Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, who is Sean "Puffy" Combs' co-defendant in the upcoming trial that resulted from a New York nightclub shooting in December 1999, was arrested on Sunday (1/21) in Manhattan following an auto accident, Court TV reported. The rapper reportedly was charged with driving without a license.

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"Welcome to Deathrow," a documentary on Death Row Records, will premiere at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, Billboard reported.

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Michael Bolton [ tickets ] tried to get the Supreme Court to hear his appeal against a plagiarism judgment that was handed down last May, and the court rejected it, Wall of Sound reported. Click here for the background.

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A new Rod Stewart album titled "Human" is scheduled to hit stores on Feb. 6, according to his new label Atlantic Records. Stewart is expected to tour in 2001, but details haven't been confirmed, according to his publicist.

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"Whole New You," the latest release from Shawn Colvin, is due in stores on March 27, according to Columbia Records.

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Nick Oliveri, bassist for Queens of the Stone Age [ tickets ], was arrested by authorities at Rio de Janeiro's Rock in Rio after walking onstage naked, according to Reuters. He was reportedly detained for about 10 minutes before he was released into the custody of the event's lawyers.