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Notorious B.I.G. autopsy: Family wants more facts from LAPD
L.A. NOWThe family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. said they would like authorities to release more information about their homicide investigation. The Los Angeles Police Department took the unusual step Friday of unsealing the 15-year-old autopsy report from... -
Notorious B.I.G. autopsy: Family suspicious of LAPD motives
L.A. NOWThe family of Notorious B.I.G. expressed skepticism Friday after the Los Angeles Police Department unsealed the 15-year-old autopsy report on the slain rapper. LAPD officials said they hoped the unsealing would generate new leads in the mystery. “... -
Notorious B.I.G.'s autopsy: LAPD hopes for new leads in killing
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Police Department took the unusual step Friday of unsealing the 15-year-old autopsy of rapper Notorious B.I.G., saying they hope to generate new leads in the slaying mystery.... -
Notorious B.I.G.'s autopsy report released 15 years after his death
L.A. NOWFifteen years after rapper Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in one of L.A.'s most notorious unsolved homicides, the Los Angeles County Coroner has unsealed his 23-page autopsy report, providing the most detailed view yet on his death.... -
Marco Rubio: A hip-hop fan unsure of Earth's age
Looking for a sign that the Republican Party might have some leaders who can appeal to younger voters? Mitt Romney cited the Beach Boys, Garth Brooks and the Eagles among his favorite musicians, but Sen. Marco Rubio raised some eyebrows Monday with hat...
Tags: Apple iPod, Nicki Minaj, Focus on the Family, Garth Brooks, The Beach Boys
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Adam Yauch dies at 47; Beastie Boys' rapper MCA
It had only been a few years since Adam Yauch had found fame as the in-your-face rapper and bass player MCA in the transgressive, boundary-breaking trio the Beastie Boys.
But in 1992 he was searching for something else, traveling in Nepal to snowboard...Tags: Dave Matthews, Arts and Culture, Concerts, Led Zeppelin (music group), Dalai Lama
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Adam Yauch, founding member of the Beastie Boys, dies at 47
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, best known the world over as the thoughtful, witty, in-your-face rapper MCA, has died, according to Rolling Stone and the hip-hop website Global Grind, which is run by Russell Simmons. Yauch, who had been battling cancer...Tags: Cancer, Arts and Culture, Russell Simmons, Music, Entertainment
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Sylvia Robinson dies at 76; produced first hip-hop hit
The woman some call the mother of hip-hop has died.
Sylvia Robinson, who had a hit as a singer-songwriter with the sexually charged "Pillow Talk" but was later known as one of hip-hop's early founders for releasing "Rapper's Delight," rap's first...Tags: Blues (genre), Music Industry, NPR, Entertainment, Savoy (music group)
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'Hangtown Dummy' returns to gold-rush town; not everyone thrilled
L.A. NOWNot everyone in the old gold-rush town of Placerville appreciates the gallows humor of one of the city’s most eye-catching attractions -- the “Hangtown Dummy.” Since the 1930s, the thoroughly dead mannequin hung from a rope outside the... -
Man who tossed son off harbor cruise heads to veterans court
L.A. NOWMan who tossed son off harbor cruise heads to veterans court... -
King Fantastic talks about the origins of electro-infused beach bum gangster rap
Pop & HissKing Fantastic talks with Pop & Hiss about the origins of electro-infused beach bum gangster rap... -
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