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In this April 28, 2018, file photo, Jay-Z and Beyonce watch Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans in Oakland, Calif. Beyonce paid homage to a high-profile music executive being honored at a charity event to raise money for cancer research. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
In this April 28, 2018, file photo, Jay-Z and Beyonce watch Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series between the Golden State Warriors and the New Orleans Pelicans in Oakland, Calif. Beyonce paid homage to a high-profile music executive being honored at a charity event to raise money for cancer research. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beyonce paid homage to a high-profile music executive being honored at a charity event to raise money for cancer research. The singer's vocals soared Thursday night as she performed three ballads including her 2009 smash hit "Halo" and "Ava Maria" after saluting the character of Warner/Chappell Music Publishing chief executive Jon Platt at the City of Hope gala near Los Angeles. She took the stage after her husband, Jay-Z, presented Platt with the Spirit of Life award during a charity event that raised more than $6 million. "Most people lead with their ego, but you lead with your heart," Beyonce said to Platt, who will soon be leaving his position at Warner/Chappell to take on the top role at Sony/ATV, the top publishing company in the music business. The music executive is known for signing publishing deals with Jay-Z, Usher, Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. City of Hope is a treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, for which the Music, Film and Entertainment Industry Group has raised more than $118 million in 45 years. The award is the group's highest honor recognizing those that have helped further music, film and entertainment.

• A founding member and former bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Mississippi for possession of a firearm by a felon. News outlets report Jackson County Circuit Judge Robert Krebs gave Todd Harrell the maximum penalty during a hearing Thursday. Authorities responded to Harrell's home after an alarm went off in June. Harrell's wife told deputies that the couple had gotten into a fight. While deputies were talking to the couple, they noticed guns and drugs in the home. Harrell had served two years in prison for causing a fatal crash in Nashville in 2013. He testified in 2015 that he had been addicted to prescription drugs and was speeding. The band, which has had hits including "Kryptonite," suspended Harrell after a second drunken-driving offense in 2012.

Prince's surviving family members are asking President Donald Trump to stop using the late rock star's music at campaign rallies. Prince's "Purple Rain" has frequently been on Trump's playlist at recent rallies. Prince's half brother, Omarr Baker, tweeted the estate's opposition to use of any Prince music by Trump. A spokesman for the estate confirmed Friday that a request had been made to discontinue using the music. A White House spokesman referred questions to the Trump campaign, which didn't immediately respond. Prince died in 2016 from an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen, Minn.

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In this Feb. 4, 2007 file photo, Prince performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI football game at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

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