Gangsta rapper Snoop Dogg put Glastonbury Festival's hippie reputation behind it once and for all today with an aggressive, foul-mouthed performance which delighted revellers on the opening day of the festival.

Gangster Stanley Tookie Williams will be killed by lethal injection today after California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to block his execution.

Rap superstar Snoop Dogg is taking rap rival The Game on tour with him, in a bid to ease gang tension in Los Angeles.

SIX years after rapper Tupac Shakur was killed in an unsolved drive-