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☆ Mister Cee, ‘legendary’ New York City disc jockey, dead at 57
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“As a family at HOT 97 and WBLS, we’re deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Mister Cee,” reads the statement posted on Hot 97’s site. LeBrun’s childhood friend Kevin “DJ 50 Grand” Griffin helped rapper Christopher Wallace record his demo, which launched him into infamy as The Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls. “The first time I met him was when his DJ 50 Grand, rest in peace, [DJ 50 Grand died in 2022] brought Big to my house. The plan was we were going to redo the basement demo that he and 50 Grand put together,” LeBraun told Rock the Bells last year. (Death of Auto-Tune)” by saying, “I made this just for Flex and Mister Cee.”

Persons: Mister Cee, Big Daddy Kane, we’re, ”, Cee, Calvin LeBrun, Kane, Kevin “, ” Griffin, Christopher Wallace, Biggie Smalls, “, ” LeBraun, don’t, Wallace, ” LeBrun, Jay, Funkmaster Organizations: CNN, DJ Locations: New, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , New York, New York City

☆ Usher said it was 'crazy' and 'wild' living with Sean 'Diddy' Combs' as a teen. Here's how it transformed his career.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewUsher's comments on attending Sean "Diddy" Combs' "Puffy Flavor Camp" as a teen resurfaced after the federal agents raided Combs' homes this week. AdvertisementUsher's 2016 interview on "The Howard Stern Show" saw him speak about living with Combs for a year in the '90s. I just didn't understand it. Why was Usher sent to live with Combs? Usher told Stern he wasn't upset when Combs didn't want to produce his second album and understood it was a business decision.

Persons: —, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Howard Stern, Usher, Robin Quivers, Antonio, L.A, Reid, Rolling Stone, Stern, Lil, Kim, Mary J, Blige, Kevin Mazur, The Recording Academy Combs, He's Organizations: Service, Department of Homeland Security, Business, LaFace Records, The Recording Academy, Hollywood Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, New York

☆ Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: The ups and downs of a ‘bad boy’ turned businessman
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Sean “Diddy” Combs once traced his success back to a pair of shoes. With his legacy in question, this particular chapter of the story of Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently punctuated more by an ellipsis than a period. Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, Diddy, D'Lila Combs and Justin Dior Combs attend in September of 2023. Members of law enforcement are seen outside of Sean "Diddy" Combs' home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was briefly stopped by law enforcement and subsequently releasedThe source would not reveal Combs’ vacation destination or current whereabouts.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, ”, Combs, he’s, Puffy, Diddy, Love, Christopher Wallace, B.I.G, Wallace, Chance ”, Sean Combs, “, Faith Evans, ” Combs, Wendy Williams, Wallace’s, Justin, Misa Hylton, Kim Porter, Christian, Twin, Jessie James, Jessie James Combs, Chance Combs, D'Lila Combs, Justin Dior Combs, Jason Kempin, Chance, Sarah Chapman, Dana Tran, Sean Jean, — Combs, wasn’t, Sean John, Sean John’s, Sean, Shannon Stapleton, “ Sean Combs, Cassie Ventura, ” Aaron Dyer, ” Dyer, Mary J, Blige, MGK, Janelle Monáe, CNN’s John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Eric Levenson, Denise Royal, Elizabeth Wagmeister, Carlos Suarez Organizations: CNN, Department of Homeland Security, Bad Boy Records, Ciroc, Global Brands Group, Diageo PLC, Reuters, Diageo, Bad Boy Entertainment, Miami Locations: Manhattan, Quincy, Los Angeles, Miami

☆ 50 Cent taunts Sean 'Diddy' Combs after feds raid his mansions. Here's their 18-year beef explained.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read preview50 Cent taunted Sean "Diddy" Combs on Instagram after federal officials raided the rapper's mansions in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday. The "I'll Be Missing You" singer is currently facing sexual assault allegations and numerous lawsuits. 50 Cent and Sean 'Diddy' Combs' beef started in 2006The feud between the two rappers publicly kicked off in 2006 when 50 Cent released a diss track called "The Bomb," which claims that Combs knows who shot and killed Notorious B.I.G. In 2010, for example, Combs described 50 Cent as a "hating ass crap" after he became the manager of Rick Ross in 2009 — another rapper that 50 Cent had beef with, according to HipHopDX. Representatives for 50 Cent and Diddy did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Curtis Jackson, it's Diddy, Jackson, Notorious B.I.G, Rick Ross, Cent, Cassandra, Cassie, Ventura, Mark Curry, 🚨, ackson, erving Organizations: Service, Los Angeles Times, Department of Homeland Security, Business, Bad Boy Records Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, HipHopDX

☆ How Diddy got to be one of hip-hop's biggest businessmen
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her." AdvertisementIn a separate lawsuit filed in November, Joi Dickerson-Neal alleges that Combs drugged and assaulted her in 1991.

