(BBC) Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as US TV's scruffy detective, Columbo, dies at the age of 83 more

(Billboard) In his July/August XXL cover story, Lil Wayne said that despite persistent requests from Justin Bieber, he won't work with him on a song. "That's my n-gga, but I can't do it," said Wayne. "Like I said, I don't want to f-k his shi-t up." more

(AP) Michael Jackson spent the last months of his life frightened and on edge, convinced that he would be killed by people wanting to get access to his valuable music catalog, according to his sister, LaToya Jackson. more

(Billboard) Even though "The Voice" has only one more week to go, coach Cee Lo Green says it's one of the reasons he's dropping out of the Loud tour with Rihanna. more

(Jam!) Cleveland disc jockey and early rap artist Orrin Lynn Tolliver, Jr. has just been awarded nearly $1.2 million by a New York jury. The award comes after a former friend and collaborator allowed without permission his 1983 song, "I Need A Freak," to be sampled by the Black Eyed Peas for the group's hit song, "My Humps." more

(Billboard) Five months and 28 million YouTube views later, Rihanna is being sued over her "S&M" video -- for the second time. 19-year-old Phillip Paulus accused Ri-Ri of using staging and sets from his August 2010 Paperworld spread in her video. more

(BBC) A leather jacket worn by US singer Michael Jackson in his Thriller video is sold at auction in California for $1.8m more

(Billboard) Drake, who recently unleashed two new songs onto the Internet, slammed his label's parent company, Universal, for ordering that the songs be removed from his blog and other sites that have posted them. "Universal needs to stop taking my f--king songs down" the Young Money artist tweeted. "I am doing this for the people not for your label." more

Greyson Chance took to his piano to pay tribute to the late great King of Pop, Michael Jackson, with his own cover of the 1972 single "I Wanna Be Where You Are." Check out Greyson's version here