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Roy Ayers performs at the 2Pac 40th Birthday Concert Celebration on Thursday, June 16, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84

Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky 1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has died. The Ayers family says in a Facebook post that he died Tuesday.
 
Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers performs during the FireAid benefit concert on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

FireAid delivered loads of surprises. Here are some of the best moments from the musical benefit

 
Tony Lai, left, looks through the remains of his fire-ravaged beachfront property with his wife Everlyn in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

FireAid combines music’s biggest acts and stories of loss to raise money for LA wildfire relief

 
Snoop Dogg performs at the Shaq's Fun House Super Bowl event on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Photo by Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP, File)

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre’s brotherhood is still strong after 30 years with new album ‘Missionary’

 
This combination of photos show promotional art for the comedy special "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was...," left, the new series "Dexter: Original Sin," center, and the three-part series "Paris & Nicole: The Encore." (Netflix/Paramount+/Peacock via AP)

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Snoop Dogg says Dr. Dre wasn’t happy with him buying Death Row Records

Snoop Dogg says his longtime friend and “Missionary” album producer Dr. Dre has come around to his purchase two years ago of their former label, Death Row Records, once controlled by the now-imprisoned Marion “Suge” Knight.
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English singer-songwriter Marsha Ambrosius poses for a portrait in New York on June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Marsha Ambrosius’ new ‘CASABLANCO’ album is just what Dr. Dre ordered

 
FILE - Jazz and soul pianist and singer Les McCann performs on stage during the opening of the 40th Montreux Jazz Festival at the Auditorium Stravinski, June 30, 2006, in Montreux, Switzerland. McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the “soul jazz” genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and other hip-hop performers, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. He was 88. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

Les McCann, innovative jazz musician best known for ‘Compared to What,’ dies at 88

 
FILE - Dr. Dre attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said on Tuesday, June 20, that Dr. Dre will receive the first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award. He’ll be honored at the organization’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Thursday, June 22, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award from music industry group ASCAP