Today In Music News: Eminem Saves Hip-Hop, Mastodon Goes Crazy, Milli Vanilli Goes Hollywood and The Kills Get Sick.

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 24, 2009... Eminem seems to think that hip-hop will be a better place because he's back. Will it Marshall? Will it really? Did you know that some of the guys in Mastodon love doing mescaline and playing Street Fighter? Universal...

By Lance Lester

April 24, 2009

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Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, April 24, 2009...

Eminem seems to think that hip-hop will be a better place because he's back. Will it Marshall? Will it really?
Did you know that some of the guys in Mastodon love doing mescaline and playing Street Fighter?
Universal Pictures bought the rights to the Milli Vanilli story. Let's hope the actors portraying Rob and Fab do their own acting.
Kills singer Allison Mosshart forced her band to cut short a show in Boulder, Colorado, on Wednesday due to a cold and possible elevation sickness. At least she didn't throw up on stage....

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