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Arranging trips for Sean “Diddy” Combs was a massive undertaking, as the rap mogul had a long list of must-haves for his hotel stays, a former assistant testified on Wed., May 21.

George Kaplan said he would often be given just a few hours’ notice from Combs or his chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, to ready hotel rooms in cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Miami.

Combs or Khorram would give Kaplan exacting instructions in how to set up the hotel rooms, Kaplan told jurors in Manhattan federal court on the eighth day of Combs’ high-profile trial.

To protect Combs from fans and prying eyes, hotel rooms would often be booked under the name “Frank Black,” Kaplan testified. The alias was a play on “Frank White,” a nickname for the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls — one of the first artists Combs signed to his Bad Boy Records label.

Before Combs arrived at a given hotel room or suite, Kaplan testified he would unpack a bag that contained “clothes, a speaker, candles, liquor, baby oil and Astroglide.”