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Jamaica Gleaner: KINGSTON, By Yasmine Peru - Max Romeo will kick off his final tour in May. Reggae journeyman Max Romeo is getting ready to pack his touring kit for the last time as he bids goodbye to the life on a road much travelled. For more than half of a century – 57 years to be exact – ... Read more

New York Daily News: By Joseph Wilkinson - Lisa Marie Presley will buried at Graceland, her father Elvis’ mansion in Memphis, Tenn. Presley, who died of cardiac arrest Thursday at age 54, will be buried next to her son Benjamin Keough, said a spokesperson for her daughter, actress Ril... Read more

New York Daily News: Lisa Marie Presley suffered a possible cardiac arrest Thursday and was being hospitalized in Southern California, according to a report. The 54-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley regained a pulse after first responders performed CPR at her Calabasas home, TMZ reported. S... Read more

Associated Press: New York, By Mark Kennedy — Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He was 78. Beck died Tuesday after ... Read more

Associated Press: ATLANTA, By Kate Brumback — Rapper Young Thug, accused by prosecutors of co-founding a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes and using his songs and social media to promote it, is set to go to trial starting Monday. The Atlanta-based artist, whose given name is... Read more

The Gleaner: KINGSTON, Jamaica - Undeniable is the title of Grammy-nominated reggae singer Jah Cure’s newest album, which is scheduled to be released next month. On this 11-song project, which is his fifth studio album and the follow-up to his 2019 offering, Royal Soldiers, Jah Cure teams... Read more

The Guardian: LONDON, England - Anita Pointer, one of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of pop, country and R&B hits in the 1970s and 80s included I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love) and Fire, has died of cancer aged 74, her publicist said. Pointer was surrounded by family at h... Read more

The Guardian: LONDON, England, By Lois Beckett - A woman who says she had a sexual relationship with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler when she was 16 is suing him in California, under a state law that has temporarily extended the statute of limitations for adults to take legal action on sexual abuse ... Read more

New York Daily News: Rap artist Tory Lanez was convicted Friday of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Lanez, 30, was found guilty on all three felony counts in the shooting that occurred after an argument in Los Angeles. He faces up to 22 years in prison and could be deported to... Read more

New York Daily News: By Jami Ganz - Memphis-based rapper Big Scarr has died suddenly, according to Gucci Mane. He was 22. The producer and “Gucci Flow” rapper, 42, who founded the 1017 Records label to which Big Scarr was signed, took to Instagram late Thursday to confirm the news. ... Read more