"We regretfully inform you of the passing of our beloved brother and long time Roots member Malik Abdul Baset," The Roots wrote on Twitter Wednesday Malik Abdul Baset, one of the founding members of ...

One of the founding members of the Legendary Roots Crew, Malik B., has passed away. He was 47. Black Thought (née Tariq Trotter) and Questlove (née Ahmir Thompson) shared this joint statement: “It is ...

Malik Abdul Baset, an early member of The Roots who performed on the group’s first four albums, has died, a rep for the group confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was announced; he was 47. “It is ...

Malik B, a founding member of The Roots and solo artist, has passed away. He was 47. The Philadelphia rapper’s death was first confirmed by his cousin, former CBS News correspondent Don Champion, as ...

This time, the Libyan convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing might really be at death’s door. A close relative of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said Sunday he was hospitalized in critical condition.

A terrorist convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 returned home to Libya to die after he was released from a Scottish prison Thursday. The decision outraged some relatives of the 270 people ...

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi may have been sick, but it was blackmail that got him out of prison, according to a new report. The Lockerbie bomber who was given a “get out of jail free” card under the guise ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scotland freed the Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds today, allowing the terminally ill man to die in his homeland of Libya and rejecting American pleas for justice in ...