by Erik Pedersen

UPDATED: The founding member of the iconic hip-hop group was first diagnosed with cancer in 2009.

Adam “MCA” Yauch, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year with his pioneering rap trio Beastie Boys and founded the indie film company Oscilloscope Pictures, has died. He was 47.

His longtime representatives confirmed the news Friday afternoon.

In 2009, Yauch was treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node and underwent surgery and radiation therapy, delaying the release of the group’s album Hot Sauce Committee and a tour that was to include a headlining slot at Lollapalooza. He announced the news on YouTube in July of that year.  
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By STACEY PLAISANCE | Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As the morning sun spilled over the New Orleans’ skyline Monday, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis and others kicked off International Jazz Day with a sunrise concert that included ritual drumming and a string of performances, a day that culminated in the evening with a grand all-star concert at the United Nations.

In the morning, trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Kermit Ruffins, singer Stephanie Jordan and others performed “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and “Afro Blue” as the sun rose on Congo Square, an area near the French Quarter neighborhood where slaves once gathered on Sundays to play music.

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1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
2. fun. f/ Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”

3. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”
4. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

5. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”

6. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
7. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

8. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
9. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

10.Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”



by Phil Gallo

Foremost among his countless contributions to popular culture and the music business, Dick Clark took rock ‘n’ roll out of bedroom radios and placed it on televisions in living rooms and dens across America. Nearly five decades later, after creating and hosting game shows, the American Music Awards, New Year’s Eve celebrations and producing TV shows and films, “American Bandstand” remains the jewel in Clark’s crown.

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1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
2. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”

3. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”

4. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
5. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

6. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
7. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

8. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

9. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”

10.Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”


1. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”

2. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
3. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”

4. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
5. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”

6. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

7. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”

8. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”

9. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”

10.Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

Music video by Kris Allen performing The Vision Of Love.
(C) 2012 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Apr.14, 2012

1. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
2. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
3. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
4. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
5. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
6. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
7. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
8. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
9. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
10.Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”