Bad Boy Entertainment, doing business as Bad Boy Records, is an American hip-hop record label founded by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs in 1993. During the mid-1990s, the label signed artists, beginning with the Notorious B.I.G. Following his commercial success, the label signed other acts, including Faith Evans, Mase, 112, Total, the Lox, Shyne, and Carl Thomas. At its peak in 1997, Bad Boy was worth an estimated US$100 million. During the 2000s, Bad Boy Records signed several notable artists, including French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly, Janelle Monáe, and Cassie Ventura.