'Diddy' to become a daddy again

Combs' next album Press Play will be released later this year

Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs has confirmed he and model girlfriend Kim Porter are to have another baby.

The couple are "happy to confirm that they are expecting their second child together," Combs's representative told the Associated Press news agency.

The pair - who have an eight-year-old son named Christian - were "thrilled" by the news, Keesha Johnson continued.

The 36-year-old performer and hip-hop mogul also has a 12-year-old son named Justin from a previous relationship.

Last year Combs said he would appeal against a court ruling ordering him to pay monthly custody payments of $21,782 (£21,782) to ex-partner Misa Hylton-Brim.

The rapper previously settled a child custody case with Ms Porter in 2002.