Pop Music

The Daily Beast reports: The Village People responded with a firm “no” when asked to perform at President Trump’s first inauguration. They also declined to appear at Mar-a-Lago last New Year’s Eve. But the iconic group of the disco era is ready to at least consider playing President Trump’s inauguration and singing his campaign anthem Y.M.C.A. if asked. “We’re expecting …

NPR reports: Quincy Jones, whose decorated music career ran from the early 1950s through the best-known works of Michael Jackson and beyond, died Sunday. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his publicist in a statement to NPR that did not mention the cause of death. The statement said that Jones died peacefully at his home in Bel Air, …

NBC News reports: Harris will hold a rally and concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tomorrow evening with performances by GloRilla, Flo Milli, MC Lyte, DJ Gemini Gilly and The Isley Brothers and featuring remarks by Cardi B. The event is part of a series of campaign events leading up to Election Day aimed at mobilizing voters. “These artists and public figures …

The Daily Beast reports: Rapper Bad Bunny posted a video celebrating Puerto Rican culture on Tuesday after a comedian at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Bad Bunny’s video was captioned “garbage,” a reference to Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist comments at the rally, featuring multiple clips of Vice President Kamala Harris …

Mediaite reports: On Tuesday morning’s episode of The Breakfast Club, 50 Cent — whose real name is Curtis Jackson — was asked by host DJ Envy about the rumor that Trump tried to pay for his endorsement. That’s when Jackson clarified and said he was asked to perform at Sunday’s rally. “I got a call about the — they wanted …

The Associated Press reports: Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women’s rights. “For all the men and …

The Washington Post reports: Queen Bey is taking sides. The recording artist Beyoncé has agreed to appear at a Friday rally in Houston with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, along with her mother, Tina Knowles, and country music icon Willie Nelson. The appearance ends months of suspense over whether Beyoncé would formally endorse and work to support Harris. She has long …

The Hill reports: Bruce Springsteen is aiming to strike a chord with Kamala Harris supporters, headlining a pair of concerts for the vice president’s campaign in two battleground states. The “Born in the U.S.A.” singer will help kick off the Harris campaign’s “When We Vote We Win” concert series in Atlanta on Thursday, a senior campaign official confirmed to The …

CNN reports: Seven new civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs, including two from accusers who say they were minors at the time they were allegedly drugged and assaulted by the music producer. For the first time in a year-long wave of litigation against Combs, other celebrities are cited and accused of participating in an alleged assault, though …

Rolling Stone reports: Music legend Cher announced that she will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. “I have followed Kamala Harris since she was my U.S. senator,” said Cher in a video clip posted to social media on Friday. “She fought for me then and she is fighting for all of …

TMZ reports: Liam Payne is dead after a fall from his hotel balcony in Argentina, TMZ has learned. The former One Direction singer died Wednesday evening. Several witnesses at the hotel where he was staying in Buenos Aires tell us Liam fell from his room on the 3rd floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel. We do not know if it …

The Washington Post reports: Six additional sexual assault lawsuits were filed against music impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday afternoon. They include a 16-year-old boy who alleges that at a 1998 White Party, Combs told him to drop his pants and then proceeded to fondle his genitals. According to the lawsuit, the teen was trying to break into the music …

ABC News reports: Federal prosecutors have denied leaking the hotel security camera video that showed Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Casandra Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Combs had accused federal agents and prosecutors of unlawfully leaking the footage in a court filing on Wednesday. The video was obtained by CNN in May and Combs acknowledged its …

The Guardian reports: Taylor Swift has donated $5m to relief efforts connected to hurricanes Helene and Milton. The charity Feeding America thanked Swift, saying it was “incredibly grateful … This contribution will help communities rebuild and recover, providing essential food, clean water, and supplies to people affected by these devastating storms.” Swift is known for her philanthropy during natural disasters. …

The Associated Press reports: Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91. Houston died Monday morning in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston told The Associated Press. The acclaimed …

The New York Times reports: Bruce Springsteen, the rock star and longtime critic of former President Donald J. Trump, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, calling Mr. Trump the “most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” In a three-minute video published on social media, Mr. Springsteen, 75, spent much of his endorsement attacking Mr. Trump, saying that the …

NBC News reports: Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing dozens of new allegations of sexual assault in a series of lawsuits set to be filed. At a news conference held Tuesday, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee said he is representing 120 accusers with allegations against the entertainment mogul that occurred over 20 years. “We will expose the enablers who enabled this conduct …

Variety reports: After a confusing turn of events on Sunday, reps for Janet Jackson tell Variety that an unusually worded “apology” for the singer’s ill-informed comments about Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ racial background was made by a person who is not the singer’s manager, as he had claimed, and thus was not authorized to speak on her behalf. The …

The Daily Beast reports: Janet Jackson spouted misconceptions about Kamala Harris’ racial identity in an interview with The Guardian published on Saturday. “She’s not Black. That’s what I heard. That she’s Indian. Her father’s white,’ the singer and dancer said, adding “I haven’t watched the news in a few days. I was told that they discovered her father was white.” …

People Magazine reports: Sean “Diddy” Combs is on suicide watch as he awaits trial in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, sources tell PEOPLE. Combs, 54, was arrested at a Manhattan hotel on the night of Monday, Sept. 16. The next day, his indictment was unsealed, revealing that he’s charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. MDC, which …