By the end of every week there are a bunch of music-related stories, cool links, videos, and other internet ditties that are a little on the trashy side. As a remedy to this, we’re happy to introduce our new column Trash Can– our avenue for sharing the funny, the weird, and the downright tacky music stories of the week. Enjoy!

Snoop Lion Sells $100 Joint On Snoopify App


Okay, maybe we exaggerated, it’s not a cool hundred bucks, but the wacky tobacky in question is retailing for $99.99. The Golden Jay was launched last week and has since been purchased at least 15 times, reports NME. For those not in the Snoop-astic know, the app in question is a photo-sharing platform, and it looks like Mr, Lion might be making a killing.

Jay Z And Lady Gaga’s Naked Bodyguard Tasered To Death By Police


According to Inquirer a former bodyguard to Lady Gaga, Drake, Jay Z and other musicians was tasered to death by police officers after trying to enter a house in the Cutler Bay States subdivision south of Miami while stark naked. The death of Mr Norman Oosterbroek occurred on Monday night and Miami-Dade police is investigating the incident,” said Javier Baez, a police spokesman. No word yet from Gaga’s camp.

William Shatner Is Releasing A Prog Rock Album Because Why Not.


The 80-year-old ‘s new foray into the world of all things alternative sees him collaborate with the likes of Vince Gill, Mich Jones, Rick Wakeman, Steve Vai, and several others. The Star Trek-er has previously released some records including one produced by Ben Folds. Of the upcoming release, titles Ponder The Mystery he says that it’s “quite possibly the most creative thing I have ever done.”

Eddie Murphy Makes Reggae Music Now


We’re not really sure why this took until now to get picked up considering the video was uploaded a few months ago, but now that we’ve seen it, we can’t really unsee it. Eddie Murphy’s making a foray back into the world of music with some help from the newly- reggae-fied Snoop Lion and the best part might just be the doo rag. As Consequence Of Sound report “the track spearheads Murphy’s big comeback solo album, 9, which has yet to receive a release date.” Cant’t even wait.

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