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In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly briefly addresses Judge Ann Donnelly during his sentencing in federal court, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in New York. R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

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EXPLAINER: How will R. Kelly sentence impact other trials?
By MICHAEL TARM - AP Legal Affairs Writer
Thu,06/30/22-10:43PM , 410 Reads
CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for parlaying his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were children.
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Vanessa Dawson, back left, producer of Maui Moisture, stands in her hair care truck near the Essence Festival in downtown New Orleans on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Essence's chief executive officer said she's been asked a multitude of times whether the Essence Festival of Culture is staying in New Orleans. On Thursday, Caroline Wanga ended any speculation, making the answer to that question very clear.(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Essence CEO Wanga: Festival is 'never leaving' New Orleans
By CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press
Thu,06/30/22-5:42PM , 230 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Essence's chief executive officer said she's been asked multiple times whether the Essence Festival of Culture is staying in New Orleans. On Thursday, Caroline Wanga ended any speculation, making the answer to that question very clear.
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Eric Holder, left looks on with his attorney during closing arguments at his trial for the 2019 first-degree murder of the 33-year-old hip-hop star Nipsey Hussle on Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Frederic J. Brown/Pool Photo via AP)

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Lawyer: Hussle lifted up neighborhood he was gunned down in
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer
Thu,06/30/22-3:34PM , 250 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nipsey Hussle was a hip-hop star who sought to raise up his neighborhood with him until a friend from the same streets gunned him down, a prosecutor said in his closing argument Thursday.
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Defendant Eric Holder listens during opening statements in his murder trial, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. Holder, 32, faces one count of first degree-murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the killing the Grammy Award-winning rapper Nipsey Hussle outside his clothing store three years ago. (Frederick M. Brown/Daily Mail.com via AP, Pool)

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Trial winds down in shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle
By ANDREW DALTON - AP Entertainment Writer
Wed,06/29/22-7:06PM , 261 Reads
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Both sides rested their cases Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle after a day's delay because of an assault on the defendant by fellow jail inmates.
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