Persons: Sean, Diddy, Combs, He's, —, Sean Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean Jean, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe Organizations: Service, Federal, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

☆ Diddy is one of hip-hop's richest and most powerful businessmen. Take a look at his net worth and web of influence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Madeline Berg | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewFederal officials raided the Los Angeles and Miami homes of Sean Combs on Monday. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has their ability to travel been restricted in any way. Mr. Combs is innocent." Within the first two years of the partnership, annual sales grew from 75,000 to 400,000 cases, according to a lawsuit Combs filed against Diageo last year. "She recognized that she was powerless, and that reporting Mr. Combs to the authorities would not alter Mr. Combs's status or influence but would merely give Mr. Combs another excuse to hurt her."

Persons: —, Sean Combs, Combs, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Cassie, Rodney Jones Jr, Lil Rod, groping, Aaron Dyer, Mr, Diddy, Craig Mack, Faith Evans, Mase, B.I.G, Forbes, Sean John, they'd, DeLeon, He'd, Mark Wahlberg, Ciroc, Ethan Miller, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Jay, — he's, he's, Kerry James Marshall, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Joi Dickerson, Neal, Jane Doe, Sean Jean Organizations: Service, Federal Homeland Security, AP, Business, Bad Boy Records, Uptown Records, East, Bad, Arista Records, Global Brands Group, Diageo, of, Hulu, Combs Enterprises Locations: Los Angeles, Miami

Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. Opening statements are set for Monday in the federal murder trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington, who were arrested in 2020. Jay, born Jason Mizell, formed Run-DMC in the early 1980s with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Joseph Simmons, known as DJ Run and Rev. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThey were the first rappers with gold and platinum albums and a Rolling Stone cover. He considered Jay to be family, since the DJ grew up across the street from Jordan's father, his defense wrote.

Persons: Jay, Karl Jordan Jr, Ronald Washington, “, ”, Seth DuCharme, gunning, Jason Mizell, Darryl “, ” McDaniels, Joseph Simmons, Aerosmith, ” Jay, people's, Tricky, Tupac Shakur, Prosecutors, Washington, Jordan, wasn't, Susan Kellman, Jay —, Judge LaShann DeArcy, Jordan's, Mark DeMarco, Jordan “ Organizations: Brooklyn U.S, Adidas, MTV, Roll Hall of Fame, Police, Prosecutors, DJ, Playboy, Authorities, New York Daily News Locations: Washington, Jordan, Hollis, Queens, York, Angeles, Shakur’s, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, indicting Washington, Maryland, Jordan's

☆ Paris Fashion Week: What we saw at the Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Samantha Tse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Paris CNN —The Fall-Winter 2024 menswear shows in Paris saw the return of Balmain Homme after a four-year absence, Givenchy’s first collection since Matthew Williams’ departure and the runway debut of fashion company 032c. Je T’imbsParis fell hard for Timberland’s iconic six-inch yellow boots last week, in what is the heritage American brand’s 50th anniversary year. They look Black, they look Native American.”Shoes as armorIn many collections this season, sneakers were swapped for more formal footwear options. Models at Balmain Homme wore shiny black block-heeled boots encrusted with crystal detailing or monochrome square-toed wingtip boots with loose-cut trousers in bold colors. Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev provided inspiration from the ground up for Kim Jones' Dior Homme collection.

