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October 27, 2004 BLACK GROUP SLAMS “P. DIDDY” VOTER DRIVE Rev. Peterson Charges “Vote or Die” Campaign With Scaring Blacks Los Angeles--Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and organizer of The ‘Black’ List Campaign, today accused rap mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and his nonprofit organization Citizen Change of using a scare campaign to get blacks to vote against President George W. Bush on November 2nd. Citizen Change, with its “Vote or Die” slogan, is conducting a three-day “get-out-the-vote” initiative geared towards minority voters in swing states. The tour began...

Laura Bush delivered a diss to Sean "P. Diddy" Combs by refusing to appear alongside the hip-hop heavyweight at last night's grand opening of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, sources said. Combs was supposed to join the first lady, actress Angela Bassett, U2 frontman Bono, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, Sen. Mike DeWine, Black Entertainment Television CEO Bob Johnson and other dignitaries at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, but Bush's office nixed the photo-op with Combs. "Her reps made it very clear to Freedom Center that they would not have Laura Bush appearing in the same photo-op as P. Diddy,"...

Rapper Combs settles with club shooting witness Sean "P Diddy" Combs has settled a £1.7 million lawsuit filed by his former driver, who said he suffered emotional damage after a nightclub shooting four years ago. US Supreme Court Justice Harold Beeler announced the settlement and dismissed the Manhattan jury which had been hearing the lawsuit filed by Wardell "Woody" Fenderson. Lawyers for both sides, having agreed to keep the settlement terms secret, refused to disclose details. They would say only that "the matter has been resolved to the satisfaction of all parties". Fenderson's lawsuit arose after three people were wounded...