NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is planning to build a new home for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem across the street from the legendary Apollo Theater.

For the third year in a row, local rappers will compete to see who can raise the most food for local charity Impact Northwest. Ozone's Hip Hop Showcase will join with Impact Northwest for the sixth time on Saturday, May 29 for 18 of the Northwest's best hip hop acts and a canned food drive.

Tyrone Waters, a Gulf War veteran who has battled paranoid schizophrenia – often publicly – since 1995, this week released his first spoken word CD about the events leading up to his shooting by Portland Police during a mental breakdown outside his home in 2001.

An attorney for Marion "Suge" Knight is denying allegations that the former rap mogul pulled a gun on a man in South Los Angeles. Knight was arrested in suburban Gardena on Thursday. Police say his Cadillac Escalade was stopped after a man claimed Knight pointed a gun at him.

Usher's "Raymond V Raymond " is the best selling R&B release this week. "Nothin on You' takes the Rap honors.

EW YORK (AP) - Lil Jon says he's not interested in keeping up with the trends in technology -- and that includes the iPad.

The Black Keys take the next step in their evolution on "Brothers," an album of moody, atmospheric songs most at home in a scuzzy nightclub circa 1972

Nas and Damian Marley meet in the middle to create an empowering collaborative album, entitled "Distant Relatives."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Hank Jones has died. He was 91.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- British recording company EMI Group PLC said Friday it has raised enough cash to fend off foreclosure by its main lender, Citigroup.