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As Twitter continues to slam Rachel Dolezal, president of the NAACP in Spokane, Wash., for falsely identifying as a black woman, some of the music industry’s finest are chiming in with their own thoughts.

The 'Family Guy' creator participated in a round of "Cyndi-oke" on 'The Graham Norton Show' on Friday.

Today we celebrate Lil Snupe's birthday (June 13). The late rapper would have been 20 years old today.

Actor and musician Jaden Smith is joining Baz Luhrmann's music-driven drama for Netflix, The Get Down.

Thanks to films like Lost In Translation and pretty much every Wes Anderson movie ever, Bill Murray has made a bit of a second career for himself playing washed-up, apathetic old men. In Barry Levinson’s new music biz ...

Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden are said to be retreating from career pursuits in favour of living a more relaxed life together.

The singer continued on with the show despite fracturing his right leg during a performance.

Have you decided what you're wearing for your Independence Day festivities? Well, if not, we've got yet another entry from Nike that is chock-full of all the red, white and blue goodness you can handle.

One Direction are planning to follow in the footsteps of the Rolling Stones by sticking together while also working on solo projects, according to reports.

Millennial R&B group B2K won the hearts of preteen girls during its heyday. One of its members, Raz-B, turns 30 years old today (June 13).

Kanye West is a noted NBA fan — just a few days ago, Kim Kardashian rented out the entire L.A. Staples Center for her husband’s basketball themed birthday bash. On Thursday night, Kanye attended Game 4 of the NBA Fin...

As promised, St. Vincent joined UK post-punk legends Wire on stage at their own DRILL: CHICAGO Festival for an extended improvisatory rendition of their song “Drill.” You can watch some fan-captured videos of the per...

R&B is having a lost year, but it's not because of a lack of talent. Luke James still exists. The New Orleans-bred singer turns 31 years old today (June 13).

Lena Dunham brought all her assets to the table in a fierce competition against Jimmy Fallon during a mini Lip Sync Battle against the host on Friday's Tonight Show. The Girls creator and star won the night while showing...

Grohl fell off the stage during the concert in Goteborg, Sweden, on Friday.

Legendary Irish singer-songwriter, six-time Grammy Award winner, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Van Morrison has now been awarded the UK’s highest and coolest-sounding honor: a knighthood. You may now address ...

Here at The 405 we love a bit of photography, whether it be behind-the-scenes photojournalism at a show, or something more abstract and artful. So, naturally, we like to take a deeper look at the photographers at work be...

Liam Gallagher and Roger Daltrey joined forces on Friday night in a supergroup performance of the Who's "My Generation." The ex-Oasis frontman took the stage with the Who singer for a two-hour special celebrating the 20t...

She performied John Lennon's song "Imagine" while playing a piano covered in flowers.

R&B singer John Legend has weighed in on the death of Kalief Browder in a thought-provoking essay, in which he states that Browder died because the criminal justice system is broken.

Pop-country gets a bit of a bad rap — sometimes deservedly — but young singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves is incontrovertibly talented and great. Her sophomore album Pageant Material will be out in a little over a wee...

Just when you thought Dave Grohl couldn't become any more of a hero, he goes and proves the world wrong. Watch below as the Foo Fighters frontman breaks his leg at a gig - but still continues to play.  The Foos were pla...