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Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures' <em>The Book Of Clarence</em> at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Woman drops suit accusing Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13

The suit was initially filed in October, claiming that the woman was lured by a limousine driver outside the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the two rappers at an after-party.

February 17, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Deborah Rutter, former president of the Kennedy Center, gives her first interview since the center's board voted to fire her and install President Trump as its new chair.

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  • Performing Arts

Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

February 17, 2025
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 2 more
Shonda Rhimes attends the <em>Wicked</em> premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on Nov. 14, 2024, in New York.

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  • Arts & Life

Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae have cut ties with the Kennedy Center now that Trump is chair

The Kennedy Center was created by bipartisan legislation signed by former President Eisenhower in 1958. President Trump appointed himself and members of his administration to the board.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
The Weeknd performs during the 67th Grammy Awards.

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  • Music

This week's pop charts are all about The Weeknd — and the Grammys

This week, The Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the Grammys experience big chart bumps.

February 14, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
The War and Treaty: Tanya Trotter & Michael Trotter, Jr.

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  • Music

The War and Treaty kicks off the party with 'Plus One'

Part of a growing number of Black artists being embraced by the Nashville country-music machine, The War and Treaty is the husband-and-wife duo of Michael & Tanya Trotter. Their new album, Plus One, infuses country with gospel, bluegrass, rock and whatever else inspires them.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Phil Harrell,
  • Lindsay Totty,
  • and 1 more
Musician Bad Bunny will be featured in Friday's <em>SNL</em> concert and Sunday's live special. Here he is performing during his Most Wanted Tour at Miami's Kaseya Center on May 24, 2024.

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How to watch the 'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary events

For its 50th anniversary, Saturday Night Live has a weekend of live events starring cast members, musicians and celebrities.

February 14, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair and
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Five Eight is an Athens, Ga., rock band and the subject of the new documentary 'Weirdo.' The group, pictured above at the 40 Watt Club in 2016, is performing at the Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End in Atlanta on Feb. 14, 2025 after a screening of the film.

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  • Music

Athens rock band Five Eight gets its due in 'Weirdo' documentary

Singer Mike Mantione visits the GPB Talk Studio to chat about the film, the group's career, and a special Valentine's Day screening and performance in Atlanta.

February 13, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The composer Celia Hollander (left) and rapper Fat Tony are two musicians who were affected by the LA wildfires, which destroyed the instruments, record collections and irreplaceable work of many artists.

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  • Music

For many LA musicians, the wildfires took their homes — and their livelihoods

The Los Angeles fires impacted many musical artists, destroying instruments, record collections and hard drives of irreplaceable work.

February 13, 2025
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  • Christopher Intagliata
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class.

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  • Music

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 shortlist includes OutKast, Maná, Phish and Billy Idol

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.

February 12, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs <em>Sacred Songs</em>, choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing based on material featured in the original 1960 version of the company's <em>Revelations</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

Lost songs from Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' find voice in new piece

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Olivia Hampton
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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  • Music

Almost a year after the battle, Kendrick Lamar has won the war

The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sidney Madden
A London city worker clears up a fatberg in 2014. A fatberg in Australia caused the cancellation of a concert over the potential for wastewater overflow.

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  • World

Bryan Adams concert in Australia is canceled after a 'fatberg' causes sewage overflow

The blockage was detected near a Perth arena mere hours before Canadian musician Bryan Adams' sold-out show was set to take place. Water authorities warned of wastewater overflow at the venue.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
The musician and documentary filmmaker Questlove says that music Sly Stone created in the 1960s and 1970s laid the foundation for the pop, R&B and funk sounds we hear today.

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  • Movie Interviews

Questlove confronts the 'burden of Black genius' in a new Sly Stone documentary

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first domino in a long list of people that will self-sabotage."

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome.

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  • Music

Kendrick Lamar brought West Coast hip hop, Uncle Sam and Serena Williams to the Super Bowl

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest.

February 10, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
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