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News Articles: Music

Diddy performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards.

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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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  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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
Justin Hopkins (from left), Nathan Granner, David Morgans, Markel Reed and Chaz'men Williams-Ali rehearse a scene for the Detroit Opera's performances of Anthony Davis' opera <em>The Central Park Five </em>on May 10, 16 and 18.

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  • Performing Arts

This opera tells the story of 'The Central Park Five,' Donald Trump's role included

In 1989, Trump took out full-page newspaper ads demanding the death penalty "for roving bands of wild criminals." The Detroit Opera decided to program this work long before the presidential election.

May 13, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Music

And the winner of the 2025 Tiny Desk Contest is...

NPR Music's Robin Hilton announces the name of this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner. Every year since 2015, a different unsigned musician or band has benefited from the exposure that NPR Music provides.

May 13, 2025
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  • Robin Hilton
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 11: Sean Combs speaks onstage during the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony for DJ Khaled on April 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California.

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  • Music

Sean Combs' jury has been selected. The trial is officially underway.

After a brief delay, the jurors and alternates for the mogul's trial for racketeering conspiracy and prostitution have been set. The trial is expected to last eight weeks.

May 12, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The music mogul Sean Combs helped hip-hop to break through as popular music, and to become big business. He now faces federal criminal charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. If convicted of all charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

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  • Music

The trial of Sean Combs: What you need to know

Prosecutors are scheduled to begin their arguments today against the rap mogul, who is accused of racketeering and sex trafficking. Here is an overview of Combs' career and the charges he faces.

May 12, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Musical artists Trupa Trupa (left) Bells Larsen (middle), Alex Bernath (right) are all reconsidering the benefits of touring in the United States.<br>

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  • Music

Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours

In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and safety risks.

May 12, 2025
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  • Nastia Voynovskaya
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