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News Articles: Music

Cassie Ventura (left) and Sean Combs at the Met Gala in New York City in 2017. Ventura testified for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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Sean Combs trial: Cassie concludes four days of testimony

On Friday, Sean Combs' defense lawyers questioned Cassie Ventura about how much of the former couple's activities she willingly participated in. "I had to fight my way out," she said.

May 19, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
We've wrangled the great (like Chappell Roan), the middling and the truly misbegotten musical guests from <em>SNL</em>'s regular season into one digestible list.

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  • Music

'SNL' just wrapped its 50th season: It's time to cruelly rank its musical guests

For a show that's never been shy about celebrating itself, Saturday Night Live was bound to lean hard into its 50th season. But the results were as mixed as ever.

May 19, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
JJ, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, holds up the trophy he won for Austria with the song "Wasted Love" during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, May 17, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Austria wins 69th Eurovision Song Contest

"Wasted Love," sung by the classically trained countertenor JJ, beat out 25 other songs for the top prize at the international competition held this year in Basel, Switzerland.

May 17, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Israeli singer Yuval Raphael is representing Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest. She performs "New Day Will Rise" during a dress rehearsal for the second semifinal in Basel, Switzerland, on May 14.

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  • World

Yuval Raphael, a Hamas attack survivor, is representing Israel at Eurovision

The 24-year-old survived the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Nova festival, and will perform a pop ballad, "New Day Will Rise." Israel's Eurovision participation has sparked protest due to the Gaza war.

May 17, 2025
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  • Itay Stern
Broadway composer Charles Strouse in New York City in 2011. Strouse died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 96.

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  • Music

Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.

May 17, 2025
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  • Jeff Lunden
Diddy performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.

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  • Arts & Life

Diddy's lawyers plan to argue "mutual violence." Will that strategy work?

"Mutual abuse" is a term you may have heard in celebrity abuse trials - here's how to make sense of it.

May 16, 2025
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By:
  • Liam McBain and
  • Corey Bridges
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorney cross-examines Cassie Ventura for the first time

An attorney asked Ventura a series of questions about Ventura admittedly feeling jealous during her relationship with Combs and Ventura begrudgingly planning parts of their sex life.

May 16, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Smokey Robinson is shown attending the screening for <em>The Apollo</em> during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2019, in New York.

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  • Law

Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations

Motown legend Smokey Robinson is being criminally investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department following allegations accusing him of a series of sexual assaults.

May 16, 2025
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  • Steve Futterman
Cassie Ventura chats with VJ Stephen Colletti during a July 2006 appearance on MTV's <em>Total Request Live</em>.

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  • Music News

Who is Cassie? The stalled music career of the Sean Combs trial's star witness

The mogul's former protégé and girlfriend emerged as a promising pop artist in 2006. On the stand this week, she said her relationship with Combs and his label quickly became more about control.

May 15, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The grand final of Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday in Basel, Switzerland. Above, Melody representing Spain performs in the semifinal on Tuesday.

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  • Arts & Life

The 10 best songs of Eurovision 2025 — and their chances to win

The grand final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest takes place on Saturday, May 17, in Basel, Switzerland. It's an annual celebration of melody, rhythm, fabulousness and glitter.

May 15, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon
Adam Duritz, lead singer and songwriter for Counting Crows, spoke with <em>Morning Edition </em>about the band's new album,<em> Butter Miracle, the Complete Sweets!</em>

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  • Music

'Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows

In 1993, Adam Duritz and his band Counting Crows took roots-rock to new heights with their debut August and Everything After. More than 30 years later, they offer a new album, cut from the same cloth.

May 15, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell and
  • Leila Fadel
The singer Cassie Ventura testified on Tuesday, May 13, in the federal criminal trial of Sean Combs.

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  • Music News

Sean Combs trial: Cassie's testimony details scope of violent relationship

On the witness stand on Wednesday, the singer at the center of the prosecution's case testified that her decade-long relationship with Combs was ruled by fear and violence.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nev.

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  • Music

A timeline of the federal trial against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

The federal trial against Sean Combs, the Bad Boy Records founder turned businessman, is underway. He faces charges for racketeering conspiracy and prostitution. Catch updates from the trial here.

May 14, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Fuerza Regida's <em>111XPANTIA, </em>which just hit No. 2 on the <em>Billboard </em>chart<em>,</em> now holds the highest chart position in the history of regional Mexican music

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  • Music

Two Spanish-language albums top the Billboard chart for the first time ever

Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR Más FOToS and Fuerza Regida's 111XPANTIA hold down the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on this week's Billboard 200, making this the first week in history with Spanish-language albums in the chart's top two spots.

May 14, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Tory Lanez, pictured performing in 2019, was stabbed in the California prison where he is serving time after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.

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  • Music News

Rapper Tory Lanez is hospitalized after being stabbed in a California prison

The rapper's Instagram account says his lungs collapsed after he was stabbed 14 times, but he is "in good spirits." Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

May 14, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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