Inside the Sean ’Diddy’ Combs Hotline: The Makings of a Mass Tort
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Inside the Sean ’Diddy’ Combs Hotline: The Makings of a Mass Tort

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a room full of cubicles, workers in headsets read from their computer screens, addressing callers who dialed a 1-800 number. They have a script. “Were you or your loved one sexually abused by Sean ‘Love’ Combs, known as Diddy, Puff Daddy and…

Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
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Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo R&B star with hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,”…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Four New Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Filed in One Day
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Faces Four New Sex Abuse Lawsuits, Filed in One Day

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In her suit, she alleges that she was handed a spiked drink at an after-party in the SoHo area of Manhattan, where Mr. Combs and others were partying and “many sexual situations” were underway, making her uncomfortable. She became delirious, the suit says,…

Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78
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Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G., whose stewardship of her son’s career and legacy after he was killed in 1997 helped cement him as a hip-hop legend, died on Friday. She was 78. Ms. Wallace died in hospice…

Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look
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Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More viewers tuned into watch Kendrick Lamar — 133.5 million people — than any other Super Bowl halftime show. And they witnessed a rousing concert by a 22-time Grammy-winning (as well as one Pulitzer-winning) artist. But there was much more on display, if…

Chubby Checker, Phish and Outkast Among Rock Hall Nominees
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Chubby Checker, Phish and Outkast Among Rock Hall Nominees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Outkast, Phish, Chubby Checker, Billy Idol, the Black Crowes and the Mexican band Maná are among the first-time nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This year’s ballot, announced by the hall on Wednesday, will also include Oasis, Joe Cocker, Mariah…

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Peak of All Rap Battles?
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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: The Peak of All Rap Battles?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Of course he performed “Not Like Us.” In the lead-up to Kendrick Lamar’s headline performance at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show on Sunday night, most of the chatter focused on whether he would play the song that was effectively the knockout blow…

How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show
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How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kendrick Lamar performs like someone parceling out a secret. On the 2015 single “King Kunta,” he stage-whispers, “I swore I wouldn’t tell,” and then proceeds to flaunt industry gossip without naming names. Though the Grammy-hoarding, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper has mastered literary opacity in…

Is Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Too Controversial for the Super Bowl?
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Is Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Too Controversial for the Super Bowl?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kendrick Lamar’s smash “Not Like Us” has been a lot of things since its release less than a year ago: a Drake-slaying diss track, a No. 1 single, a West Coast unity anthem, a Kamala Harris rally singalong, a World Series fight song,…