Rapper ODB died accidentally from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller, a US coroner has ruled.

Rap stars including 50 Cent, P Diddy and Busta Rhymes have been under secret surveillance by police in the United States, it emerged today.

American rap fans were in shock yesterday after Jam Master Jay, a founding member of the pioneering band Run DMC, was gunned down in his New York recording studio.

Jam Master Jay, part of the pioneering rap trio Run DMC, has been shot and killed.

Paul Oakenfold is a well travelled man. In the past week the famous DJ, producer and now artist in his own right, has returned from America and been to Ibiza and back, all the while happily balancing the many strands of his career.