NEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor - at least on television. CBS says the rapper has agreed to a two-episode appearance on "CSI: Miami."

This isn't to bash rappers, nor is it to say that these artists aren't allowed to pursue different paths in Hollywood. With so many prominent rappers acquiring roles

Sean Combs has put his love life on hold while he chases his dream of making it in Hollywood. The singer has abandoned his New York home to set up base in Los Angeles while he tries to make a success of his fledgling acting career.

Monday, Feb. 25 A Raisin in the Sun (ABC, 8 p.m.) - This adaptation of the classic play stars The Cosby Show's Phylicia Rashad, Private Practice's Audra McDonald, Sean Combs and odd-man out John Stamos.

Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs is planning to quit music to pursue a full-time career in acting. The star has scaled down his hip-hop projects in recent years, so he can expand an acting resume that includes a Broadway stint in A Raisin in the Sun and a critically-acclaimed role in 2001 Oscar-winning movie Monster's Ball.