Cassie Ventura is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model, born in Connecticut. She’s best known as Cassie, which is the name she publishes music under. Cassie was ‘discovered’ by Combs and signed her to a joint venture with his own record label, Bad Boy Records, with which she released her 2006 debut single, ‘Me & U’.

Cassie Ventura is viewed as a “pioneer” of sorts, as she's credited with kicking off the legal case against Diddy with her lawsuit in November 2023 that alleged rape, violence