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The Must-Experience Guide To Essence Fest 2025

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The Must-Experience Guide To Essence Fest 2025

This weekend, Essence Magazine’s annual music festival will once again take over New Orleans. Under the banner of We are Made Like This, this year’s fest boasts GloRilla, Muni Long, and NOLA native Master P on its list, celebrating the magazine’s 55th year over the Fourth of July weekend with three days of unbridled Black joy. Taking place at the Caesars Superdome and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, with […]

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Diddy Found Guilty of Transportation to Engage in Prostitution, Clear of More Serious Charges

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Diddy Found Guilty of Transportation to Engage in Prostitution, Clear of More Serious Charges

The verdict in Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex crimes trial has been announced. On Wednesday morning, legal reporter Meghann Cuniff reported that a jury found Diddy guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering. The guilty verdict is tethered to the less serious charge. According to Cuniff, “Jurors convicting for transportation but not trafficking means they convicted based on the fact […]

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Diddy Is Guilty on Just the Prostitution Charges

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Diddy Is Guilty on Just the Prostitution Charges

Following a highly publicized trial, Diddy received a mixed verdict in his sex crimes case today. The embattled music mogul skated on the biggest charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. However, he was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. So, what's next for the Bad Boy Entertainment founder?Diddy Convicted on Two Charges, So Now What Happens?The not guilty verdicts on RICO and sex trafficking mean the Feds […]

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Sabrina Carpenter Broke A Charity Fundraising Record

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Sabrina Carpenter Broke A Charity Fundraising Record

For her Short N’ Sweet tour, Sabrina Carpenter partnered with Plus1, a nonprofit that per their website has programs including “a variety of offerings for artists and brands to engage in social impact in the ways that best suit their needs and interests.” Through Plus1, The Sabrina Carpenter Fund was launched, and one dollar from every tour ticket sold went to the fund. In less than a year, it has […]

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10 Soulquarians Tracks To Help You Find Serenity

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10 Soulquarians Tracks To Help You Find Serenity

The Soulquarians collective is one of the most revered in Black music and one of the most important crews that have ever come together in any musical discipline. Comprised of legendary artists like Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, the late Roy Hargrove, Q-Tip, Common, The Roots, Bilal and the legendary J Dilla, the Soulquarians helped shape neo-soul while also carrying the torch for alternative hip-hop crews like Native Tongues. In the late […]

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Diddy Drops to His Knees and Appears to Pray in Courtroom Sketch

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Diddy Drops to His Knees and Appears to Pray in Courtroom Sketch

It looks like Diddy and his legal team are chalking up today's conviction on two lesser charges of transportation for prostitution as a W. Especially if you consider his reaction to the verdict, which was captured in a dramatic courtroom sketch.Diddy's Reaction to Verdict Captured in Courtroom SketchOn Wednesday (July 2), a jury acquitted Puffy of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy following an eight-week trial. Two charges that could have seen him […]

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Meghann Cuniff Explains Why Jurors Acquitted Diddy on Racketeering and Sex Trafficking Charges

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Meghann Cuniff Explains Why Jurors Acquitted Diddy on Racketeering and Sex Trafficking Charges

Depending on where you sat in the court of public opinion, justice was either served or muted when jurors handed Sean “Diddy” Combs a mixed verdict in the New York County Courthouse this morning. After facing two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, and one count of racketeering conspiracy, a jury only found the music mogul guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution, the least […]

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