A judge has ruled that music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight should stand trial for murder despite the fact that a key witness – one of the men he is accused of running over – refused to identify him in court.

Suge Knight says he knows who shot him at Chris Brown's party last month.

Drake and Chris Brown are being monitored by police.

Tupac Shakur's final words were reportedly 'f**k you', according to a police officer who attended the scene of his shooting.

Singers MIA and Janelle Monae have shared the stage during separate concerts on opposite coasts of America through the magic of holograms.

An argument at a Las Vegas hotel triggered a shoot-out that left three people dead and at least six injured, police said.

Michael Jackson earned more than any other dead musician in the 2012.

Men who struggle with going bald have now more choices to alter their appearance, John Hearne reports.

They’ve hacked the CIA, the Sun newspaper, the Church of Scientology and a host of other large corporations, sparking a global police crackdown. But who and what are Anonymous? A radical new form of activism – or just bored teenagers? Carole Cadwalladr spoke with some of the ‘hacktivists’ and the experts who tracked them down

It won’t be music to the ears of some aficionados but a YouTube video which has gone viral explodes some myths about who really are the kingpins of the music industry.

Two British hackers linked to the notorious Lulz Security group pleaded guilty yesterday to a litany of computer crimes — the latest blow against online miscreants whose exploits against groups such as the CIA have embarrassed governments around the world.

P. Diddy may turn Notorious B.I.G. into a hologram.

Tupac Shakur is set to go on tour - 16 years after his death.

With his sceptic’s hat firmly in place, Mark Evans looks at the myth of Friday the 13th, and meets some truly scared believers

Gardaí have arrested one of five men being sought in connection with the activities of computer-hacking collective LulzSec.

“FORGET it Jake, it’s Chinatown.”

Multi-platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is set to go to prison, but he is leaving fans with an album on the way.

RANGERS striker El-Hadji Diouf has hit out at referee Calum Murray for his sending-off in the explosive Scottish Cup tie with Celtic earlier this month.

Eminem has paid tribute to Nate Dogg, saying his music “will never be replaced”.

Rapper Nate Dogg has died, aged 41.

US rap star Ja Rule today agreed to go to prison for two years in a gun case, becoming the second platinum-selling rapper set to do time after arrests in the aftermath of a star-studded hip-hop concert in July 2007.

A white former transport policeman was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for shooting an unarmed black man on a station platform in an encounter that sparked days of rioting in Oakland, California.

THEIR tattoos are as ambiguous as they are elaborate.

The Game has ended his long-running feud with former mentor 50 Cent, insisting the "beef" between the two rap rivals is over.

Rap superstar Sean 'Diddy' Combs has hit back at a newspaper report linking him to a gun attack on Tupac Shakur.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.

YESTERDAY, Pristina awoke to a city-wide hangover after its delirious denizens marked independence with an all-night city-wide party.

Late rapper Tupac Shakur almost had a child with pop superstar Madonna, according to a new book.

It’s goodbye yellow brick road and hello to hip-hop.

The man widely believed to have killed Tupac Shakur has sensationally revealed federal agents tried to force him to incriminate rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs - and name him as the murderer.

Lil’ Kim celebrated Independence Day one day early with her release today from a US federal detention centre.

Country legend Johnny Cash has topped a new list of Awesomely Dead Rock Stars.

Thandie Newton’s star continues to rise as she received recognition at the Baftas last night for her role in Crash.

Heavyweight rappers Jay-Z and Nas ended their long-running feud last year in a bid to bring peace and love to the hip-hop world.

A screenplay by late rap legend Tupac Shakur is set to become a major Hollywood movie called Live 2 Tell.

The late Tupac Shakur became the first rapper to be immortalised with a statue last week.

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is calling for today's rap superstars to stop fighting after incidents over the weekend marred the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in Miami, Florida.

Smooth R&B star Mario ruined Snoop Dogg’s Christmas present by knocking him off the top of the Billboard singles chart in America.

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

Touching The Void, the survival story of British mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates on an ill-fated climb in Peru in 1985, is among 12 films competing for best documentary at the Academy Awards.

Eminem has hit back at claims he mimed on American TV show Saturday Night Live, insisting he sang over a vocal track.

A former president of Sean 'P Diddy' Combs' Bad Boy Records has been charged with laundering $1m (€810,000) in drugs money through a bogus company.

US hip-hop artist, DMX has announced his first Irish date for Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre on June 28.

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