http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...0909153540

LONDON (AFP) - US rap superstar Sean Combs must change his name once again after losing the right to call himself Diddy in Britain to a disgruntled little-known music producer.

Combs, 36, who used to call himself Puff Daddy, Puffy and P Diddy, agreed to pay more than 100,000 pounds legal costs and 10,000 pounds damages as part of a settlement sealed earlier this week at the High Court in London.

London-based Richard Dearlove, who has traded under the Diddy name since 1992, sued Combs after he dropped the P from his moniker, under laws designed to protect commercial interests from unfair competition.

"He changed his name to Diddy. I was gutted," Dearlove told The Guardian newspaper.

"I started getting emails from Puerto Rican girls asking if they could be in my video and people were asking me to look at their clothing line."

Combs, who presides over a vast media empire and fashion lines, and whose hits include "I'll Be Missing You", will now have to rebrand himself in Britain, which could prove costly.

So, he has to reprint a few album covers.

Remember when Bush had to be branded as Bush X in Canada?

lilgish said:

He should have used that to his advantage.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

lol

imagine their surprise when they arrive on his set... "THAT's Diddy???"

CinisterCee said:

"WTF is up with his teeth?"

CinisterCee said:

Did this have anything to do with the late Dominic Troiano's former band Bush?


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theAudience said:

You're probably correct. Honestly, Neal, all I know is that it was an old Canadian band named Bush, and I had never heard of them... I asked my family at the time (1995) but they didn't know.

So, what name is he gonna use every time he hits British soil or enters British airspace?????

Desire2006 said:

I vote for Did He?. That way, the British will make it sound the same.

this is so simple.

missfee said:

Can it be that it was allll so simple thennnn

CinisterCee said: