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Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul, is currently facing multiple lawsuits that has severely impacted his reputation and business empire. Once a dominant figure in the music industry, the Bad Boy Records founder is now dealing with allegations that have led to the decline in his public image.

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As these legal troubles unfold, past decisions from his career are being reexamined. One of the most notable could be his regret over passing on one of the biggest rappers in the 90s, a move that ultimately cost him. Diddy’s hesitation to sign him, dismissing him as “not marketable,” would later prove to be one of his most significant miscalculations.

Diddy rejected Dmx to sign with Bad Boy Records, saying he’s “not marketable”

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blink-182 headlined their own benefit concert to support Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday night (February 13th), and they reunited onstage with former member Matt Skiba, whose band Alkaline Trio opened the show.

With blink-182 having announced Alkaline Trio as the support act, there was speculation going into the show that Skiba would join his onetime blink bandmates onstage. That’s exactly what happened when Skiba reunited with the band for “Bored to Death” from 2016’s California, the first of two albums Skiba appeared on during his tenure with the pop-punk act.

Skiba replaced original blink-182 singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge in 2015, but exited the band in 2022 when DeLonge returned to the lineup.

Leading into “Bored to Death,” singer-bassist Mark Hoppus jokingly introduced a “contest winner” who earned the opportunity to play with the band. That turned out to be Skiba, who performed the song alongside Hoppus,...

Anthony Hamilton tries to rekindle a failed romance — over a flip of Rick James and Teena Marie’s classic ballad “Fire and Desire” — in the misty-eyed “Back Together.”

Hamilton has long possessed one of R&b’s great voices; some days, it seems like he’s the last vestige of a vital southern soul tradition that persisted from Otis Redding through Jodeci but now seems nearly extinct. Hamilton’s power is on full display in “Back Together,” especially during the chorus, which is grainy and graceful and pleading in all the right ways.

The Rolling Stones, who had planned a major tour before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the world, have done the next best thing: Released a new song and video that, as Mick Jagger says, “would resonate through the times that we’re living in right now.” It’s called “Living In A Ghost Town.”

With what sounds and looks to be nods to 1981’s anti-Thatcher reggae anthem and video “Ghost Town” by The Specials, the Stones song opens with some vaguely “Missing You” guitar and drum vibes, a semi-chanted “whoa oh oh oh” backup vocal, Mick’s strong-voiced, double-tracked singing and eventually gets around to a blast of his harmonica. “I’m a ghost,” Jagger whisper-sings, “living in a ghost town/You can look for me/but I can’t be found.”

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The Battle Rounds for Season 18 of “The Voice” concluded last Monday, and first time coach Nick Jonas has narrowed his team down to just six contestants. Not surprisingly, Nick has brought a number of young artists on board, but has evened it out with some more experienced artists like the one stole from Team Blake Shelton. Enjoy revisiting our live blogs from each of the three battle episodes on Monday, March 23, Monday, March 30 and Monday, April 6.

The Knockouts will begin on Monday, April 13 and conclude on Monday, April 20. Teammates will face off with one another in hopes of advancing to the Live Shows. The advisor for all teams in this round will be the legendary, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, James Taylor.

Below are our power rankings of these six artists based on their likelihood of advancing to the Live Shows. Do You agree with our power rankings? Sound off in the comments...

As The Voice dropped the curtain on Season 18’s Battle Monday nights, the fates of a whopping 16 singers were decided. Which contestants inspired Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas to use their Steals? Who’d Kelly Carlson turn out to be holding onto her Save for? And which wannabes wound up being given — all together now — “the dreaded montage treatment”? Read on and find out!

Team Nick: Arei Moon (Grade: B-) defeated Samuel Wilco (Grade: C) on “Missing You” | After the Jonas Brothers and Arei sang a quick “Happy Birthday” to Samuel, who was turning 40 on rehearsal day, the gang got...

Heading into the third and final night of Battles, The Voice coaches Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas each had one steal to use. Kelly Clarkson had one save to use, and John Legend had already used his steal and save early in the game. Each coach pitted new artists against one another in duets and had to make tough decisions about who to keep and who to send home.

The season’s new coach Jonas was up first with a Battle between Samuel Wilco and Arei Moon. They sang “Missing You” by John Waite, and Jonas — aided by Joe ...

As the battle round prepares to conclude on Monday’s episode of “The Voice,” here is a summary of where each team stands:

John Legend has no steal and no save remaining.

Blake Shelton has one steal and no save remaining.

Nick Jonas has one steal and no save remaining.

Kelly Clarkson has no steal and one save remaining.

There are still 16 artists remaining for a total of 8 battle match-ups on Monday. Advisors for the coaches this round are Dua Lipa for Team Kelly, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas for Team Nick, Ella Mai for Team Legend and Bebe Rexha for Team Blake. The coaches are able to steal one losing artist from other coaches and save one losing artist on their own team. However, the team coach may only hit their button to save an artist once it is clear that no other coach is going to steal them.

Peter Lindbergh, the renowned fashion photographer who shot Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for the cover of Rolling Stone, died Tuesday. His Instagram announced the news but did not reveal cause of death. He was 74.

Lindbergh will be best remembered for his stark, powerful black-and-white portraits of model and celebrities. He was also staunchly opposed to photo retouching.

His 1995 Mick Jagger cover captured the Rolling Stones frontman with his hands clasped in front of his face, looking at the camera knowingly — perfect for the headline “Jagger Remembers.” Meanwhile, his 2010 Keith...

Before “Crying in the Club” was the title of a Camila Cabello song, it was Robyn’s entire ethos, if not registered trademark. In the eight years since the Swede released a proper solo album, no one has quite recaptured the combination of b.p.m. and pathos she perfected in the run-up to the turn of the last decade. Now she’s back with “Missing U,” the abbreviated title of which suggests the university-level course in loss and regret it delivers.

Bawling, meet banging! Banging, bawling!

In a rare recent interview, Robyn indicated that she was trying to strip down the sounds on her forthcoming eighth album, which has been due for… well, eight years, as far as fans are concerned. But the only minimalist in “Missing You” is in the percussion – it’s basically the sound of a bass drum being struck steadily for pretty much the entire 4 minutes and 51 seconds.