As Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl consumed the zeitgeist and Nicki Minaj and Cardi B continued to reach new lows in their years-long feud, the worlds of hip-hop and R&B kept turning.

On Friday (Oct. 3), Judge Subramanian sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to over 50 months behind bars for violating federal prostitution laws. Accounting for time served, Diddy will serve a little over three years in federal prison. The judge noted that he hoped his sentence would “send a message to abusers and victims alike that exploitation and violence against women is met with real accountability.” Two days prior (Oct. 1), Young Thug, another star rapper who was recently caught up in a federal investigation, revealed that R&B singer Mariah the Scientist broke up with him. “I got broke up, n—a,” he expla

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