January is National Mentoring Month. In light of this, Heavy D has written a very nice post about Diddy over at Global Grind, saying that Diddy became a mentor to him.

He also talks about Diddy's struggles and obstacles when he was coming up and how their relationship grew when Heavy D brought a young Mr. Combs everywhere with him. Check it out, it's a good read.

Yesterday, we reported that the official Diddy Beats website had a special offer for pre-orders of the new Diddy inspired headphones. The offer was a sample from Dirty Money's upcoming album, "Last Train to Paris," as well as a limited edition t-shirt.

We also mentioned that Best Buy was now accepting orders, too, but did not have any mention of the pre-order bonuses. Well, I've confirmed with MONSTER, the company responsible for the manufacturing of Diddy Beats, that Best Buy will be providing the very same offer and they have now added pink to their online store. So, you can pre-order from either site and receive the bonuses.

The official Diddy Beats site has launched. As has a special pre-sale offer with Beats by Dr. Dre. If you pre-order one of three colors from them for $149, you'll receive a free t-shirt and a sample from Diddy's next album, "Last Train to Paris." It's unclear what the sample will consist of, but I am attempting to find out.

Best Buy also has the black and white models for pre-order, but does not make any mention of the special t-shirt and sample offer. Update: Best Buy will have the pre-order offer, as well, and has added pink to their lineup.

The product pages on the Diddy Beats site say that the headphones will be available in April. Earlier today, the official Sean John blog suggested they would be available in March.

According to the Sean John blog, Diddy Beats will be in-stores in March.

Diddy Beats are the new in-ear headphones (pictures) created through a partnership between Diddy and Beats by Dr. Dre.

Clizbeats.com has an interview with D.A. Wallach, one half of the duo Chester French. The interview is focused around the making of the "Ciroc Star" music video, which premiered earlier today.

The music video for Chester French's "Ciroc Star" has premiered online and you can check it out below. The track features Diddy, Jadakiss and Clinton Sparks. The video has cameos from Rick Ross, will.i.am, apl.d.ap, Floyd Mayweather and Cassie. It was directed by Spiff TV.

For the video, "Hangover 2" has been added to the title and it seems to fit as the video is more of a montage of a fun weekend as opposed to a traditional music video.

Following part 1, here is part 2 of "Cirocumentary," a behind the scenes look at the music video shoot for "Ciroc Star" by Chester French featuring Diddy, Jadakiss and Clinton Sparks. Despite what the poster for the video said, the video did not premiere on Thursday. Part 3 of "Cirocumentary" is coming.

According to the movie poster for the "Ciroc Star" music video, included below, the clip will be released today "everywhere." It's unclear what time or where. But, hopefully it'll be out sometime today.

Latifah Muhammad at The Boombox reports that Diddy and Queen Latifah will host BET's upcoming Haiti relief telethon, "S.O.S. Saving OurSelves: Help for Haiti." According to Rap-Up.com, the show will air at 8 PM ET on February 5 on BET, Centric, MTV and VH1. Performers will include Ciara, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, Justin Beiber and Robin Thicke.

In honor of her 52nd birthday on Tuesday, a number of celebrities teamed to offer their wishes via video to Ellen DeGeneres. This included Diddy, Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carrey, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban, Mary J. Blige and more. Check out the video.

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The February issue of Vogue features a "Last Train to Paris" themed spread with Diddy and model Natalia Vodianova. The feature is now online. View the spread and check out a behind the scenes video below.

In the video, Diddy explains that this new shoot commemorates the 10th anniversary of his first Vogue magazine spread. Note, in the first shot, Diddy is joined by Dirty Money's Dawn Richard and Kalenna, as well as Tyrese, D-Roc and Capricorn Clark.

On his Twitter, Clinton Sparks mentioned that the new trailer for the music video to "Ciroc Star" was available on WSHH. You can watch it below (check out previous behind the scenes footage).

M. Feenz has a report from the 16th birthday party of Justin Combs, which was filmed for MTV's "My Super Sweet 16."

According to the report, Diddy gave Justin a Maybach and Nicki Minaj accompanied the birthday boy as his date for the evening. Justin's mother Misa Hylton, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Lil' Kim, LeSean McCoy and others were also in attendance. Juelz Santana, DJ Webstar, Jim Jones, G. Dep, Fabolous and Trey Songz performed. See videos from the performances and party below.

