Rapper DMX pleads out Florida drug case (AP)

AP - Rapper DMX has pleaded out a Miami drug case and now awaits extradition to face more charges in Arizona.

Yearwood philosophical after emergency landing (AP)

AP - Trisha Yearwood had a harrowing experience on a recent flight to Oklahoma when her plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Baltimore because of a cracked windshield.

Rapper T.I. sets record with singles chart-topper (Reuters)

Reuters - Rapper T.I. has set a new record for the biggest leap to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart.

T.I. "Likes" Making Hot 100 History (E! Online)

E! Online - House arrest has paid off big time for T.I.

The Hold Steady stays positive on new album and tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Drawing packed houses and four-star reviews, buzz band The Hold Steady may have finally built the ecstatic rock and roll experience they've been singing about for years.

Suge Knight Busted for Sin City Smackdown (E! Online)

E! Online - UPDATE: Knight was released late Wednesday after posting $19,000 bail. He's due to appear Sept. 26 in Las Vegas Justice Court .

Q&A: Thicke reflects on race, music and "Something Else" (Reuters)

Reuters - It's an unusually hot and humid summer night in Hollywood. A murmuring line of fans -- mostly women -- snakes around the Sunset Boulevard perimeter of the House of Blues. They're waiting for one thing and one thing only: Robin Thicke.

Michael Jackson at 50: `The best is yet to come' (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson marked a personal milestone Friday: his 50th birthday.

Metallica, T.I., AC/DC top fall album releases (AP)

AP - This fall is full of questions for the topsy-turvy music world:

Glen Campbell's new album rocks country chart (Reuters)

Reuters - Country veteran Glen Campbell's unusual covers album is his biggest release of new material in more than 30 years.