NEW YORK (Billboard) - The name "Sam Adams" mainly has been associated with several American historical figures and a popular Boston beer -- until now. The city of Boston is laying claim to yet another Sam Adams: an upstart Trinity College rapper who emerged from obscurity when his primarily self-produced EP, "Boston's Boy," debuted atop iTunes' hip-hop digital albums chart. Outpacing ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lolly Vegas, a co-founder of Redbone who wrote the hit "Come and Get Your Love" for the 1970s band, has died in Los Angeles, a spokesman said on Saturday. Vegas, 70, who had been battling cancer for several years, died at home Thursday, band spokesman Joe Ortiz said. Singer/guitarist Vegas, whose real name was Lolly Vasquez ...

Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained Tarkan, Turkey's best-known pop star who makes top music charts worldwide, along with some other entertainers in Istanbul. The Anatolia news agency says Tarkan, who only uses one name, was detained in a police raid early Friday. Police ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Black Eyed Peas on Thursday became the first group in 19 years to send three singles from one album to the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. "Imma Be," from the act's chart-topping release "The E.N.D.," rose two places to No. 1, ending the nine-week reign of Ke$ha's "TiK ...