Donna Summer The Disco Queen Dead at 63

Sad news legendary disco singer Donna Summer died Thursday after a battle with cancer, sources close to the singer confirmed to FoxNews.com. Read More »

Beastie Boys Sued Over Early Track Sampling : Album Sales Spike After Adam Yauch’s Passing

In the midst of mourning the death of co-founder Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys are being forced to answer to a lawsuit over their groundbreaking debut album “Licensed To Ill.” According to NewsPeopleNeed.com, the record label Tuf America filed suit against the recently-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act, just one day before MCA’s death from cancer last Friday.

Tuf America claims the Beasties illegally sampled portions of Trouble Funk’s songs “‘Say What” and “Drop the Bomb” for several tracks that appear on 1986′s “Licensed To Ill” and the album’s 1989 follow up “Paul’s Boutique.”

 

The Beasties’ songs in question include “Hold It Now Hit” and “The New Style” from “Licensed To Ill” and “Car Thief” and “Shadrach” on “Paul’s Boutique.”

 

Tuf America wants to take the case to trial to determine damages. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York last Thursday, also names Capitol Records.

 

Beastie Boys fans are flocking to the iTunes music store following the passing of one of the trio’s founding members.

 

Adam “MCA” Yauch died last Friday, May 4th, after a long battle with cancer. Since then, the surviving Beastie Boys have seen six of their albums return to the iTunes top 100 at some point. Read More »

Whitney’s Body Covered In Concrete To Stop Grave-robbers From Taking $750,000 Diamonds

Whitney Houston’s family plans to encase her body in concrete to stop people stealing the 750,000 worth of jewelry she is buried with. At the moment the legendary singer’s grave is under 24-hour guard at Fairview Cemetery in New Jersey but it is thought her mother Cissy can’t afford to keep up the security. Sources reports Whitney was buried with a diamond brooch and earrings next to the body of her father John Russell Houston Jr. – who died in 2003 – in February. Read More »

Bobby Brown Says Don’t Blame Him for Whitney Houston’s Death‎ On “Today”

Bobby Brown says he’s not the reason why Whitney Houston is no longer with us. The R&B singer talks to Matt Lauer on NBC’s “Today” show this week in his first interview since the passing of his ex-wife in February.

Brown tells Lauer he had dinner with Houston and their daughter Bobbi Kristina, about a week before the singer’s death and remembers Whitney looking “really well.” He says he was hurt when he heard that drug use contributed Whitney’s death, adding that he had no idea she was still struggling. Brown says he, himself, has been “off narcotics” for the last seven years and defends himself against the speculation that he was the one who got Houston hooked on drugs in the first place. Read More »

TLC Reunion Tour With Image Of Left Eye But Not As A Hologram : Chilli FitFigures Cover

TLC is planning a reunion tour, and all three members of the group are going to be taking part. A rep for TLC tells TMZ Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas are working on a large U.S. trek set to take place later this year. Five major cities have already been booked, with other locations currently in the works. The late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes will also be a part of the tour. T-Boz and Chilli reportedly plan to project Left Eye’s image on a big screen and incorporate her vocals into their performance. Some website reported that a hologram virgin of Left Eye will be made for the tour which I was told those rumors are completely false — as of now.

Chilli dawns the new cover of the May/June issue of FitFigures Magazine with double cover stories. Read More »

Suge Knight Says Tupac Isn’t Dead, Criticizes Hologram

Former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight is giving more life to the speculation that Tupac Shakur isn’t dead. Suge was a guest last week on Los Angeles’ 93.5 KDay where he said the rap icon was never shot and killed in 1996. Knight points out that no one has actually seen “Tupac dead,” adding that he paid three-million dollars to a man to cremate the rapper, but never heard from the guy again.

Tupac’s image returned this month as a hologram during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s Coachella set.

 

Suge tells TMZ that he didn’t appreciate the fact that Tupac’s image wasn’t wearing his customary Death Row Records chain.

 

Suge goes on to compare removing Tupac’s necklace to “taking the Raiders symbol off the Raiders.”

TV Host Dick Clark dead at 82

Sources report TV producer Dick Clark and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” host, died from a massive heart attack this morning. Clark’s rep tells TMZ, the TV icon had been in St. John’s hospital in L.A. after undergoing an outpatient procedure last night. Clark suffered the “massive” heart attack following the procedure. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. Read More »

Tupac’s Coachella Hologram Performance Video and Possible Tours : Afeni Shakur Pleased

Fans who didn’t make it out to Coachella this year to watch the hologram of Tupac Shakur perform may be in luck. The “Wall Street Journal” is citing a source who says the virtual Tupac may be heading out on the road. Digital Domain Media Group Inc. created the hologram, and they’ve apparently been in discussions with representatives for Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre about a possible tour. One possible option would have Snoop, Dre, Tupac and fellow rap stars like 50 Cent, Eminem and Wiz Khalifa performing in stadiums. A second option would feature just Tupac, Snoop and Dre touring smaller venues across the country. A spokeswoman for Dre and Snoop declined to comment about any possible tours.

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were headliners at Coachella last Sunday night where they were joined on stage by a hologram of the late Tupac Shakur. Read More »

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