Earlier this week, the mogul’s lawyers renewed their efforts to secure his release ahead of his October sentencing on prostitution-related convictions.
Category: Rap and Hip-Hop
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Vacate Jury’s Verdict or Retry Him
In a 62-page motion, the music mogul’s legal team argued that his conviction under the Mann Act — which bars interstate commerce related to prostitution — should be overturned.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Awaiting Sentencing, Asks Judge to Release Him From Jail
Lawyers for the music mogul, who is to be sentenced in October on prostitution charges, filed court papers saying he would sign a $50 million bond.
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Big Freedia on the Gospel Music That Lifts Her Up
The New Orleans musician known for party-starting rapping chats about healing through song, and the TV, movies and boots that keep her stomping ahead.
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Jim Legxacy Makes Music That Sounds Like Memory
The new album from the London rapper, singer and producer is a homage to the last two decades of Black British music.
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Drake Returns With Reinforcements at Wireless Fest in London
The Canadian superstar headlined all three nights of London’s Wireless Festival, showing off his range, reach and a glimpse of how he intends to leave his Kendrick Lamar beef in the past.
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‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.
The sweep of graphic lawsuits accusing Sean Combs of sex abuse led to a sense that his criminal case might examine celebrity debauchery in the music industry. It did not.
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Kesha Seeks a Chaotic Love, and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Foo Fighters, Ethel Cain, Tyler Childers and others.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Not Just a Sentencing, but a Host of Civil Cases
The music mogul, convicted on lesser charges at his federal trial, has been accused of sexually assaulting people in dozens of suits. He has denied the allegations.
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Alternate Juror at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: ‘I Understand’ the Verdict
A Manhattan man who did not deliberate but heard all 28 days of testimony said in an interview that he was not persuaded by the prosecution’s case.
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Dave Scott, Hip-Hop Choreographer, Is Dead at 52
A former basketball standout with no formal dance training, he came to provide moves for rappers like Bow Wow and dance-battle films like “You Got Served.”
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Nine Lives
For decades, he occupied a special stripe of the celebrity stratosphere. Now the man who helped turn rap into a global concern has escaped a sex-trafficking conviction.