Guru, a founding member of the rap group Gang Starr, underwent successful surgery and is recovering, according to former partner DJ Premier, though he's still under a medically induced coma.

"Good news: #guru surgery was successful, keep sending him love," Premier posted Tuesday.

Later he posted this Tweet: "#Guru still in a med induced coma, he's breathing with machine help. And please reporters, don't copy without care. #Pray."

The 43-year-old Guru suffered a heart attack and fell into the coma after going into cardiac arrest over the weekend.

DJ Premier said in a radio interview that Guru was scheduled to undergo surgery Monday.

Guru, who was born Keith Elam, rose to fame as the vocal half of Gang Starr, the duo he formed with DJ Premier.
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Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, who performed with many musicians but was best known as the longtime bass player for the band led by Daryl Hall and John Oates, has died. He was 58.

Wolk died Sunday in New York, hours after completing a recording session with Hall, who was working on a solo album, according to the duo's manager, Jonathan Wolfson.

Wolfson said the cause of death was believed to be a heart attack.

Wolk had been scheduled to appear Monday night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" with Hall and Oates.

A busy session musician, he appeared on scores of recordings with such varied artists as Bette Midler, Billy Joel and Avril Lavigne.

He played bass on several Elvis Costello recordings, accordion on Robert Palmer's "Heavy Nova" and guitar on Carly Simon's "Coming Around Again."
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