ear, 'Where's Beyonce at? I'm trying to meet her.' So I introduced her to Mike. I thought he was coming to meet me but he was focused on Beyonce."
On growing up in Harlem: "Growing up in my neighborhood you didn't want to be a basketball player or a rapper. You wanted to be a drug dealer -- that was a great job to have. It's a ridiculous, stupid, ignorant way to think, but that's the way we were programmed."
On whether he ever sold drugs: "I sold drugs for 48 hours... I'm out there five minutes when three cop cars pull up and officers jump out and start chasing me. I ran and got away. We reconvene in the same place two hours later. Cops jump out and start chasing me again. There's a helicopter overhead with a light following me through the woods... I turned into a scared white Harvard student. God was sending me signals. I told my friends, 'Thanks y'all, but no thanks. This game is not for me.' I walked out that door, and I ain't been around nobody with no drugs. I don't want to see no drugs."
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