Persons: Givenchy’s, Matthew Williams, Aaliyah, Tupac, B.I.G —, Louis Vuitton, Wales Bonner, Vuitton, Francois Durand, Pharrell Williams, Timbs ”, ”, Maisie Willoughby, “ Howard ”, Ik, Rhude, Mike Amiri, Grandpa cardigans, Louis, ” Williams, “, Shutterstock, Rick Owens, Valerio Mezzanotti, Van Noten, Kim Jones, Dior Homme, Straytukay, Owens, Balletcore, Balletcore ”, Dior, Rudolf Nureyev, Jones ’, Colin Jones, Jones, Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli, Valentino, Pierpaolo, Givenchy —, Matthew M, Williams, —, Hubert de Givenchy’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Balmain Homme, American, Louis, Getty, Vuitton, Wales, Ivy, Black Howard University, Lakota, Vogue Locations: Paris, Italy, Washington, Wales, American, Los Angeles, Amiri's, Dakota, Van, Belgian, London, Russian, Givenchy

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in Las Vegas in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney to represent him ahead of his murder trial scheduled this summer. The other, in 2021, was for failing to represent a defendant in Las Vegas Justice Court. Knight is serving 28 years in a California prison for an unrelated fatal shooting in the Los Angeles area in 2015. Davis was indicted by a grand jury in Las Vegas and arrested in September outside his home in suburban Henderson and has pleaded not guilty. or Biggie Smalls, six months later in Los Angeles.

Persons: —, Tupac Shakur, Duane “ Keffe, ” Davis, Carl Arnold, Robert Arroyo, Davis, Charles Cano, Arnold, didn't, Shakur, Marion “ Suge, Knight, Davis incriminated, Christopher Wallace, Biggie Smalls, Arroyo, Cano Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Nevada State Bar, Las Vegas Justice, Prosecutors, Los Angeles Police Department, BET, FBI, Los Locations: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, Las, Compton , California, California, Henderson

The letter came after a series of lawsuits Combs filed against Diageo, whose other brands include Johnnie Walker, Don Julio and Smirnoff. Diageo ended the Cîroc partnership over the summer, saying at the time that Combs had breached his contract. That period, the company said, "happens to correspond with the pendency of Combs Wines' original lawsuit against Diageo." Diageo didn't respond to requests for comment. Revolt didn't respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Cassie, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Johnnie Walker, Don Julio, Smirnoff, Roberta Kaplan, Casandra Ventura, Ventura, Harve Pierre, Pierre, Pierre didn't, @Diddy, Dawn Montgomery, Montgomery, Kelly, Kesha, they'd, Faith Evans, Sean John streetwear, Sean John, Sean John's, Evan Nierman, wasn't Organizations: Diageo, New York Times, Combs, Bad Boy Records, Boy Entertainment, NBC News, Bad, Variety, Combs Enterprises, Love Records, Motown Records, Nordstrom, Saks Locations: New York, London, Los Angeles

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape. Ventura, now 37 herself, said Combs, now 54, began the pattern of abuse began as soon as their relationship did. The suit alleges that, “prone to uncontrollable rage,” he subjected her to "savage" beatings in which he punched, kicked and stomped her. He and Ventura began dating in 2007 and had an on-and-off relationship for more than a decade. This year, he released his fifth studio album “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” which earned two Grammy nominations this month.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Cassie, Casandra Ventura, Combs, Ben Brafman, Combs “, Ventura, ”, stomped, “, Brafman, ” Combs, Ryan Leslie, “ Spenser, Mary J, Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Sean John, Cassie — Ms, Casandra Ventura — Organizations: New York federal, Associated Press, Bad Boy Records, MTV, BET Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Ventura

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Southern California street gang leader charged in the fatal shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will make a court appearance Thursday with a lawyer from one of the city's best-known political families, one that has represented mobsters, athletes and other famous clients. Attorney Ross Goodman told The Associated Press Wednesday he'll appear in Duane “Keffe D” Davis' defense against accusations that Davis orchestrated the drive-by killing of the rap music icon. Davis won't immediately enter a plea, Goodman said, he'll seek another two weeks to confirm that he'll be hired for Davis' case. Goodman is a son of former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Carolyn Goodman. In July, a police raid at Davis' home drew renewed interest to Shakur's unsolved murder, one of hip-hop music’s enduring mysteries.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Ross Goodman, Duane “ Keffe, ” Davis, Davis, Goodman, he'll, Davis ’, Oscar Goodman, Carolyn Goodman, Damon Arnette, Anthony “ Tony, Spilotro, Michael Spilotro, Chris Lammons, Alvin Kamara, Biggie Smalls, Christopher Wallace, Compton . Davis, Shakur, Marion “ Suge, Knight Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Associated Press, Edi, AP, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Raiders, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, Las, Pro Locations: Southern California, Las Vegas, Compton , California, Henderson, Nevada, Los Angeles, Faal, ”, Indiana, Chicago, Compton ., Compton

