Shortly after rapper 50 Cent [ tickets ] said during a Monday night (2/28) appearance on New York radio station Hot 97 that he had booted his protege The Game from the rap crew G-Unit, a man was shot in the leg in the radio station's lobby.

Newsday reported that the wounded man was a member of 50 Cent's entourage. The rapper, who was still in the building, wasn't injured.

The Michael Jackson [ tickets ] child-molestation trial continued Tuesday (3/1) in Santa Maria, CA, with the defense's opening statement.

Jackson's lawyer told the jury that his client "flat-out denies these molestation allegations," and argued that investigators found no DNA evidence in Jackson's bedroom that linked him to alleged crimes.

Tim McGraw [ tickets ] is scheduled to perform an acoustic concert March 11 at the annual Larry King Cardiac Foundation Benefit.

Experimental group Negativland [ tickets ] plans to issue a new CD/book titled "No Business" on May 26. According to a website announcement, the package will include a 56-page book, a computer-playable video and a 37-minute audio album, all presenting Negativland's "current take on issues of file-sharing, downloading, appropriation and the supposed collapse of the music business, circa 2005."

Two tracks from the disc are available to download for free at the group's site.