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Sean “Diddy” Combs is likely thinking about his seven children as he spends time at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Ranging in age from 33 to 2 years old, Combs’ kids have stood by his side as he awaits his May 2025 trial regarding charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Fans of the disgraced rapper have realized that Diddy may not be who he seems. This includes his relationship with his oldest child, Quincy. Now, Quincy’s biological dad is setting the record straight in a new Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy.

The Combs-Porter family along with Al B. Sure supports Quincy Brown at his movie debut
Justin Combs, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Kim Porter, D’Lila Combs, Jessie Combs, Quincy Brown, Al B. Sure, and Christian Combs at a Netflix screening on October 30, 2018 | Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix

Quincy Brown is the biological son of Diddy’s former longtime partner, the late Kim Porter, and singer-songwriter Albert Joseph Brown III, aka Al B. Sure. Porter and Sure were in a relationship in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Their son, Quincy, was born on June 4, 1991. After Porter and Sure separated, they continued co-parenting. However, many reports allege Combs adopted Quincy around 1994 as Sure stepped away from parenting duties. In contrast, Sure claims that Combs never adopted the toddler.

Wearing a black hoodie and hat, Al B. Sure holds his hand to heart for the camera
Singer/songwriter Al B. Sure at a Miami music festival on March 9, 2024 | Mireya Acierto/Getty Images

In Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, Sure says there was no adoption. “None,” he stated in the doc, according to Us. “If you haven’t noticed, his name is still Brown. People thought I was absent and things of that nature.” Sadly, Porter isn’t around to give her side of the story. The mom to Quincy as well as three children she shares with Combs — son Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and D’lila, 18 — died in November 2018.

Side by side photos of Al B. Sure in 2024 and his son, Quincy Brown, in 2024
Al B. Sure in LA on March 29, 2024; Quincy Brown in NYC on September 8, 2024 | Robin L Marshall/Getty Images; John Nacion/Getty Images

Sure drops another bombshell in the documentary. The singer and radio host believes that Porter did not die of natural causes. “That’s just a day that will never, never leave my mind,” Sure states in his interview. “And just that empty feeling of like, ‘Nah, something is not right with this.'” However, the LA County Coroner’s Office confirmed her cause of death as lobar pneumonia in January 2019.

Sean Diddy Combs stands with Kim Porter, Quincy Brown, Christian Combs, and Justin Combs on the red carpet at the LA Film Festival in 2015
Kim Porter, Quincy Brown, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Christian Combs, and Justin Combs at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 8, 2015 | Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images

Unlike Sure, Porter’s children believe that her official cause of death is correct. At the time, Porter had been separated from Diddy for 11 years. The pair dated from 1994 to 2007, with Combs welcoming more children after they went their separate ways. Quincy has consistently expressed deep appreciation for Combs as a father figure.

Wearing a checkered blazer, Quincy Brown smiles with his mom, Kim Porter, in 2012
Quincy Brown and Kim Porter at a party on May 18, 2012 in Vienna, Austria | Martin Schalk/Getty Images
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On the sixth anniversary of his mom’s death, the now-33-year-old seemingly shaded his bio dad. On November 15, 2024, Quincy posted an Instagram photo of himself and his mom with the caption, “Here’s a rare photo of me with my Mom and Dad. I miss you every day.” Sure was missing from the photo.

Overall, it seems like Quincy holds Combs in high regard. His feelings about Sure are more ambiguous. To get more of Sure’s side of the story, catch Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy on Peacock on January 14.

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