Diddy made a surprise appearance at the Fader Fort at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas last night.
After introducing Lil B, he performed a small set including verses from "O Let's Do It (Remix)," "Mo Money Mo Problems," "Victory" and "It's All About the Benjamins." Check out clips below of the introduction and "Mo Money Mo Problems." They hung Diddy out to dry a little bit with an instrumental of the record, but he rapped along for a piece of Mase's part of the song, before taking it home with his verse.
Do you want to see the full performance? You can watch a continually looping stream on the Fader Fort website. Definitely recommended. It gets a little messy at the end when Odd Future comes on, someone throws something and hits Tyler the Creator in the head and then they throw some things back at the crowd before engaging in some stage diving.
On Twitter, Rick Ross shared a link to Rap Radar's post that features the new remix to Dirty Money's "Your Love," which includes a new verse from Rick Ross, a newly recorded clean verse from Diddy and some other small changes, as well.
Last night, Diddy was honored by the Jackie Robinson Foundation "for his innovation in music and fashion, as well as his charitable and philanthropic contributions throughout his storied career."
MLB.com's Spencer Fordin reports from the festivities, with video and some quotes from Diddy's speech and the introduction that was given to him by Russell Simmons.
"The greatness of a man like Jackie Robinson comes not only from his talent as an athlete," he said. "It comes from his spirit as a humanitarian. He had to be thinking about not just himself; He had to be thinking about others. He had to be thinking about the future. Jackie Robinson once said that 'A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives.'
"And as I thought about coming here tonight, the power of those words -- the responsibility -- made me stop and think. To say my name in the same breath as Jackie Robinson is beyond humbling, and it's something that I had to ask myself if I was ready and if I was worthy of it. ...I had to ask myself if I was ready. And I'm here to tell you tonight that I am ready."
But, he mentioned that Dirty Money's "Coming Home" had now sold 2 million copies world wide while "Hello Good Morning" has sold 1.5 million. This is an update to the numbers he shared in mid-February. At that point, they had sold 1.7 million and 1.2 million, respectively.
The track is included on the new mixtape but as I listened to it, I realized it was an alternate mix of the record. If you listen to the two, side by side, you'll note the differences, including a beat change under Diddy's verse.
Diddy will appear on the March 10 episode of "American Idol" on FOX, coaching the remaining contestants on swag and dressing them in Sean John. He will also perform "Coming Home" with Dirty Money and, for the first time live, Skylar Grey.
"The way [Jennifer] handled coming after Simon and even myself from 'Making the Band' and the way we were hard coaches - she’s been like, a compassionate person," he said. "She has made me cry like twice and she's looked good doing it. And she has made sense so, you know, I'm proud of her."
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony member Krayzie Bone has released his own version of Dirty Money's "Last Night Part 2" where he leads off the record with a verse and the sung chorus. You can listen at AllHipHop.com.
