Random House and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs have settled a lawsuit over a $300,000 advance given to Combs for a memoir he never wrote. In an Associated Press wire story, Hillel Italie reports that “According to the court papers, Combs signed with Random House in 1998” and a “manuscript was to be completed by Dec. 15, 1999, but the deadline passed and, in early 2000, Random House notified Combs that he was in breach of contract and that the publisher wanted the money back.” According to court papapers Random sent follow-up notices to Combs “Year after year.” Neither Combs nor Random House would say how the suit was resolved, however — i.e., whether Combs had to pay back the money. Meanwhile, Italie notes it isn’t the first time a music star took a huge advance for a memoir he never wrote: “Years ago, Mick Jagger received a seven-figure advance to write his memoirs, but eventually returned the money, saying he couldn’t remember anything of significance.”