Six months later, his friend-turned-rival Notorious B.I.G, whose legal name is Christopher Wallace, was gunned down. They hung out together on the set of the 1993 film “Poetic Justice,” which starred Janet Jackson and Shakur. Shakur found out that the night of that attack, Wallace and Sean “Diddy” Combs were together in a recording studio. East vs. West coastsLess than 24 hours after the 1994 shooting, Shakur made a court appearance in a wheelchair on sex-assault charges against him. Greenidge, who described the rapper as a professional mentor, told the grand jury he was in the convoy.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Shakur, B.I.G, Christopher Wallace, Wallace, Duane “ Keffe, ” Davis, Davis, enmeshed, ”, Justin Tinsley, Janet Jackson, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Combs, Malcolm Greenidge, Reggie Wright Jr, Marion “ Suge, Knight, disrespecting Combs, Tha, Snoop Dogg, Faith Evans, “ It’s, Wright, Robert Ladd, Ladd, “, Orlando Anderson, ” Denvonta Lee, Mike Tyson, Bruce Seldon, Anderson, Daniel Ford, Ford, Lee, Deandrae Smith, Smith, “ Keffe, ” Lee, Keffe, Biggie Shakur, Tinsley, ” “ Biggie, ” Tinsley, ‘, Tupac, Rio Yamat, Ken Ritter, Scott Sonner, Gabe Stern, Andrew Dalton, Ryan Pearson, Stefanie Dazio, Felicia Fonseca Organizations: ANGELES, New York City, The Associated Press, Los, Records, New, Boy Records, Row, Tha Dogg, West Coast, Side, South Side, Bloods, MGM, Anderson, BMW, Authorities, Cadillac, ” Police, Las Vegas, ___ Associated Press Locations: East, West, New York, Las Vegas, Compton, midtown Manhattan, East Harlem , New York, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Harlem, New York City, York , New York, Vegas, Lakewood, South Los Angeles, Reno , Nevada, Flagstaff , Arizona

☆ Old-School Fans Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Alex Vadukul | More About Alex Vadukul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The start of hip-hop dates to Aug. 11, 1973, when DJ Kool Herc created continuous break-beats by working two turntables during a party in a rec room at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx. On Friday night, exactly 50 years later, a concert was held at Yankee Stadium — roughly a mile and a half from hip-hop’s birthplace — to honor the occasion, featuring Run-DMC, Slick Rick, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Kim and Nas. DJ Kool Herc, 68, also appeared onstage to accept an award. “I prefer old-school hip-hop,” Hetep said. He rapped about positivity, and that’s also what my music is about.”In the edited interviews below, attendees reflected on hip-hop’s 50th.

Persons: DJ Kool Herc, —, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, Lil ’ Kim, Nas, Tupac Shakur, Hetep BarBoy, ” Hetep, “, that’s Organizations: Yankee, ” Locations: Bronx

☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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Persons: vibrancy, Dave, — Slick Rick, “, ”, �, Homer Simpson, Rihanna, “ FourFiveSeconds ”, wilding, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee, Spoonie Gee, Lil Wayne, Spivey’s, “ It’s, Pharrell Williams, Shameik Moore, Zoë Kravitz, ” “, Lana Del Rey, Joe, Marcus Garvey, Lauryn Hill, Marcus Garvey intoned, Ramblin ’ Thomas, William Melvin Kelley’s, presciently, Badu’s, repopularized “, Badu, ” — Childish Gambino, “ Redbone ”, Donald J, Kendrick Lamar’s, Joey Bada, Lil Durk’s, Ron DeSantis, Elon Musk, Sir, they’ve, Munch, Red’s, ” Megan Thee, Patty, Nicki Minaj, “ Heard, Jay, Stackin, Al Pacino, Tony Montana, Morton, wildin, illin, killin, “ Buck Whylin ’, Chuck D, “ Buck Whylin ’ ”, Tonya Harding, Nick Cannon’s, “ wilding ”, Barry Michael Cooper, “ Wilding, Donald Trump’s, Wildin, “ Stylin, — Bruno Mars, Greg Nice, “ Swayze, Patrick Swayze’s, Guy, ghosting, Glock, I’m Swayze, Jared Seay Organizations: Daily News, src, Google, Oxford English, Queens, MTV, New York Times, Trump, Republican, Hulu, WAP, raunch, “, Morton Music, Public, The Daily News, Central Park, Oxford, ”, Adidas, Royce Locations: Oxford, Ethiopia, Africa, Florida, America, U.S

