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Yellow Umbrella - downloadAlbum: Little Planet
NewsNotorious BIG's family sues LANotorious BIG's family has filed a wrongful death suit against the city of Los Angeles for the second time. The suit seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the rapper's mother, wife, and two children, and alleges that the city's police officers killed him 10 years ago. Notorious BIG, real name Christopher Wallace, was gunned down in 1997 as he was leaving a party at a Los Angeles museum. The suit contends that former LA police officers Rafael Perez and Nino Durden conspired to murder Notorious BIG, and that the police department played a role in covering it up, reports the Associated Press. Both officers were involved in the infamous Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division anti-gang scandal. Perez has denied any involvement in the murder, and no statement has been obtained from Durden. The initial suit filed by the family of the New York rapper -- also known as Biggie Smalls -- ended in a mistrial in 2005 after it was discovered that a police detective concealed relevant information linking Perez and another officer to the murder. Govenment Minister steps into ticket touting row A governmnet minister has added his voice to the fight against online ticket touting. Auction site Ebay has been asked to remove tickets for Radio 1's next Big Weekend event at the request of Creative Industries Minister Shain Woodward, after tickets found their way onto the auction site for up to ?400 a pair Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight and Scissor Sisters all play the shows on May 19-20. Woodward told the BBC that to profiteer from the event was unacceptable: "This flies in the face of all the hard work that Radio 1 is putting into stamping out touts at the Big Weekend. "Ebay should stop selling tickets - the artists are not making money from this free event, so why should the touts?" "Demand for this evet is outstripping supply by more than ten to one, and the BBC has decided that should get tickets on the basis of how lucky they are, not how much money they have." Ebay is investigating the matter. The government has recently been under inreasing pressure by music fans to introduce anti-touting laws similar to those in place at football matches, |
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