Sean Puffy Combs aka Puff Daddy aka P-Diddy ran into some slight problems this weekend when he visited the Bay Area to promote his new lp 'Forever' Here's a letter from a regular reader breaking down what happened...

{MsShonda...writes}
"Just when the PhD holders had ceased fire on Puffy, the unexpected occurred here in the Bay Area. This morning on local station Wild 94.9, dj JV asked Puffy about his thoughts on how you don't see west coast rappers on the nationwide circuit like MTV or Hot97 (in NY). Well, that question just set it off. Puffy initially (although obviously annoyed) tried to brush it off with the fact that he doesn't run MTV or Hot97 and has no control over their play list. Apparently the more he thought about it the more it angered him. Over and over JV (the dj) tried to explain that he realized that Puffy wasn't responsible, but he wanted his opinion on the subject. During the break (they replayed later), Puff began insulting the dj by calling him a "clown". That was the end of the interview and JV (along with other radio personalities) said Puff Daddy got up and left after cursing the dj out and according to the staff threatening him. Maybe anger management classes are needed???

Now most of this true but here's the other side of the story. I spoke with Puff and his people and he maintains that there were no threats ever made. He was indeed annoyed with the radio jocks who he felt were attempting get a cheap rise out of him by some how implying that he was the reason more Bay Area artist weren't getting nationwide love. The attacks on him were totally unfair and off color. What really set things off was the fact that Puffy had visited our radio station prior to coming to KYLD which is the number #1 station in the market. Their morning show decided to take some live callers on air and one of their listeners gave Puffy a lot of love and told him that she would be attending KMEL Allstar Jam concert to see him perform. This got the KYLD deejays pissed who then turned around and started badgering Puff about the East/West coast conflict. The conversation as I heard it tried to paint a picture as if Puffy was the reason West Coast artist weren't getting played on MTV and Hot 97 in NY. It wasn't until Puff got annoyed that the KYLD jocks began to 'cleanup' and re-clarify their statements. The conversation was totally ridiculous and in many ways irresponsible when you consider all the drama that has taken place over the past couple of years. There are still a lot of people who see Bad Boy as somehow responsible for 2Pac's death and hence Bad Boy artist have to always take special precautions when comeing to The West Coast especially Cali. Rather then engage in anymore downhill conversation, Puff got up and left the studio. The KYLD deejays then came back and maintained that they were trying to represent West Coast artists and that Puffy had threatened to 'kick their asses'. The whole scenario seemed like a publicity stunt which would be in line with the type of things KYLD is known for doing.

Puff gets props for rolling through the Bay Area and attempting to promote his new lp 'Forever'. He been attempting to to 'keep it real' by making himself accessible. He's been making public appearances and unannounced calls to local mix show djs to both thank them and talk to them about music. He also got busy on stage with Nas during this weekend's Allstar Summer Jam and ripped the song 'Hate Me Now'. His new lp is pretty cool as he has tracks with Jay-Z, Lil Kim & Biggie, Redman,Cee-Lo of the Goodie Mob, Sauce Money, Busta Rhymes and R.Kelly. The R.Kelly song was interesting and will raise quite a few eyebrows due to the fact that it samples from the popular song 'I Got Five' on it by the Luniz. I will admit I was a little taken back when I heard the song due to the blatant 'bite', however, Puff noted privately that he was trying to get a hold of the Luniz for something special. No doubt it has something to do with this new song. Perhaps the Luniz will be in the video or added to on a remix.. We'll have to wait and see.

Lastly Puff mentioned that he just launched his new website http://www.puffdaddy.com . He noted that he ran into problems obtaining his name due to the fact that some unscrupulous person brought his domain name and later wanted to sell it back. That seems to be the new hustle these days.. find a superstar or celebrity and buy up their website name and make them buy it back.. This recently happened to SF Mayor Willie Brown. One of his political opponents brought up the domain name 'williebrown.com and 'damayor.com' name.. This also happened to Sway & King Tech for the Wake Up Show. Folks beware-protect your domain names.