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Diddy Wants Inmate’s $100M Abuse Judgment Overturned – Says He Was Never Served With Lawsuit

Sean “Diddy” Combs is seeking to overturn a $100 million sexual assault judgment won against him by a Michigan inmate earlier this week, claiming he was never served with the “frivolous” lawsuit. In an emergency motion filed Thursday, attorneys for the embattled rapper said he had learned about Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith’s lawsuit and massive judgment […]

Janet Jackson Reveals Mortifying Wardrobe Malfunction in Front of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘I Couldn’t Believe It Happened’

Janet Jackson is opening up about another wardrobe malfunction. In an interview with British Vogue in which the 58-year-old pop icon flipped through a look book of some of her most iconic costumes, Jackson stopped on one of the military-inspired looks from her 1989 Rhythm Nation album. Related Janet Jackson Announces Las Vegas Residency: ‘This […]

Miranda Lambert’s ‘Postcards From Texas’: All 14 Tracks Ranked

Miranda Lambert returns with her 10th studio album today (Friday, Sept. 13), and in the process, she’s revisiting and celebrating her Lone Star State roots even as her career propels forward, as her new album is her first since signing with Republic Records, in conjunction with Big Loud, earlier this year. For more than two […]

How Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Became a Global Smash

In the middle of August, with precious little warning, two of the biggest artists in the world decided to take hold of the pop-music narrative. On the night of Aug. 15, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars unleashed their collaborative ballad “Die With a Smile,” complete with a Dolly Parton-inspired music video released the same evening, […]

How U.S. Construction Workers Fueled Luis R Conriquez’s Rise

There’s a uniqueness to Luis R Conriquez’s humble beginnings. The gas station worker-turned-hitmaker, now known as the king of corridos bélicos, began writing songs for an unlikely group of early listeners who turned into some of his first clients. Soon after writing his first corridos in his early 20s, the Sonora-born artist started getting direct […]

Chart Rewind: In 2014, Charli XCX Thundered to No. 1 With ‘Boom Clap’

A decade before Brat summer, Charli XCX roared to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart with “Boom Clap.” The song began a three-week reign on the list dated Sept. 13, 2014, and marked her first No. 1 on her own and second overall. She first led as featured on Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” for three […]