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ABOVE PHOTO: This combination photo shows Tory Lanez performing at the Festival d’ete de Quebec, July 11, 2018, in Quebec City, Canada, left, and Megan Thee Stallion at the premiere of “P-Valley,” June 2, 2022, in Los Angeles. Three years have passed since hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion was shot multiple times by rapper Lanez…

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By Jonathan Landrum Jr. and Gary Gerard Hamilton associated press LOS ANGELES — Remember the first rap song you heard? Some of your favorite rappers and DJs certainly do. While hip-hop celebrates 50 years of life, The Associated Press asked some of the genre’s most popular artists to recall their first memory of hearing rap and…

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BY ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison Tuesday for shooting and wounding hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 31-year-old Lanez, who was convicted in December of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Janelle Monae arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. If you believe Monae’s hyper-sexual expression is a front, think again. These days, Monae is unapologetically living her truth in a bold manner while trying to…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A PATRON BUYS A MOVIE TICKET UNDERNEATH A MARQUEE featuring the films “Barbie” and Oppenheimer” at the Los Feliz Theatre, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) By Jake CoyleASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — A week later, the “Barbenheimer” boom has not abated. Seven days after Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher…

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ABOVE PHOTO: THE CINDERELLA CASTLE IS SEEN AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM at Walt Disney World Friday, July 14, 2023, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Disney is asking a Florida judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointees to Disney World’s governing district. (AP Photo/John Raoux) By Mike SchneiderASSOCIATED PRESSORLANDO, Fla. —…

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ABOVE PHOTO: IN THIS OCT. 29, 2010 FILE PHOTO, PAUL REUBENS, IN CHARACTER AS PEE-WEE HERMAN, poses on stage after a performance of “The Pee-wee Herman Show” on Broadway in New York. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement. (AP…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lizzo performs at the United Center on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP) associated pressLOS ANGELES — Lizzo said Thursday that she’s “not the villain” that three of her former backup dancers falsely accuse her of being in a sexual harassment lawsuit. The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los…

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By Mark KennedyASSOCIATED PRESSNEW YORK — Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the legendary artist’s set at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1966 is being released. Verve Records and UMe on Friday are issuing “You’ve Got to Learn,” a six-song set that includes a different take…

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By Ayesha MirASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: A MODEL POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AFTER BEING PAINTED AT COLUMBUS CIRCLE as body-painting artists gathered to decorate nude models as part of an event featuring artist Andy Golub, Saturday, July 26, 2014, in New York. Golub says New York was the only city in the country that would allow his…

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