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FILE - Attorney Tony Buzbee speaks in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Musician Jay-Z stands on the field before an NFL football game between the Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys, on Nov. 24, 2024, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Jay-Z says lawsuit accusing him of raping a child at awards after-party is part of an extortion ploy

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail by third judge as he awaits sex trafficking trial

In this courtroom sketch, attorney Marc Agnifolo, left, speaks at the podium, as Alexandra Shapiro, Sean Diddy Combs, and attorney Tony Riccio, seated second left to right, listen during a hearing in federal court, Friday, Nov. 24, 2024, in New York. (Jane Rosenberg via AP)

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FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Two properties belonging to Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday, March 25, 2024, by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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A law enforcement officer leads out a canine as federal agents stand at the entrance to a property belonging to rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, Monday, March 25, 2024, on Star Island in Miami Beach, Fla. Two properties belonging to Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Feds search Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Combs was sued Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, by a music producer who accused the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Music producer latest to accuse Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of sexual misconduct

File - Sean Combs arrives at the Oscars on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Diageo settle, withdraw lawsuits in case that accused Diageo of racism

New York governor commutes sentence of rapper G. Dep who had turned self in for cold case killing

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A woman sued the hip-hop mogul on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, claiming he and two other men raped her 20 years ago in a New York City recording studio when she was 17. The woman, whose name wasn’t disclosed in the court filing, is the fourth person to file a lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual assault in recent weeks. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Lawsuit accuses Sean Combs, 2 others of raping 17-year-old girl in 2003; Combs denies allegations

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. When New York's Adult Survivors Act expired on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, more than 3,700 legal claims had been filed, with many of the last few coming against big-name celebrities, such as Combs, and a handful of politicians. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs temporarily steps down as Revolt chairman amid sexual abuse allegations

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. Two more women have come forward to accuse Combs of sexual abuse, one week after the music mogul settled a separate lawsuit with the singer Cassie that contained allegations of rape and physical abuse. Both of the new suits were filed Thursday, Nov. 24, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual abuse by two more women

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to abuse in a years-long relationship. Cassie, whose legal Casandra Ventura, alleged in the suit filed against the producer and music mogul in New York federal court. Combs’ lawyer denies the allegations. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape and abuse by singer Cassie in lawsuit

Kendall Jenner wears a creation for the L'Oreal Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)

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FILE - Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, left, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court for his trial March 30, 2023, in Washington. Michel argued this week that use of the generative AI program was one of a number of errors his previous attorney made a trial for which he was "unqualified, unprepared and ineffectual," according to a motion for new trial his new lawyers filed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fugees rapper says lawyer’s use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur, left, and Death Row Records Chairman Marion "Suge" Knight, attend a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, August 15, 1996. Shakur's shooting in a New York recording studio in the mid-1990s sparked hip-hop's biggest rivalry and led to the shocking deaths of two of the genre's greatest stars. Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. were gunned down in drive-by shootings only six months apart. Nearly three decades later, the recent arrest of longtime suspect Duane “Keffe D” Davis has ignited another wave of intrigue in their unsolved murders. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

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This photo provided by the Office of the New York Mayor, shows Mayor Eric Adams, left, presenting the Key to the City to hip-hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York's Times Square, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (Office of the New York Mayor/Caroline Rubinstein-Willis via AP)

New York City mayor gives Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a key to the city during a ceremony in Times Square

Sean "Diddy" Combs performs during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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Taylor Swift accepts the award for video of the year for "Anti-Hero" during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Taylor Swift and her ‘Anti-Hero’ top MTV VMAs in a show dominated by hip-hop, K-pop and Latin jams

This combination of album covers shows, top row from left, "The Above" by Code Orange (Blue Grape Music), "Scarlet" by Doja Cat (Kemosabe/RCA), "Breath of Fresh Air" by Gucci Mane (Global Music/Atlantic), "Insano’" by Kid Cudi (Republic Records), "The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We" by Mitski" (Dead Oceans), second row from left, "The Devil I Know" by Ashley McBryde (Warner Nashville), "Not That Fancy" by Reba McEntire (UMG), "Victor" by Vic Mensa (Roc Nation), Tension" by Kylie Minogue (Darenote/BMG), "Bluegrass" by Willie Nelson (Sony Music), third row from left, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" by Chappell Roan. (Island/UMG), "Guts" by Olivia Rodrigo (Geffen Records), Autumn Variations" by Ed Sheeran (Gingerbread Man Records/Warner Records), "Falling or Flying" by Jorja Smith (FAMM), Higher" by Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville/UMG), bottom row from left, "It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day" by Thirty Seconds to Mars (Concord), "Layover" by V (BigHit Music), "Sorry I Haven’t Called" by Vagabon (Nonesuch), "Cousin" by Wilco (dBpm/Sony), and "Water Made Us" by Jamila Woods (Jagjaguwar). (AP Photo)

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FILE - Signage appears at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, 2022. The awards show was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network. Paramount Global decided against selling the majority stake of the BET network. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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REMOVES INCORRECT SECOND SENTENCE FILE - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour," Friday, May 5, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. She leads the 2023 nominations with eight — seven for her “Anti-Hero” music video and the Artist of the Year category MTV announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

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FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the BET Awards, June 26, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Combs wants to strengthen the Black dollar: The music mogul is spearheading a new online marketplace called Empower Global that will specifically feature Black-owned businesses. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs aspires to create new Black Wall Street through online marketplace Empower Global

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022. Spirits giant Diageo says it’s cutting ties with Combs following his move to sue the company over allegations of racism in the handling of his liquor brands, according to a Tuesday, June 27, 2023 court filing. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ dispute with Diageo deepens as court unseals business details

FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 15, 2022. Spirits giant Diageo says it’s cutting ties with Combs following his move to sue the company over allegations of racism in the handling of his liquor brands, according to a Tuesday, June 27, 2023 court filing. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Spirits giant Diageo seeks to cut ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs amid lawsuit alleging racism