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I wouldn't usually link to the site, but Playboy has posted their interview with Diddy on their website and it's just too good to pass up.

In the interview, he opens up a bit and speaks honestly about his place in hip-hop, in business, about the idea of it being difficult to succeed at Bad Boy (he says some of the same things that I have), death, love and more. It's a great interview for fans of Diddy. Here are some of my favorite answers:

PLAYBOY: You recently turned 40. The younger rappers want the older artists to step aside. Does that make you feel less relevant?

COMBS: No. It will take any young artist a long time to reach my status. It will take them a long time to be looking at themselves on a billboard in Times Square as they eat lunch doing a ­PLAYBOY interview. It will take them a long time to get mobbed in Africa, Bolivia and Russia. It will take them a long time to drop an hour of hits. I have become the American rap-star dream. ...

PLAYBOY: You sound like one of your idols, Muhammad Ali. Are you saying you’re the greatest?

COMBS: If I’m not inspiring you at this point, you’re a lost hope. I’m one of the baddest motherf****** to ever do this s***, and I’m not saying that in an arrogant way. That’s a fact, in black and white. I dare you to write down all my achievements. It will be overwhelming. Break it down and then say who’s number one in hip-hop. Who else has conquered television? Who else has conquered fashion? I don’t want to hear you have a fashion line. Do you have a Council of Fashion Designers of America award? I need to know. Have you run a marathon? If you all still want to f*** with me after I ran the marathon, I don’t know what else to do. ...

PLAYBOY: Let’s get into some of the criticisms. You’ve been attacked for being one of the few rappers who don’t write their own rhymes. Is that a fair accusation?

COMBS: My instrument and my tone represented Harlem—my swagger, my lazy flow. Nobody came in and told me how to do that. I was spoiled because my first rhyme was written by Biggie. People don’t know that Biggie was the one who pushed me to be an artist. I was afraid to do it, but he said, “The crowd goes crazy when you come out. I’m gonna write you some rhymes.” We did “It’s All About the Benjamins” and “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down.” ...

PLAYBOY: What criticism bothers you the most?

COMBS: Here’s one: People say if you sign with Puff, you won’t be successful. They try to break it down by asking where past artists from Bad Boy are. If you look at who was on Def Jam seven years ago, those aren’t the same people who are on Def Jam now. Same for Sony and Universal. It’s the life expectancy of somebody on a label, that’s what it is. Also, I’ve protected a lot of artists who’ve had drug problems or have been arrested. I’m a label, not a babysitter.

Right on.

Via RealTalkNY.