NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison after prosecutors argued the hip-hop mogul should be locked up for years while his children tearfully asked the judge for mercy.

The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again.

Prosecutors argued he should spend more than 11 years in prison for his conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs' lawyers and family wanted him freed now , saying the long sentence sought by prosecutors is “wildly out of proportion” to the crime.

The hip-hop mogul was convicted in July of flying people around the country for sexual encounters, including his girlfriends and male sex w

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