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FILE PHOTO: Show host Sean "Puffy" Combs poses at 2005 MTV Video Music awards in Miami, Florida.

Nation May 05

A timeline of Diddy’s career and legal troubles

By Associated Press

Arts Mar 21

A screen displays the logo and trading information for Spotify on the floor of the NYSE in New York
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Musicians push back on dwindling payments from streaming services

Nearly every song ever recorded is available for about $12 a month, or free if you don’t mind the ads. But while the streaming giant Spotify has conquered the music industry, many of the artists responsible for the music on…

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins

Arts Feb 05

66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét among major winners at 2024 Grammys

Taylor Swift won album of the year for “Midnights,” breaking a Grammys record for most wins in the category with four. Miley Cyrus won record of the year for her hit “Flowers," and Victoria Monét won best new artist.

By Maria Sherman, Associated Press

Nation Feb 01

Illustration shows Universal Music Group logo
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Why Universal Music Group is pulling songs from TikTok

More than a billion users around the world may find that TikTok is a bit less fun than it was just a day ago. It’s tied to a major showdown between the social media app and the world’s biggest record…

By John Yang, Jonah Anderson

Arts Dec 24

Singer Mariah Carey performs at the lighting ceremony for the 82nd Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, at Rockefeller Cente...
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The business of Christmas music and why some songs become classics

Christmas music is a big part of the music industry. John Yang speaks with Nate Sloan, an assistant professor of musicology at the USC Thornton School of Music and co-host of the podcast Switched On Pop, about what makes Christmas…

By John Yang, Claire Mufson

Dec 12

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How a New York state law opened Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to sexual assault lawsuits

By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings

Four women are suing hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs over sexual assault allegations dating back to the early 90s. Previously, those lawsuits couldn’t have been filed because of the statute of limitations. But most were filed under a New York…

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Nov 18

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs reaches settlement with Cassie a day after she files abuse lawsuit

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings, rape and abuse by music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been settled, the artists announced Friday, one day after the lawsuit was filed.

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Nov 17

Cassie accuses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of rape, violent abuse in new lawsuit

By Associated Press

R&B singer Cassie, who filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York federal court, said Combs began the pattern of abuse as soon as their relationship started more than a decade ago.

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Jan 30

Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists, dies at 81

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War.”…

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Apr 01

Watch 6:46
British artist Yola’s ‘genre-fluid’ blend turns heads in Nashville

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Lizz Bolaji

With the Grammys set to take place Sunday night, the artist Yola is in the running this year in two categories, including "Best American Roots Song" and "Best Americana Album." Jeffrey Brown went to see why the musician has chosen…

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