Sean “Diddy” Combs will have the support of his family as opening statements in his sex-trafficking trial are set to begin Monday in downtown Manhattan.

Combs, who then performed as Puff Daddy, released his 1997 debut album, “No Way Out,” on his Bad Boy Records label. According to Diddy, the album was heavily inspired by the March 9, 1997 shooting death of Diddy’s close confidant and Bad Boy artist Notorious B.I.G.

Here’s a closer look at one of Diddy’s seven kids—whom he welcomed with stylist and fashion designer Misa Hilton-Brim—amid the rapper’s legal troubles.

"Your honor, the government has struck seven Black people out of nine strikes, which we believe amounts to a pattern," Combs' lead defense attorney Marc Agnifilo told Judge Arun Subramanian.Start the day smarter.

The jury for Sean Combs' sex-trafficking trial includes a scientist, a massage therapist, and a deli clerk. Some jurors said they liked hip-hop.

The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-than-life cultural icon and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded

Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges begins Monday, more than a year after he settled a lawsuit filed by his ex, Cassie Ventura, who accused him of rape and abuse.