2 arrests made in death of Malcom Shabazz
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors say they have arrested two men in connection with the death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X...
Slain mayoral candidate's family demands answers
VIDEO - According to the medical examiner, McMillian died of asphyxiation. There is also evidence the openly gay mayoral candidate was burned and beaten...
After recent deaths, health is new priority in rap
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes.
Voicemail: Michael Jackson was sick 5 days before death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Five days before Michael Jackson died, his manager called the singer's doctor, told him Jackson was sick, and implored him to have blood tests done, according to a voicemail played Thursday in court...
Overdose suspected in death of Kris Kross rapper
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report...
Remembering Kris Kross' Chris Kelly, and the power of 'Jump'
LA TIMES - Dupri's vision was simple: a kid rap group. But it was the execution of 'Jump,' and most of their debut, that was brilliant//
Bassist for Parliament-Funkadelic, dies at 60
TODAY - Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, who gained fame as the bassist for the George Clinton-fronted Parliament-Funkadelic group, died of liver failure on April 18,according to the New York Times. He was 60.
Murray won't 'accept responsibility’ for Michael Jackson’s death
VIDEO - Conrad Murray, who served as Jackson's doctor, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in 2011, and on Friday he phoned TODAY from his jail cell to talk with Savannah Guthrie...
Angela Davis lawyer Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leo Branton Jr., a lawyer who helped successfully defend radical Angela Davis in a sensational 1972 murder case, has died. He was 91...
Good Samaritan killed in hit-and-run
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Not many people would pull over on a busy highway in the middle of the night to help a complete stranger. Not many people were Michael Anthony Love...
