RAPPER'S BOOK BLASTS COMBS

Mark Curry is set to publish Dancing With The Devil, a memoir that details his years at Combs' Bad Boy Records, which the I'll Be Missing You hitmaker founded in 1993.

Curry featured on various remixes and collaborations with the rapper but never released a solo album with the label before he departed in 2005. And now he is accusing the star of bad business practice.

He claims Combs would regularly feature in his artist's songs and videos - but secretly charge them for the privilege.

Rapper Curry writes, "Puff (Combs) has an annoying habit of inserting himself into the songs and videos of all the artists on his label and it's common knowledge that many Bad Boy acts resented him for this.

"Puff charged the artists for his appearance on their records and videos, usually without (them) realising it until they receive their royalty statements. That's when they discovered that their large sums of money had gone to fees which were doubled, tripled and even quadrupled because of Puff's 'special appearances.'

"He charged artists, for example, for having his Bentley in his videos - which he insisted upon - then took tax credit for business use of a car."

The book is slated for release in February (09).