☆ Too Short’s Long (and Very Raunchy) Life in Rap
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Tom Breihan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

It’s a lesson rap has never forgotten — and only one among many it learned, in large part, from this rapper. To understand Too Short’s influence, it’s useful to consider that he found national success at a moment when rap still seemed like it might head in a very different direction. As his records crept across the country, another Oakland rapper took off like a rocket. MC Hammer was Too Short’s opposite: glitzy, energetic and so family-friendly that he had his own Saturday-morning cartoon. This failure didn’t bother Too Short: “I understand why they didn’t get it,” he says of New Yorkers.

Persons: ”, “, Snoop Dogg, P’s, Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane’s, Hammer, wouldn’t, tourmates, Dre, 2Pac, —, ” Weiss, Wu, Tang Organizations: Oakland, East Coast, Yorkers Locations: UGK, Oakland, York, Coast

☆ Remembering the Rappers We Lost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Danyel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

That same year, the Recording Academy finally included a rap category in the Grammy Awards, and Will Smith, a.k.a. And then, in September 1996, Tupac Shakur died at 25 in Las Vegas, having been shot four times. Hill’s was the first hip-hop album to win album of the year (along with four other Grammys). In 1999, Big L of Harlem (Lamont Coleman) was shot nine times in the face and chest on West 139th Street near his Harlem home. On Oct. 30, 2002, Run-DMC’s D.J., Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay, was killed in his Queens recording studio at age 37.

Persons: Will Smith, a.k.a, DJ Jazzy Jeff, “, ”, Tupac Shakur, Roland Bishop, Ernest Dickerson’s, Christopher Wallace, poolside partyer, DJ Quik, Gen, Biggie Smalls, Shakur, Will, Biggie, ’ Raymond Rodgers, Evans’s, Kirk Franklin, Cheryl James, Lauryn Hill ”, Jay, Z’s, Hill’s, Big, Harlem, Lamont Coleman, Jason Mizell, Mizell, Rap Organizations: Recording Academy, Billboard, Motown, Queens Locations: Florida, Las Vegas, God’s, Harlem

☆ Mahogany L. Browne's Love Letter to Hip-Hop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Mahogany L. Browne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Latto, “Put It on da Floor Again” (2023)The video for this song featured, among others, the L.S.U. ), Lil’ Kim shot to stardom with her debut solo single, “No Time,” which was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Benzino, “Rock The Party” ft. Mario Winans (2002)Might this be the only rap single recorded by a magazine mogul to hit the Billboard charts? The rapper Benzino, real name Raymond Leon Scott, was a co-owner of the iconic hip-hop magazine The Source. Benzino, “Rock The Party” ft. Mario Winans (2002)I’m a boss in a skirt, I’m a flirt.

Persons: Warren G, Tupac Shakur, Michael McDonald’s “, Lil Wayne, Lil Wayne’s “ Tha Carter, phenom, Rip, Angel Reese, “, ”, MC Lyte, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Missy Elliott, Slick Rick, Slick Rick’s, Eric B, Momma, Miss Ivana, Lil ’ Kim, Charlie Wilson, Big Sean, Mario Winans, Benzino, Raymond Leon Scott, Anna Wintour, spinnin, I’m, York ” Organizations: New, Tigers, Party, Public, Biz, Recording Industry Association of America, Pitchfork, YG, VH1 Locations: New Orleans, Manhattan, :, York

☆ How MTV Broke News for a Generation
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A little over a year into his first term, President Bill Clinton made good on a promise to return to MTV if young voters sent him to the White House. The town hall-style program in 1994 was meant to focus on violence in America, but it was a question of personal preference that made headlines and helped put MTV News on the media map. Now, a generation after MTV News bridged the gap between news and pop culture, Paramount, the network’s parent company, announced this week that it was shuttering the news service. They brought viewers on the presidential campaign trail and face to face with world leaders like Yasir Arafat, and took them into college dorms in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. They also embraced the messy chaos of 1990s and early 2000s celebrity, as when Courtney Love interrupted an interview with Madonna.

