HOWEVER, the reason I'm not doing the show is because I'm going to San Diego to do TRL [on Friday], and I'm premiering the Me & U video (directed by the amazing Ray Kay and choreographed by the amazing Rhapsody). ...

P.S. If you get the chance, check out TRL on Thursday too. I have an MTV "You Hear It First" segment on the show. It'll also be on MTV News, MTV 2 and MTV U...

On October 31, 2004, my eldest brother and best friend, Duranthany, was brutally shot and murdered in Aurora, IL. He became the victim of a random drive by doled out by a couple of damn kids, 19 & 14 years old, to be exact! This catastrophic event occurred rocking my entire foundation and, the label did nothing to inform the fans. So, through my on going healing process, to the world, Carl Thomas the artist just seemed to fade and disappear into thin air. Dealing with the helpless feeling of not being able to do anything about my brothers death I realized that there were things about my life I could change and the state of my career was first on my list. This prompted my decision to part ways with Sean Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. It's really all business and I'm glad to say Puff and I still love and respect each other, sharing no bad blood. So, There It Is!

Ms. Congdon: What are you gonna do with all this archive footage? I see you have your own cameraman.

Diddy: You know, content is king. So, you know, we've been getting footage for the last 12 years. I definitely wake up and I feel like the people around me - we have a young company, African American based - and we feel we're doing something important and we want to document it to make that if people can see it, especially our people - that they can see it years down the line.

Ms. Congdon: I hope you put online - people will want to see it.

Diddy: Yeah, yeah - no, I'm about to launch Diddy.com. I just got the rights back to my own name online. You know how that is. But, I'm about to launch that in June and there is going to be a big announcement about the content, the special content.

Ms. Congdon: We hope there's video on there.

Diddy: Yeah, yeah - there will be.

Diddy will emcee a performance by Cheri Dennis, whose debut CD is coming out soon on his Bad Boy Records label.

[Club owner] Sanford said that while Diddy is under no obligation to perform, he wouldn't be surprised if the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy joins Dennis at the mike for at least one song during her 45-minute set.

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