The Los Angeles County Coroner's office confirmed today that Dwight Arrington Myers, aka rap star Heavy D, died of cardiovascular disease. more ›

Tyler Okonma, a 20-year-old rapper who goes by the stage name "Tyler the Creator," created a ruckus on Sunset Boulevard last night when he was arrested for "allegedly vandalizing sound equipment and attacking a sound engineer at the Roxy nightclub in West Hollywood," according to KTLA. more ›

Police today said they aren't going to arrest the rapper Game for an alleged assault at a Hollywood club early on Tuesday morning. The rapper showed up at Hollywood Police Station today to tell police that he didn't throw any punches in Tuesday night's scuffle. After interviewing witnesses and taking a look at the shaky partial footage of the incident, the police told TMZ that they bought Game's story. more ›

Rapper Game may have shedded the "the" from his moniker, but he can't seem to shed local law enforcement from his business. The native Angeleno, nee Jayceon Terrell Taylor, but also known as Charles Louboutin, was caught on tape in a fight at the Colony nightclub in Hollywood. more ›

In just under a week, The Game has gone from a prankster under criminal investigation to a champion of responsible free speech. The rapper got into hot water with the LA Sheriff's Department after he sent out a tweet with the agency's public help line but authorities agreed to drop charges after he apologized for the incident on CNN. more ›

Claiming a music internship opportunity, Charles Louboutin, The Game, tweeted the public help line number for the Compton Sheriff's Station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to his nearly 580,000+ followers at 5:23 p.m. on Friday night prompting hours of calls and delaying emergency response service for incidents including "a missing person, a spousal assault, two robberies and a stolen car," according to a LASD statement. more ›

Long Beach native and rapper Nate Dogg will be remembered this weekend with a public viewing and funeral in his hometown, thanks to the help of local officials and his longtime friend Snoop Dogg. Nate Dogg, nee Nathaniel Hale, died March 15th at age 41, and had been in poor health in recent years after suffering several strokes. more ›

Rapper T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested in West Hollywood last night for possession of a controlled substance, according to an official release from The West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station. more ›

*UPDATE 8:30 a.m. : LAPD have transferred Knight to their Downtown facility and placed Knight under arrest for "assault with a deadly weapon and driving with a suspended license," according to a live broadcast on KTLA. The LAPD say the assault charges stem from an incident in their Southwest Division that is under investigation. He has already been bailed out of jail. more ›

A suspect who shot and killed Dolla was also arrested yesterday at Los Angeles International Airport. Up-and-coming rap artist Roderick Anthony Burton II--stage name, Dolla--died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after being shot near an entrance of the Beverly Center yesterday afternoon. The around-3-p.m. shooting prompted the closure of the area as police searched for possibly two suspects, but to no avail. more ›

The impending birth of her first baby didn't keep British-Sri Lankan rapper diva M.I.A. from hitting the stage at this year's Grammy's, and just a couple of days later she delivered her son. Although plans to roll the new mom onstage at this year's Academy Awards show didn't pan out (thank goodness?), she has just been added to the line up for next month's Coachella, ostensibly replacing fellow Brit Amy Winehouse, whose legal troubles are making crossing the pond a bit difficult. more ›

She hit the stage at the Grammys a couple of weeks ago 9 months pregnant, gave birth to her son with boyfriend Benjamin Bronfman a couple of days later, and now is working with organizers of Sunday's Oscars telecast to arrange how she might perform live on the awards show. The Guardian UK explains:

According to reports today the rapper is keen to fulfil her commitment to perform her Oscar-nominated song from Slumdog Millionaire, "O Saya," at the awards ceremony. She is said to be trying to find a way to overcome the physical issues of performing so soon after giving birth, including, it's alleged, an appearance by hologram or, failing that, one delivered from a bed live on stage.

Andre Young Jr, the 20-year-old son of rap icon Dr. Dre, was found dead in the family's Woodland Hills home this past August. He'd been out with friends the night before, but was unresponsive when his mother, Jenita Porter, tried to rouse him that morning, and was pronounced dead by paramedics. According to People, The Los Angeles County Coroner announced yesterday after months of waiting for the toxicology report that the cause of Young's death was "from an overdose of heroin and morphine," and that the case was both closed and ruled as accidental. more ›

Pour a lil cough medicine on the floor for this dead homie: paramedics were called to the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in response to a 911 call this morning, where they found rapper Pimp C, also known as Chad Butler, dead of mysterious causes. The artist had just performed a show at the House of Blues with Too $hort a few days ago. From the Los Angeles Times: "The hotel released the following... more ›

U.S.D.A. stands for the United Streets Dboyz of America, and stand for more than just the trio of rappers Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla and Blood Raw. It stands for the struggle of having nothing and being determined enough, and good enough to fight the fight, and make it on top. Their album Cold Summer dropped with Def Jam, since then they've become the self-proclaimed "Kings of Youtube" racking up incredible hit counts even when... more ›