Sarah Chapman Celebrates CeeLo's 50th Birthday Amid Diddy Trial
Weeks after joining her and Sean "Diddy" Combs's daughter Chance at his trial, Sarah Chapman helped celebrate a friend.
And with the help of the 18-year-old's mom and other pals, CeeLo Green will remember when he finally attended his prom—at age 50.
On May 30, Sarah joined scores of guests at the Voice alum's surprise milestone birthday party at Flourish Atlanta, which depicted both the high school dance and graduation ceremony that he never got the chance to attend.
"She was happy, in good spirits," a party source told E! News exclusively. "Having a good ole time, dancing the night away full of laughter."
The event took place more than two weeks after opening statements began in Combs' trial, which Sarah had attended with their daughter and the rap producer and late ex Kim Porter's twins Jessie James Combs and D’Lila Star Combs. (The pair also recently attended prom and graduated from high school amid their dad's trial for sex trafficking and other charges, for which he has pleaded not guilty.)
While Sarah has not commented on Combs' legal proceedings—which were also attended by his sons Quincy, 33, Justin, 31, and Christian, 27—she shared several videos from CeeLo's party, showing herself smiling and hanging out with friends.
The source noted that Sarah was "happy to be there honoring Ceelo, her friend everyone is so very proud of."
The "Crazy" singer, who obtained his GED after ending his studies at Benjamin E. Mays High School in 1993, was presented at the bash with an official certificate of recognition from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and an honorary diploma from the Atlanta Board of Education.
"Now, in 2025, we honor his journey, accomplishments, and contributions to the arts and our community," Board Chair Erika Mitchell said on Instagram, "by officially welcoming him into the Class of 2025!"
The party—presented by Primary Wave Music—also featured performances from his alma mater's marching band, as well as artists such as Adi Oasis, Morris Day and the Time and JT Money, plus the guest of honor himself.
"About last night..." Sarah wrote on her Instagram Stories May 31. "HGB Ceelo!"
Read on for more about Combs' family tree...
Diddy adopted Quincy—whose parents are Al B. Sure! and the late Kim Porter—in the late '90s while dating Kim.
Quincy has followed in his dad's musical footsteps by dropping songs like "Friends First" with French Montana and, more recently, tracks "On Your Time" and "Day & Night."
"I think I've been a sponge, and now I do so much," Quincy, who also acts, told People in 2023 about watching Diddy work. "Just seeing how he's able to handle and juggle all these things, I took that from him as my most major takeaway."
If Diddy and Misa Hylton's son looks familiar that's because you remember him from the 2010 episode of My Super Sweet 16. (Yes, Nicki Minaj did attend his celebration.)
Since graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the school's football team, Justin has acted in Power Book II: Ghost and hosted the series Respectfully Justin. He also appeared on The Crew League as well as in Usher and Ella Mai's music video for "Don't Waste My Time" along with his younger brother Christian Combs.
Diddy and Kim's son has made it clear he's a recording artist in his own right. Not only is the rapper, known as King Combs, signed to dad's label Bad Boy Entertainment but he's also dropped the EP Cyncerely, C3 plus songs like "Can't Stop Won't Stop" featuring Kodak Bear, "Love You Better" featuring Chris Brown and "Flyest in The City" featuring A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Fabolous and Jeremih.
"I had to work for it," Christian said on an October 2022 episode of The Breakfast Club. "It wasn't easy to just come out and everybody just receive my music or think that. I have the worth ethic that it takes."
Chance—her mom is Sarah Chapman—came into the world in July 2006 while Diddy was also expecting twins with Kim.
Today, she has her eyes set on Hollywood.
"Zendaya is one of my biggest inspirations," Chance told Laverne Cox on the red carpet at the 2022 Oscars, "and someone that I really want to work with in the future."
Five months after Chance's birth, Diddy welcomed twins Jessie and D'Lila Combs. And the trio may as well be triplets. Together, they've attended the Billboard Music Awards and Daily Front Row's Los Angeles Awards. They even walked in Dolce & Gabbana's fashion show in Italy back in 2021.
Diddy announced in December 2022 that he and Dana Tran welcomed a baby girl named Love Sean Combs. And she's ready to be a star. She already has her own Instagram account—run by her parents, of course—featuring adorable photos of the little one as well as videos of all her major milestones.
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