Funeral attended by 200 relatives and friends; Joe Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton spoke at service.By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson’s casket at the Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles on Thursday

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Nearly two months after Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, provided a dramatic denouement to the late pop star’s public [...]

‘A part of me has passed away with him,’ Wood says during Hollywood Palladium event.By Jocelyn Vena

Hayley Wood attends the funeral of DJ AM on Wednesday

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At DJ AM’s memorial at the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, the celebrity DJ’s family and friends gathered to remember AM, who was found dead in his [...]

Clip contains lots of robotic imagery playing up title of band’s forthcoming LP, Humanoid.By James Montgomery

Tokio Hotel

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Tokio Hotel fans, the wait is over.

After months of nightmares, arguments and chauffeured drives around Hollywood,
Tokio Hotel finally gave fans a first full taste of the band’s much-anticipated Humanoid album, premiering the video for the first single [...]

Lil Wayne rocks the amphitheater with 90-minute set.By Gil Kaufman

Young Jeezy performs in Cincinatti on Thursday

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CINCINNATI — From the screams and shout-back lyrics in the near-capacity crowd at Riverbend Amphitheater on Thursday night, you’d think Lil Wayne had never visited the Queen City. In fact, Weezy was here earlier this [...]

We try to figure out if Fif’s line was a dis, in Off the Dome.By Shaheem Reid

50 Cent and Jay-Z

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50 Cent and Jay-Z started out dissing each other, then they became somewhat cool, went on the road together, collaborated on freestyles and songs and the two NYC-bred moguls have made some money together. So [...]

‘They both are,’ Kevin says of whether Nick or Joe will be his best man at the ceremony.By Jocelyn Vena

Kevin Jonas

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Joe and Nick Jonas now know just who is going to be the best man at Kevin’s wedding to longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. And, no, he didn’t decide to pick littlest [...]

‘You’d mash that together and put some mascara on it,’ Better Than Ezra’s Kevin Griffin tells MTV News.By Jocelyn Vena

Adam Lambert

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Kevin Griffin made a name for himself in the ’90s with Better Than Ezra, but these days, when he’s not busy working with the band and releasing new music, he’s writing with [...]

‘My personality as a humble person kinda doesn’t contribute to letting people know what I do or how I do it,’ he says.By Shaheem Reid

Twista

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When you look at the criteria to make our Hottest MCs in the Game list, the first thing the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust analyzes is artists’ lyrics, flow and [...]

‘He continues to make hit records that work,’ 50 says of Soulja, in Mixtape Daily.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez

50 Cent and Soulja Boy

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Voice of the People: 50 Cent

Last month, 50 Cent and Soulja Boy excited some fans and confused others during a West Coast stop on Young Money [...]

Girlfriend Hayley Wood calls AM ‘my amazing grace’ during Thursday’s event.By Gil Kaufman

The marquee outside of DJ AM’s memorial at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Thursday

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While Michael Jackson was being buried in a lavish ceremony across town, friends, family and fans paid a final tribute to DJ AM (born [...]