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Four-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter India.Arie announced her decision to step back from touring, citing the need for personal healing and mental health care. (Courtesy of India.Arie via Facebook)
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Fans jam along to Babyface during Roots Picnic 2024 on June 2. More than 30,000 people attended the music festival on June 1 and June 2 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s West Fairmount Park. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)
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**FILE** Sean “Diddy” Combs (WI photo)
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Producer and director Parrish Smith with comedian and actor Tommy Davidson on the set for the documentary “The Mecca of Comedy" that examines Black comedy history in D.C. The film now streams on Apple TV, Prime Video and Tubi. (Courtesy of Parrish Smith)
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**FILE** D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has joined the U.S. Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general in filing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the owner of Ticketmaster. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
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Originally from D.C., husband-and-wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, known as The War And Treaty, participated in the annual Grammys on the Hill Advocacy Day. Before performing during a dinner event on April 30 for the advocacy days in Washington, D.C., the couple discussed the importance of meeting with Congressional leaders. (Ja’Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
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Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and Ravi Coltrane perform at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. on April 19. (Timothy Cox/The Washington Informer)
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