in july 2015, bad boy entertainment artist gizzle told the press that she is collaborating with combs on what she describes as his last album, titled "no way out 2", a sequel to his 1997 debut. she describes the music as unique: "the mindset is to just be classic and to be epic. and to really live up to that... we know it's a tall order, but we welcome the challenge." in april 2016, combs announced that after this last album and tour, he plans to retire from the music industry to focus on acting.