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Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday (June 25) after suffering cardiac arrest, according to TMZ. The site reported that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance after picking up the singer at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood.

Local up-and-coming rapper 29-E was fatally shot this morning (January 4) and two additional artists have suffered gun wounds after a concert shooting in Washington.

Accoridng to Seattlest, around 12:30 a.m. a dispute took place at Seattle's Chop Suey venue when someone opened the club's side door and began to unload gun shots at artists and show attenders inside a hallway.

Dr. Dre's 20-year-old son died in August due to a drug overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed to Usmagazine.com Friday.

"Andre Young Jr.'s death has been ruled as an accident due to morphine and heroin intoxication," media officer Ed Winter told Us.

Young was discovered in his bed at 10:30 a.m. August 23 by his mother, who attempted to wake him, the coroner's spokesperson told MTV News three days after his death.

MUMBAI, India – Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, a crowded train station and a Jewish group's headquarters in India's financial capital, killing at least 101 people, taking Westerners hostage and leaving parts of the city under siege Thursday. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.

Cause of death for the 36-year-old is still pending. Rapper MC Breed, who became famous for his sing-along collaboration with Tupac, “Gotta Get Mine” and “Ain’t No Future in Yo’ Frontin,’” has died today. He was 36. Born Eric Breed, the Flint, Michigan rapper was found dead at a friend’s house in Ypsilanti michigan, the Detroit News reports. His manager, Darryl Morris, confirmed his death, but the exact cause of his death is still unknown.

Snoop Dogg is ready to do a rain dance after his family and staff were among 26,000 people forced to evacuate their homes Sunday due to Southern California wildfires.

"My family had to be evacuated. It's right in the area of where I live in, so I'm just praying for everybody, hopefully rain, and that firefighters get it done trying to bring an end," the rapper tells the press.

Hundreds of mourners attended a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's slain mother, brother and nephew Monday at a South Side church.

A composed Hudson paused before the bodies of her relatives before giving her mother a final kiss, said attendees of the invitation-only service.

The executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Atlanta, police said Sunday. Executive vice president Shakir Stewart, 34, died on Saturday, his New York-based label said in a statement.

A handgun found this week was used in the shooting deaths of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis said Friday.

Police said they discovered the .45-caliber gun Wednesday in an alley on Chicago's West Side.

The alley was within a block of where the body of Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, was found Monday in a white Chevrolet Suburban.