... hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop ... of businessman/producer Sean "Puffy- Combs, Bad Boy Records. In fact during the summer of 1997, most of the songs on the upper reaches of the music charts were either by, featuring, or about "The Notorious B.I.G."" (Cox News, Nov. 28). Combs and Wallace, joined by 19 year old protégé ... harsh ghetto ...

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