Musician and media mogul Sean Combs, who has gone by Sean “Puffy” Combs, P.Diddy and just plain Diddy, announced that he is returning to his old stage name Puff Daddy on Tuesday.
Combs, 44, dropped the name Puff Daddy in 2001. His decision to re-adopt his old name comes just before the release of his first album in four years, “MMM.”
Combs announced the change during a trailer clip for “Big Homie,” his upcoming single with Rick Ross and French Montana.
“For the record, I did not change my name,” Combs tweeted under his handle @iamdiddy. “I always have been and always will be PUFF DADDY! Be cool Man lol.”
He followed up with another tweet poking fun at the chatter around his name change: “#DIDDYORDADDY ???”