Juelz Santana, DJ Webstar and Jim Jones performing "Dancing On Me," "We Fly High," "Pop Champagne" and "Back to the Crib":

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Necole Bitchie reports that a Diddy featured photo spread is included in the February 2010 issue of Vogue magazine. It's train themed, in honor of the upcoming Dirty Money album "Last Train to Paris."

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The New York Post's Page Six reports that Diddy is planning a big party to celebrate the 16th birthday of his son Justin Combs.

The party will be on January 23 and guests will include Dirty Money (who will be performing), Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Kim, Floyd Mayweather and maybe Jay-Z and Beyonce. In lieu of gifts, all guests are being asked to make a donation to benefit Haiti. AllHipHop.com is reporting that the venue is M2 Ultra Lounge in Manhattan.

The Post story was linked from Justin's Twitter account, which is followed by Diddy's account.

The party will be filmed by MTV for an episode of "My Super Sweet 16" which Justin says may air in April.

In the clip below, shared on DJ Khaled's Twitter, Khaled mentions that Diddy will be featured on his upcoming album "Victory."

Care of Diddy's Twitter, check out this behind the scenes clip from the "Angels (Remix)" music video shoot by Dirty Money featuring Rick Ross. Part of this clip was shared in the behind the scenes clip we posted on January 2, but there is some new stuff, too.

In this episode of P.A. TV, Mic Barber and David James talk about finding time to keep yourself well groomed and how they caught some heat for not having enough JELL-O.

Following the teaser released earlier this month, Clinton Sparks has released part 1 of "Cirocumentary," which gives you a look behind the scenes of the shooting of the music video for "Ciroc Star" by Chester French featuring Diddy, Chester French and Jadakiss. Check it out below. Part 2 is on the way.

In the video below, Wired talks with Diddy, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine in Las Vegas during the launch of the new additions to the Beats by Dr. Dre lineup, including Diddy Beats.

Mikey Fresh of MissInfo.tv shares this clip from Sunday's Mos Def show in New York City, during which Jay Electronica came on stage to perform his song "Exhibit C," with a little bit of help from Diddy. Check it out below; it's a fun clip.

"Strobe Lights," the Dirty Money track featured on "I Want to Work for Diddy 2" (listen to a snippet) has leaked online. Like the leak of Cassie's "F*** U Silly," the clip posted online ends abruptly and appears to be unfinished. If both of these leaks are completely unauthorized, this can't be a great day at Bad Boy.

Perhaps the surprise of it is that the version that was leaked features a verse from rapper Lil' Wayne. Diddy mentioned back in October that Wayne would be featured on the upcoming "Last Train to Paris" set.

Earlier this month, we reported that Diddy would be honored at the 2010 edition of BET HONORS. The show was recorded on Saturday and RTTNews and Times LIVE report that Mary J. Blige sang in honor of the Bad Boy CEO, performing "Love No Limit," "I Love You" and "Be Happy."

The show will air on BET on Monday, February 1 at 8 PM ET.

In the video below, Diddy weighs in on the tragic disaster in Haiti. He suggests donating to UNICEF USA, Doctors Without Borders and Yele Haiti.

The video for "Angels (Remix)" by Dirty Money featuring Rick Ross premiered on BET's 106 & Park yesterday. On Twitter, Diddy's announced it's online premiere which you can check out below.

On Diddy's Twitter, he posted a free download link for the new version of the "Angels (Remix)" with Rick Ross featured in the music video that has a new second verse from Ross. You can download clean and dirty versions as well as an instrumental. Enjoy.

On today's episode of BET's 106 & Park, the music video for "Angels (Remix)" by Dirty Money featuring Rick Ross premiered (watch the teaser).

In addition to cameos from DJ Khaled and Busta Rhymes, D-Roc was also in the video.

In December, we wrote about Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" and how she managed to have a quick vocal from Diddy at the start of the record. Shortly thereafter, the song was the number one record in the country.

And now, her album has debuted at number 1, reports MTV News. On "Tik Tok," she opens with "Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy."

She had a nice money quote for MTV: "... THIS morning, thanks to all my fans, I TRULYYYY woke up feeling like P. Diddy with a #1 album!!!!!"

First, we had some photos from the "Angels (Remix)" video shoot and then some behind the scenes video. Now, we have the trailer, provided by Diddy on Twitter. The final shot is a thing of beauty. Definitely can't wait to see this.

Last week, we reported that Consequence's "Whatever U Want" would be receiving the Bad Boy remix treatment with verses from Diddy and The Lox. The track has just debuted and you can check it out below. Let me know what you think in the comments.

