The trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, one of the most successful rappers and music moguls in the US, begins today, Monday, in New York, with jury selection .

Accused of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation of persons for the purpose of prostitution, 55-year-old rapper, producer and music industry mogul "Diddy" Combs was arrested in September 2024 in New York and is facing a trial that could leave him incarcerated for the rest of his life, according to several international media outlets.

In addition to this main trial in a federal court, there are also several individual civil lawsuits, more than 70, which hold him responsible for drugging, raping and silencing people over several decades, while he was one of the most powerful names in the rap industry. Diddy, who has been detained for seven months, denies all the charges against him.

At a preliminary hearing on Thursday, he told the judge that he had rejected a plea bargain, the details of which are not known,

Sean was also known by the names Puffy, Puff Daddy, P Diddy, Love and Brother Love - he emerged on the hip-hop scene in the 1990s.