When your father is Sean “Diddy” Combs, you can expect him to pull out all the stops. Diddy spared no expense celebrating his son Justin Dior Combs’ 16th birthday at M2 Ultra Lounge in New York City on Saturday (Jan. 23).

Justin, whose mother is stylist Misa Hylton, arrived with his date for the evening, Nicki Minaj, who also performed. In addition, Trey Songz, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, and G. Dep hit the stage. Lil’ Kim, Janice Combs, Teyana Taylor, and the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” partied with the birthday boy, who received a chauffeur-driven Maybach from his music mogul father.

The “Prince of New York”-themed bash was filmed for MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16” to air at a later date.

DJ Clue stormed M2 Ultra Lounge in New York City on Thursday night (Jan. 21) to celebrate his 35th birthday with friends including Drake, Trey Songz, Rick Ross, Diddy, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, Akon, and every other artist who wants to ensure their record gets played.

Estelle blows out the candles on her cupcakes at Abe & Arthur’s in New York City on Monday (Jan. 18). The “American Boy” singer celebrated her 30th birthday with Wynter Gordon, “106 & Park’s” Rocsi Diaz, New York Jet Darrelle Revis, Kevin Liles, and model Tyson Beckford. Estelle has been spending her days in the studio working on a new album for release this year.

Tyrese Gibson and Tank celebrated their birthdays with a “fly and flashy” extravaganza over the weekend in Los Angeles. The Transformers star, 31, and singer-songwriter, 34, marked the occasion with friends including Rihanna, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Ray J, LeToya Luckett, Teairra Mari, and Pleasure P.

Music’s biggest names have chatted with Angie Martinez on her radio show over the years. Some of those stars came out to party with the Hot 97 personality as she celebrated her 39th birthday. Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Rev Run, Omarion, Nina Sky, Adrienne Bailon, Joe Budden, and more toasted the birthday girl at Quo Nightclub in New York City on Sunday night (Jan. 10).

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John Legend and girlfriend Christine Teigen weren’t shy, showing PDA at his 31st birthday party at Simyone Lounge in New York City on Monday (Dec. 28). The Grammy winner celebrated with friends including Ludacris, Estelle, Ryan Leslie, and Consequence.

Robin Thicke celebrated the release of his new album Sex Therapy with a party at Butter in New York City on Monday (Dec. 14). He performed “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy” with Nicki Minaj and “Somebody to Love” with “Gossip Girl’s” Leighton Meester. Guests included Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Usher, and John Legend.

Cash Money Records spared no expense by throwing a lavish soiree fit for royalty at London’s Royal Exchange on Friday (Nov. 27). Cash Money CEOs Birdman and Slim celebrated the release of their newest star Jay Sean’s album All or Nothing, while guests Rihanna, Ice-T, Coco, and Craig David sipped on pricey champagne.

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Rihanna is dangerous—literally. The bad girl wore a spiky gold number to the release party for Rated R at Juliet Supperclub in New York City on Tuesday (Nov. 24). RiRi kept it in the family, popping bottles with her Def Jam labelmates Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, and Fabolous, plus Jay-Z and Diddy.

Diddy and sons

Sean “Diddy” Combs turned the big 4-0 with a black-tie celebration at the ritzy Plaza Hotel in New York City on Thursday (Nov. 19). The star-studded event drew the likes of Jay-Z, Bono, Young Jeezy, Nelly, Estelle, Cassie, Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, Martha Stewart, and Kim Kardashian. Trey Songz and the legendary Al Green performed for the birthday boy.