Diddy apprentice ?Chopper? gets ?sweet deal?

A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge sentenced a protégé of entertainer Sean “Diddy” Combs to community service for robbing a couple at gunpoint and threatening to “bust” one victim?s brains.

Kevin Barnes, also known as “Chopper” from the second season of MTV?s “Making the Band” show, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and assault charges stemming from an incident when he was 16. Now 22, Barnes? attorney said the incident was a teenage mistake that shouldn?t threaten the artists? pending million-dollar record deal.