Rap mogul Sean Combs
The hip-hop star needed five stitches after cutting his foot at a party at his Miami, Florida mansion last weekend (05-06Apr08).
The 38-year-old was forced to miss pal Russell Simmons Art for Life event as a result.
A spokesman for Combs tells TMZ.com, "He is doing fine now."
The hitmaker - real name Earl Simmons - reportedly took to the stage at Indiana University an hour late, and police were forced to shut him down just three songs into his set.
After escorting the rapper offstage, police were forced to calm the crowd, who started chanting obscenities at them.
Outside, fans and students reportedly hurled trash at the police officers who had shut down the concert.
But the hip-hop star claims the reason for his delayed arrival was due to transport problems and he insists he was not aware of the time limitations connected to his performance.
A DMX representative tells the media, "Regarding the events that took place at the Indiana University DMX Children Uniting Nations concert last night, DMX was not the instigator nor is he to blame for the concert ending early.
"Regarding the events that took place at the Indiana University DMX Children Uniting Nations concert last night, DMX was not the instigator nor is he to blame for the concert ending early.
"DMX feels its unfortunate that he could not fully perform for this charity show and he hopes to return to Indiana University in the future for another show."
Last night was the 25th Annual ASCAP (American Society Of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Pop Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA and super producer Timbaland took home the Songwriter of the Year award. Over 1,800 attended the ceremony at the Kodak Theatre to honor the top songwriters in the world. Timbaland won the award for his contributions to nine award-winning songs, including "The Way I Are" featuring Keri Hilson and DOE, "Give It To Me" featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, Omarion's "Ice Box," Fabolous' "Make Me Better," Furtado's "Say It Right" and JT's "My Love," "Summer Love/Set The Mood "Until The End of Time," and "What Goes Around...Comes Around."
Timbaland has been recognized three times by the ASCAP, including twice as Rhythm and Soul Songwriter of the Year. Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" won the Song of the Year award and the Black Eyed Peas singler also collected Pop Awards for "Glamorous" produced by Polow Da Don and "Fergalicious," produced by will.i.am. Beyonce's "Irreplaceable," Beyonce and Stargate's Mikkel Eriksen & Tor Hermansen, and Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right," written by Furtado and Timbaland were among the top-5 most performed songs of the year.
Akon, Stargate and Justin Timberlake won multiple Pop awards with five; Fergie, Keri Hilson and Ludacris with three awards; and Keyshia Cole, Furtado and The-Dream with two awards.
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