In the latest episode of P.A. TV, Fonzworth Bentley has a light work out session with Christian Combs, Diddy's son. This footage has to be 6-8 years old.

Yesterday, we shared video from the Beats by Dr. Dre press event at CES where Diddy introduced Diddy Beats, the new in-ear headphones.

Thanks to BlackTree TV, we've got the full footage from Diddy's appearance below. It starts at 3:52 with Jimmy Iovine introducing Diddy as one of the three people to ever take music and fashion and "turn it into a real business." The other two being Russell Simmons and Jay-Z. During his time on the mic, Diddy mentions that in addition to black and white, they also come in powder pink.

On the Beats by Dr. Dre website, you can reserve your own pair of Diddy Beats, the new in-ear headphones created through a partnership between Diddy, Beats by Dr. Dre (which was founded by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine) and MONSTER Cable. View photos of the headphones.

They'll set you back $179 direct from Beats by Dr. Dre, including a Sean John inspired travel case and Controltalk, MONSTER's cable-based device control feature.

ChipChick.com and The Inquisitr (both reports have pictures) from the Diddy-featured press event in Las Vegas last night during the Consumer Electronics Show. Diddy was joined by Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine. Check out the brief video below.

Diddy will be among 5 honored at the 2010 edition of the BET HONORS, "a show celebrating the life works and accomplishments of inspiring African Americans," according to Stephen Hill, President of Music Programming and Specials, BET Networks. See the full press release below.

The ceremony will take place on January 16 and the show will air on BET on Monday, February 1 at 8 PM ET. Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, educator Ruth Simmons and neurosurgeon Keith Black will also be honored with performances by Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, India Arie, Ryan Leslie and Eric "ELEW" Lewis, according to the BET HONORS website.

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On the heels of today's press release officially announcing the Diddy Beats headphones, Diddy will be presenting them at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. He'll be joined by Beats by Dr. Dre co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, who is also the Chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records. This is according to Diddy's Twitter. For photos of the headphones, see our earlier coverage.

Back in September, we reported that Diddy was partnering with Beats by Dr. Dre to produce Diddy Beats, a set of high quality headphones. Today, during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, they were officially announced via press release.

The headphones are inspired by the style of Sean John and will come in an exclusive travel case along with an array of eartips allowing for maximum comfort and the best possible fit. They'll come in both black (pictured, right) and white (below) and will retail for $149. Diddy, Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman and Beats by Dr. Dre Co-Founder Jimmy Iovine and MONSTER Cable Head Monster Noel Lee were all quoted in the release. MONSTER is the company behind the technology of Beats by Dr. Dre.

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In the video below, rapper Consequence announces that his single "Whatever U Want" will be getting the Bad Boy remix treatment and the new version will feature Diddy and The Lox. The video is shot from the studio with Diddy and producers Sean C. and LV on hand, joking around and having a lot of fun. You can hear a sample of the track playing at the start of the clip.

Consequence also talks about how Kanye West's "Crack Music" came out of the sessions for Diddy's last album, "Press Play." He posted this image on his MySpace:

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On Twitter, Clinton Sparks shared the video below, a teaser for "CIROCumentary," which Sparks says will chronicle the making of the "Ciroc Star" music video in Las Vegas last weekend. The full documentary is coming soon.

On Trina's MySpace, you can listen to "Million Dollar Girl" by Trina featuring a rap verse and ad-libs from Diddy and Keri Hilson providing the chorus. AceShowBiz.com says that the track was produced by Mario Winans and C.P. Holliday.

Former Diddy assistant David James shared a link to a new episode of P.A. TV and on the channel of that video was a montage of P.A. TV episodes. At the end of this clip is a snippet of "Strobe Lights," a song by Dirty Money that was played on "I want to Work for Diddy 2." Check it out below, starting at the 3:21 mark.

Check out the clip below for some light-hearted exchanges between Diddy and Rick Ross from the set of the "Angels (Remix)" video shoot. Among other things, Diddy says how Ross is sounding like Biggie on the track and that even D-Roc said it.

Diddy also talks about how Ross got him on his "Puff Daddy s***," causing Diddy to break out a 1995 Gucci jacket. Good stuff.


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Check out our audio player for a track called "Hair Down." It's billed and labeled as Diddy featuring Dawn Richard. But, I have a feeling it could be any number of things, such as Dawn Richard featuring Diddy, or a Dirty Money track or simply a demo of sorts. Diddy has a rap verse toward the end.