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- Cassie is simply a vocalist and actor, champion known for her top-10 deed single "Me & U."
- She met Sean Combs, aka Diddy, successful 2006 and signed to his statement Bad Boy.
- She filed a suit against him successful 2023 and is simply a cardinal witnesser successful his criminal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial.
Cassie burst onto the euphony country successful 2006 with an irresistible blend of popular and R&B.
Although the singer, whose ineligible sanction is Casandra Ventura, withdrew from the spotlight successful the ensuing years, she's inactive beloved by fans of 2000s nine jams.
In 2023, she filed a lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, alleging maltreatment passim their relationship, including rape. An lawyer for Combs denied the allegations to Business Insider. Cassie is present a cardinal accuser successful Combs' criminal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, which began connected Monday.
Here's everything to cognize astir Cassie's career, her transportation to Diddy, and what her beingness is similar today.
Cassie broke retired with the nine deed 'Me & U'
Before launching her euphony career, Cassie had done immoderate modeling for brands similar Delia's.
In 2006, erstwhile she was 19 years old, she released her debut azygous "Me & U." It became her archetypal hit, reaching No. 1 connected Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs illustration and No. 3 connected the Hot 100.
"Me & U" acceptable the code for her self-titled debut album, which was praised by critics for its "hypnotic groove" and "flippant playfulness." Rolling Stone aboriginal described the medium arsenic "the astir brilliantly minimalist R&B medium of its era."
In a affirmative reappraisal for Slant, Sal Cinquemani besides said, "'Me & U' has single-handedly revived his ailing Bad Boy imprint," referring to Combs, past known arsenic Diddy.
Cassie signed to Bad Boy Records successful 2006
An archived feature from 2008 said that Combs heard "Me & U" successful a nine and felt inspired to assistance Cassie's career.
Combs teamed up with Ryan Leslie, who wrote and produced the song, to grounds Cassie's album.
In 2008, she announced her plans to merchandise her sophomore album.
"I conjecture I grew up a batch but I'm inactive successful essence the aforesaid person," Cassie, past 21, told Billboard. "Lots has changed successful my life, worldly that has made maine deliberation astir things differently. I'm much susceptible and you tin perceive my vocals amended this clip around. There's existent emotion and a overmuch realer transportation with my fans."
At the time, Combs praised Cassie's philharmonic development, which helium said was reflected successful the album.
"We pulled out, we took our time, we developed her for like, a year-and-a-half," helium told Billboard successful a 2008 interview. "People are conscionable going to spot her determination and beryllium like, 'Wow, she's truly cocooned into a butterfly.'"
However, the medium was delayed respective times. She didn't merchandise caller euphony until 2012, erstwhile she surprise-dropped a acceptable of 3 mixtapes. She continued releasing singles sporadically successful the years following.
Cassie has dabbled successful acting
Cassie played Sophie successful the 2008 movie "Step Up 2: The Streets," and has besides appeared successful "The Perfect Match" and connected respective episodes of "Empire."
Additionally, she appeared successful the 2022 TV movie "Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding."
Cassie was successful a tumultuous narration with Diddy for implicit a decade
Prior to her lawsuit, gossip quality sites reported that Cassie and Combs maintained an on-again, off-again relationship. They reportedly started dating successful 2007 and broke up successful 2018.
Cassie's 2023 civilian suit accused Combs of superior allegations, coating the euphony mogul arsenic an highly convulsive and aggravated ex-partner.
It details respective instances erstwhile the euphony mogul physically and mentally abused Cassie, arsenic good arsenic utilized intimidation tactics to support her successful the relationship. Combs rapidly settled the suit soon aft it was filed.
Combs has been accused of intersexual assault, rape, drugging, and different forms of unit successful much than 50 civilian lawsuits. He was arrested successful September pursuing a expansive assemblage indictment and has denied the charges against him and each different allegations of enactment abuse.
Combs' criminal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial began connected Monday. Cassie, the prosecution's cardinal witnesser successful the case, took the basal connected Tuesday and Wednesday to testify against Combs.
Cassie joined Alex Fine successful 2019 and present has 2 children, with a 3rd connected the way
Following her divided from Combs successful 2018, Cassie began a narration with Alex Fine, a nonrecreational bull rider, model, and idiosyncratic trainer.
In June 2019, the vocalist revealed that she and Fine were expecting their archetypal kid together. The mates tied the knot successful a small, astonishment wedding successful September of that twelvemonth successful Malibu, California. Their daughter, Frankie Stone, was calved successful aboriginal December.
Cassie and Fine welcomed their 2nd child, a babe miss named Sunny Cinco, successful March 2021.
In February 2025, Cassie revealed that she's large with their 3rd child, a son.
Libby Torres contributed to an earlier mentation of this story.
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