Diddy aka Puff Daddy is the latest guest on PBS’ Finding Your Roots show with host Henry Louis Gates Jr. where he gets knowledge about his lineage.
In the clip, he learns of the stunning fact that his great-grandfather was born in Maryland a free man, a rare occurrence in those times.
“Make no mistake about it, man, this is not typical of the black experience,” host Henry Louis Gates Jr. tells the mogul. “For 90 percent of the African-American people who sat where you’ve sat when I’ve done their family tree, no free ancestors.”