Diddy Pays More Child Support

Mo' money, mo' problems. That's probably what Diddy is singing right now, as the rap mogul lost an appeal in New York State Court to overturn an increase in his child support payments for his son, Justin.

The rap superstar, whose real name is Sean Combs, lost his appeal against his ex-girlfriend, Misa Hylton-Brim, to keep his monthly child support payments of $2,795 from increasing and has now been given a new monthly bill, equaling $19,148.74 a month. According to AllHipHop.com, Combs was also ordered to pay almost $400,000 in retroactive pay, as well as all medical, dental and educational expenses for his son. The total amount was said to be the highest child support paid out in the whole country.

This isn't Diddy's first battle with the courts over child custody issues. As E Online reports, the mega rich businessman had another paternity snafu with ex-girlfriend, Kim Porter who sued Combs over their son, Christian Casey Combs. Diddy would eventually settle that case, which resulted in payments of over $11,000 a month, until Christian turns 21. Christian is 6 right now.

Even though Diddy is worth an estimated $50 million, it would be safe to say that these child custody cases, along with various other lawsuits regarding his other businesses, must be taking their toll. Actually, everything seems fine on Diddy's end as his lawyer, Stephen Gassman told The Associated Press, " We're pleased the original order was reduced but we thought there were issues applicable for the Court of Appeals to entertain." The quote was featured in an article on BallerStatus.net.

Sean Combs, aka Diddy, aka P Diddy, aka Puff Daddy, got his start at Uptown Records and helped produce, Father's Day (Father MC; 1990), What's the 411? (Mary J. Blige; 1992), and Blue Funk (Heavy D & the Boyz; 1992). After getting fired in 1993, Combs went on to form his own label, Bad Boy Records, which skyrocketed to massive success with the signing of Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey, and Boyz II Men. Not content to just produce, Combs also performed on Biggie's Dolly My Baby, but it wasn't until 1996 that the world would come to know Puff Daddy, with his smash hits, Can't Nobody Hold Me Down and I'll Be Missing You.

[Additional Sources: AllHipHop.com, E Online, BallerStatus.net, Wikipedia]