Hip-hop legend Guru (a.k.a. Keith Elam) has been hospitalized in New York. It's being reported that the 43-year-old Brooklyn-based MC, who teamed in the '90s up with DJ Premier in the jazz-influenced Gang Starr, had a heart attack over the weekend and is currently in a coma.

thestranger.com
UPDATE: Guru is out of his coma and recovering
Interview Kurt’s Visit with the Guru [mp3]

The strong odor of marijuana wafting from the window of a Willie Nelson tour bus led to six members of the country singer's entourage getting busted in Duplin County for possession of marijuana and three-fourths of a quart of moonshine, law enforcement officials said.

newsobserver.com

In 2009, Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

heraldnet.com
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Seine Lieder sind bissig und bayerisch, mit seinen Texten kritisiert er die Gesellschaft: Hans Söllner. Der dichtende, singende, Mundharmonika und Gitarre spielende Anarche der deutschen Musikszene war nun zu Gast in der ausverkauften Schwabmünchner Stadthalle und sorgte bei seinen Fans für (Abbruch-)Stimmung.

augsburger-allgemeine.de

The co-founder of the influential Marijuana Policy Project announced Tuesday that he is stepping down in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal.

Executive Director Rob Kampia said he is taking a three-month medical leave, starting Tuesday evening, to get therapy for his attitudes toward women. "I just think I'm hypersexualized," he told us.

washingtonpost.com
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Marijuana-loving rappers CYPRESS HILL have commissioned Dutch company Roor to create a six-foot (1.8 meter) bong for them.

Collector`s Line Cypress HillCollector`s Line Cypress Hill - EUR 2.200.00
3 parts - height 45 cm diameter 50 mm wall-thickness 7.0 mm
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roor.de

Der schwer krebskranke Dennis Hopper hat nur noch zwei Wünsche: Die Scheidung von seiner Frau Victoria Duffy und das Sorgerecht für seine Tochter Galan. Seine Noch-Gattin wehrt sich mit allen Mitteln und plaudert aus dem gemeinsamen Eheleben - wie Unterlagen nun belegen.

spiegel.de
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Legendary actor Dennis Hopper, the Easy Rider himself, was photographed Thursday at The Farmacy Cannabis Club in Venice, California, a medical marijuana dispensary.

Hopper wore a checkered paperboy cap and dark-rimmed glasses into the establishment, which resembles a farmer's market, according to "Doug" at RadarOnline.

tokeofthetown.com