Neil Young [ tickets ] will play a solo-acoustic benefit concert on Sept. 15 at Berkeley, CA's Community Theatre.

Jonathan Richman [ tickets ]--backed by Tommy Larkins and Joanna Newsom--will open the show; tickets hit the market on Sunday (8/22).

Proceeds will benefit Destiny Arts Center, Dennis Alley's Great American Indian Youth Program and Aboriginal Voices Radio Network, according to promoter Another Planet Entertainment.

St. Louis rapper Chingy [ tickets ] issues his sophomore album, "Powerballin'," on Nov. 16, according to Capitol Records.

The first single, "Balla Baby," hits radio next month, and a video--directed by Jeremy Rall--will be shot next week in Los Angeles.

Chingy's debut set, last year's "Jackpot," is certified triple-platinum for shipping more than 3 million copies.

R&B veteran Percy Sledge [ tickets ], famous for his 1966 hit "When a Man Love a Woman," issues a new album titled "Shining Through the Rain" on Aug. 31. It's been nine year's since Sledge's previous release, 1994's Grammy-nominated "Blue Night."

D-Roc (Dennis Miles)--a guitarist in Ice-T's rock group Body Count [ tickets ]--died on Tuesday (8/17) of complications from lymphoma. He was 45.