Rapper Sean Combs gets into 'party' politics

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2004

NEW YORK (AFP) — No stranger to tabloid gossip, rapper and all-around entertainment mogul Sean "P.Diddy" Combs caused a media stir by bringing an unexpected date to his annual July 4 "white party" bash.

Watched by the small army of supermodels who attended the Independence Day event in Long Island's celebrity-sodden Bridgehampton community, Combs strolled in escorting an original copy of the US Declaration of Independence.

"No one would ever expect a young black man to be coming to a party with the Declaration of Independence," The New York Times quoted Combs as telling his guests.

"But I got it and it's coming with me," Combs said. "And I promise not to spill champagne on it."

Combs's historical date reflected the theme of the party which he used to...