Tim Patterson, who grew up with Diddy, 55, in Mount Vernon, New York, drew a clear line between the man born as Sean Combs and the one who became known as Puffy, Brother Love and other names.

“That’s what we were privy to; this is what we were fed,” hip-hop producer Tim “Dawg” Patterson says in Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, which will premiere on Peacock on Tuesday.

featuring insights from Tim “Buttnaked Tim Dawg” Patterson, a lifelong friend and insider from Combs’ inner circle. “Because the same way you saw Cassie get dragged is the same way he used ...