☆ Diddy was joking when he claimed he pays Sting $5,000 a day for 'Every Breath You Take' sample, he now says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

That's what the 53-year-old claims he was being last week when he tweeted that he's still paying Police front man Sting $5,000 in royalties every day for sampling the group's hit "Every Breath You Take" in 1997. In his tweet, Diddy said "Nope" and corrected the amount: The amount was actually "5K a day. Diddy now says that he "never" paid Sting any amount of money each day for sampling the song without asking. He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for Missing You," he added. "He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history."

☆ Diddy still pays Sting '$5,000 a day' for sampling his hit song 'Every Breath You Take' 26 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The mogul, who sampled the smash hit for his 1997 " I'll Be Missing You " tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G., tweeted this week that he's still paying Police frontman Sting $5,000 in royalties each and every day. Sean "Diddy" Combs is still paying the price for sampling The Police's " Every Breath You Take ," and it's not cheap. In 2003, Sting told Rolling Stone that when Elton John heard "I'll Be Missing You" he told him "You're gonna be a millionaire!" DON'T MISS: Want to be smarter and more successful with your money, work & life? Take this survey and tell us how you want to take your money and career to the next level.

☆ From prison to beating depression, rapper Fat Joe shares new memoir
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Alicia PowellNEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Recording artist Fat Joe is sharing the highs and lows of his life in his new book “The Book of Jose: A Memoir”. However, Joe reveals he made his life look easy while he was going through a lot behind the scenes. “My son being born autistic, and his mother wanted to give him up for adoption, or my mother catching cancer, or my brother's drug addiction or going through depression when (Big) Pun died.”Rapper Big Pun died in 2000 after suffering a heart attack and respiratory failure. His Bronx store features a classroom where both after-school and adult programs are held. “You got Big Pun.

☆ Bank of Canada sets out path for regulating digital payment providers
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Julie Gordon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

OTTAWA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada on Wednesday said it would take a flexible, risk-based approach in its nascent role as a digital payment regulator, aiming to ensure confidence in the safety and reliability of the fast-growing electronic payment segment. The central bank became the regulator for payment service providers (PSPs) like card networks, digital wallets and money transfer services under Canadian law last year. "We’re not going to use a blanket supervisory approach to the task at hand," Rob Morrow, Bank of Canada's executive director of Retail Payments Supervision, said in a prepared speech. "We will take a risk-based approach that will focus on end-user impacts and the efficiency of payment services." The Bank of Canada estimates more than 2,500 entities will fall under its supervision once the rules come into force.

☆ Alzheimer's disease, retirement 'pacts,' and serving until you're 104 years old: Inside the federal judiciary's reckoning with age
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | Camila Dechalus | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

She was nearly two decades older than the median age — 68 — for all federal judges, according to an Insider analysis. More than a century later, in the 1920s, future Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes argued for a mandatory retirement age. In 1954, the Senate passed a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that'd require retirement at age 75 for federal judges. A recent poll by Insider and Morning Consult found that 71% of 2,210 respondents said the federal judiciary should have a mandatory retirement age. For Scheindlin, the former federal judge in Manhattan, Weinstein was an example of an older judge who was "terrific to his last day."

We have also added Arab and West Indian ancestry groups to this list, since they represent significant ethnic groups when counted together even if they don't make the list when tracked for specific countries. Notable Americans with Mexican ancestry include Tony Romo, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, Mario Lopez, Jessica Alba, Joan Baez, Carlos Santana, and Louis C.K. 19,911,467 AmericansA large number of people claim American ancestry, either as a political statement or because their pre-American ancestry is mixed or uncertain. Notable Americans with Native American ancestry include Wilma Mankiller, John Herrington, Sitting Bull, and Armie Hammer. Notable Americans with Indian ancestry include Mindy Kaling, Kal Penn, Padma Lakshmi, M. Night Shyamalan, Indra Nooyi, and Aziz Ansari.

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