#WhatsHappening for May 19, 2017

Honestly, what kind of Friday isn't a good Friday? Welcome to the weekend.

This just in: 

The Detroit News reports this morning that Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s wife, Vicky, asked his bodyguard to check on the singer after a telephone conversation in which Cornell repeatedly said, "I am just tired" according to a copy of a report filed by officers who responded to the scene.

The report says the bodyguard found the main door of Cornell's suite and a door to the bedroom suite locked when he checked on the singer after midnight- and that he forced both doors open before finding Cornell on the bathroom floor, "with blood running from his mouth and a red exercise band around (his) neck."

Safeco Field in Seattle on Thursday night.

Cornell’s family issued a statement this morning that disputes the finding that the singer's death was a suicide- saying that his behavior was likely exacerbated by Ativan, which he had been prescribed for anxiety. 

A spokesperson for the Detroit Police says the report The Detroit News published leaked and an official version would not be available until the medical report is complete, "probably several weeks from now."

A Minnesota judge ruled today that Prince's six siblings are the heirs to his estate.

Carver County Judge Kevin Eide said that "the heirs of the estate are determined to be Omarr Baker, Alfred Jackson, Sharon Nelson, Norrine Nelson, John R. Nelson and Tyka Nelson."

The ruling doesn't mean that the siblings will immediately take control of the singer's estate, but instead begins a year-long process in that will allow people claiming to be relatives of the late singer to make their appeals- but also allows them to be excluded if the judge does not accept their case.

Obasi Shaw

A Harvard University senior has earned an honors degree after submitting his debut rap album as his senior thesis in the English department.

Obasi Shaw of Atlanta says his album is "a moody take" on what it means to be black in America, and draws on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and other literary works for inspiration. The work was given the equivalent of an A-minus grade (yeah, I'm not sure what that means, either).

Birthdays today include: Sam Smith (25); Jenny Berggren of Ace Of Base(45); Iain Harvie of Del Amitri (56); Yasmin Evans of Yazz (57); Martyn Ware of Heaven 17 (61); Phillip Rudd of AC/DC (63); Dusty Hill of ZZ Top (68); Grace Jones (69); Tom Scott, saxophonist for the LA Express, Steely Dan and the Blues Brothers (69); and  Pete Townshend of The Who (72). #MusicalBirthdays