"Once upon a time, Sean 'Diddy' Combs was on top of the world," USA TODAY's Anika Reed and Marco della Cava write in a story that traces the downfall of the hip-hop mogul who rose to meteoric fame and is about to stand trial on sex-trafficking allegations.
Reed and della Cava take readers inside the Great Gatsby-esque White Parties Combs hosted for more than a decade starting in the late 1990s.