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Reuters - Rap crossed musical genres and broke cultural barriers on Monday when the first hip-hop artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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AP - Punk poet Patti Smith brought her earthy growl to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, inducted as a member with the Ronettes, Van Halen, R.E.M. and the institution's first hip-hop act, Grandmaster Flash.

AP - "Rocky Mountain High," the late John Denver's love letter to his adopted state, became Colorado's second official song Monday. Lawmakers passed a resolution that puts Denver's 1972 anthem alongside the lesser-known "Where the Columbines Grow."

Reuters - Starbucks Corp. said on Monday it has formed its own record label, Hear Music, to develop records for sale both in its coffee shops and through traditional music retailers.

AP - Brad Delp's fiancee found the rock singer dead at their Atkinson home after calling three times without getting through, police said Monday.

AP - Levon Helm, former drummer for The Band, is suing a Manhattan advertising firm over the use of the band's signature song, "The Weight," in a television commercial.

AP - Kris Kristofferson, who has written some of country music's most enduring hits, will receive CMT's Johnny Cash Visionary Award, the cable network announced Monday.

AP - "I want it!" squealed 13-year-old Hiiaka Kaneao, pointing to a sparkly, hot pink, star-shaped bass guitar hanging inside a pink fur-lined booth.

Reuters - The festival market is arguably the healthiest part of the U.S. concert business, a trend that has held forth in Europe for years.

AP - Snoop Dogg was held by police overnight on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests, a police spokesman said Monday.

E! Online - As Antonella Barba knows, appearing on American Idol can gain you a certain type of exposure.

Reuters - G-Unit Records, the label run by rapper 50 Cent, endured some chinks in its armor last year. More Info...  

AP - For some people, Cyndi Lauper's classic "True Colors" is just another love song.

E! Online - After trying several times to reach Brad Delp by telephone, fiancée Pamela Sullivan returned to their south New Hampshire home Friday morning and found the Boston frontman dead, the Atkinson Police Department said Monday.

E! Online - The 12 American Idol finalists are in for a Supreme experience.

E! Online - Are New York's Finest busting Busta Rhymes' chops?

Reuters - Iconic rock band Aerosmith will perform in India's financial and film hub of Mumbai, its first performance in the country, the group said on its official Website. The five-member band, with at least 14 albums to its credit and an envious career spanning over four decades, will hold the concert on June 2, according to www.aerosmith.com.

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AP - When the thunder of the power generators eases to a rumble, Spc. Brandon Begley heads for an echoing hangar on this U.S. outpost near the Pakistan border and sets up his electric organ.

AP - Country music queen Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, is getting an honorary doctorate from Boston's Berklee College of Music.

AP - NEW YORK (AP) — A movie production company was forced to begin its first day of shooting Saturday without Busta Rhymes after the NYPD raised security concerns.