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    • Rapper Heavy D Dead at 44

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      Heavy D, one of the most influential and identifiable rappers from hip-hop's golden age, passed away today at the age of 44. Grandmaster Flash was the first to break the news of Heavy D's death, which TMZ has since confirmed. No cause of death has been reported yet, but the rapper was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital at noon today and was pronounced dead soon after. TMZ writes that Heavy D was seen unconscious outside his Beverly Hills home, but that he was cognizant and speaking in the ambulance. Police are investigating the death, but they don't suspect foul play. Just last night, Heavy D was tweeting tributes to boxer Joe Frazier, who died yesterday.

      Born Dwight Arrington Myers, Heavy D, along with his group the Boyz, became mainstream stars in the late 1980's on the strength of 1987's Living Large and 1989's Big Tyme, both of which are now considered hip-hop classics and pioneers in the New Jack Swing genre. 1991's "Now That We Found Love" became the biggest hit for the Overweight Lover -- a self-deprecating moniker that Heavy often called himself -- and the group's most lasting track. Thanks to his smooth delivery and innocuous but clever rhymes, Heavy became a favorite of everyone from Will Smith to Michael Jackson, who recruited D to guest on his single "Jam."

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    • Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comMadonna fans won't have to wait until the Super Bowl to hear the Material Girl's big surprise after all. "Give Me All Your Love," the promised first single off her upcoming dance-heavy new album, leaked in full after a pair of snippets emerged earlier today, a full two months before it was expected. Madonna's Super Bowl halftime performance was rumored to include "cheerleading tumbles, dances, and jumps," and one listen to "Give Me All Your Love" reveals why: The song is like a 21st century version of Toni Basil's pom-pom anthem "Mickey," right down to the sing-along chorus and handclaps:

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    • Tom Waits' "Satisfied" is the rock troubadour's homage to the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," and Keith Richards himself provides some guitar to the Bad as Me track. However, in this new video, despite having an opportunity to dance like a Maroon 5 hit, Waits moves like anyone else but Jagger. In this Jesse Dylan-directed clip -- yes, Bob's son -- Tom carouses, scratches, itches, and shakes his way through this rollicking number, like a belligerent hobo dancing to a subway musician. He might not move like Mick, but the 61-year-old Waits can definitely shake it better than his fellow sexagenarians. Some are comparing Waits' chaotic dancing to that of Thom Yorke's choreography in Radiohead's "Lotus Flower" video, but it feels more like a more inebriated rendition of this performance:

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    • David BowieEMI: The major label no one wants to buy and no artist wants to be on. The epically mismanaged record company has seen many of its top talent -- Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Radiohead, and most recently, Robbie Williams -- jump ship in recent years after the label was bought, and then run into the ground, by equity firm Terra Firma. And now David Bowie appears to be on the verge of leaving EMI after 15 years with the company: with the Thin White Duke's contract with EMI set to expire in January 2012, Bowie will look to bring his legendary catalog to another, more competent label, the Financial Times reports (via NME). At least they still have the Beatles!

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    • One of The Amp's favorite SNL Digital Shorts, Andy Samberg's Shy Ronnie with Rihanna, is now the target of a lawsuit after a pair of St. Louis producers claimed that Samberg stole the musical tracks without proper credit. Aleric "Rick tha Rular" Banks and Monique Hines of StarStrukk Productions filed the suit in a New York federal court last week which claims Samberg's the Lonely Island used StarStrukk beats to create the songs "Like a Boss" and "Shy Ronnie 2: Ronnie & Clyde," but the production duo have yet to receive the appropriate royalties,according to the Hollywood Reporter

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    • Steve Granitz/WireImage.comAfter Adele scrapped all of her 2011 U.S. tour dates and promotional appearances because of throat problems, the British singer traveled to Boston yesterday to fix her chart-topping voice. Why Beantown? Because that's the home of the Massachusetts General Hospital, where a futuristic surgery involving lasers is used to rescue the world's best cords. "Adele underwent vocal cord microsurgery by Dr. Steven Zeitels to stop recurrent vocal cord hemorrhage (bleeding) from a benign polyp. This condition is typically the result of unstable blood vessels in the vocal cord that can rupture," the Massachusetts General Hospital wrote in a statement (via Los Angeles Times). "Dr. Zeitels expects Adele to make a full recovery from her laser microsurgery."

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    • Pool/Getty ImagesJustice has been served in the death of Michael Jackson, and now the only question that remains is, "How long Dr. Conrad Murray will spend in prison?" The answer will upset Jackson fans who want Murray to spend the maximum of four years behind bars: Because of overcrowding in the California prison system and new laws in Los Angeles, Murray can expect to spend little to no time in prison. Take Lindsay Lohan as an example: Her 30-day prison sentence for violating probation turned into a five-hour cameo at the Los Angeles County jail. Murray will also likely benefit from the fact that there are simply too many violent criminals in California, and they represent more of a danger to the public than a Propofol-pushing doctor.

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      (Update: In a statement to TMZ, Michael Jackson's parents Joe and Katherine said, "We have been waiting for this moment for a very long time and we couldn't hold back tears of joy in the courtroom.  Even though nothing can bring back our son, justice has finally been served!")

      After nearly six weeks of testimony and 10 hours of deliberation, the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray has reached a verdict: Guilty. With that judgment, the 12 jurors unanimously agreed that Murray was solely responsible for causing Jackson's death by administering a deadly dose of the powerful sedative Propofol to the King of Pop. Jackson, who complained of insomnia in his final months, used the sedative as a sleeping agent, even though Propofol is only meant for surgical operations.

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    • Photo: Kristy Sparow/WireImage.comAvril Lavigne and her reality star boyfriend Brody Jenner were the victims of a vicious attack last night after the pair were reportedly assaulted by a group of five people as they left Los Angeles' Roosevelt Hotel. "I don't fight. I don't believe in it. To clear things up I got attacked by 5 people last night out of nowhere. Not cool. My face is f-----," the Canadian singer tweeted early this morning. "As in black eye, bloody nose, hair ripped out, scratches, bruises and cuts. So not ok to be abusive to others. Violence is NEVER the answer." Jenner added that he "just got of the hospital with a new scar on my face" following the incident. TMZ writes that Jenner was smashed in the face with a bottle. (Earlier in the evening, Jenner tweeted, "Having the best night with the love of my life @AvrilLavigne so happy right now!!" Talk about unhappy endings.)

      The incident is very similar to when singer Gavin Degraw was assaulted in New York City this past August.

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    • Handmade animation is enough of a rarity these days, but stop-motion jelly bean storytelling is a one-of-a-kind treat in this inventive music video.

      Against a moving background of 288,000 Jelly Belly beans, 26-year-old Kina Grannis takes a surreal trip into a candy-coated world while singing her original song "In Your Arms." Lifted into the air by two (presumably cotton candy-flavored) birds, Kina weathers a coconut-tasting snowball to the face and then, through some particularly impressive stop-motion-magic, swallows a caterpillar and spits out a monarch butterfly.

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