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A$AP Rocky acquitted Yesterday, a jury acquitted rapper A$AP Rocky of shooting at childhood friend A$AP Relli during a 2021 altercation. He faced two felony assault charges that could’ve put him behind bars for 24 years. That explains his immediate reaction when he heard the jury foreman say, “not guilty.” Rocky leaped from the defense… Read more.
It only took five tries, public shaming by Jay-Z, and a strategically timed tour announcement to upstage the Grammys. But Beyoncé has finally done it. After years of snubs — losing to Adele, Taylor Swift, and even Beck — the Recording Academy has finally given its biggest award to the woman who, by all logic,… Read more.
On Tuesday night, Pharrell Williams stitched his name into history with a remarkable leap from music impresario to fashion designer. He opened Paris Fashion Week with a show that underscored why Louis Vuitton (LVMH) was inspired to tap him as creative director in 2023. Reviews now crown LVMH as “the new luxury leader in streetwear.”… Read more.
Diddy and Jay-Z: birds of a feather The feds arrested Sean “Diddy” Combs in September on charges of sex trafficking and other federal offenses. Back then, I suggested it was only a matter of time before this Bad Boy’s Rock-A-Fella buddy, Jay-Z, faced the music, too. Sure enough, here’s how NPR reported yesterday on the… Read more.
Reports abound that Sean “Diddy” Combs secretly recorded hundreds of hours of video footage from his infamous White Parties — bacchanalian orgies he called “Freak Offs.” These events allegedly featured A-list celebrities, who are supposedly straight and sober, engaging in drug-fueled homosexual activities. The FBI reportedly seized those tapes when they arrested him last week.… Read more.
In March, the feds conducted open and notorious raids on Sean Diddy Combs’s many homes. These raids telegraphed their intent to arrest him on a slew of sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. Therefore, it came as no surprise when they finally did so last night or that a judge denied his $50 million bail request today.… Read more.
On Monday, I skewered Kanye West in a commentary over his audacious demand that everyone call him Ye. He was aping Sean P. Diddy Combs (aka Puff Daddy), who has made similar demands over the years. More to the point, I noted that Ye was channeling Diddy in ways that could see both facing bankruptcy and even imprisonment stemming from allegations of sexual abuse. Feds… Read more.
