Bad Boy Entertainment

Sean "Puffy" Combs founded Bad Boy Entertainment in 1991, and began working with Clive Davis and Arista (BMG) in 1993. The two companies formed Bad Boy Records as a 50/50 joint venture. In 2002 Combs acquired Arista's 50% of their Bad Boy Records joint venture and walks with its complete roster and catalog. Diddy celebrated a new distribution partnership with Universal by releasing an overview of his label, Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary...The Hits, in March of 2004. Universal acquired a 50% stake in Bad Boy Entertainment for $30 million in Feb. 2005. In 2006, Bad Boy worked out a deal with Warner Music Group, which owned about a 50% share of the label. In 2009, Bad Boy left Warner Music Group, and signed a new deal with UMG's Interscope Records. In 2015, Bad Boy signed an another deal with Epic Records, which is currently distributed by Sony Music Entertainment