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The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has finished writing his memoirs, and the book is due to be released in October. "It's kind of weird writing about your own life," he told NME. "Who'd be interested in that?"

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Jamaican officials are not happy with Drake's "Find Your Love" music video. The clip, which premiered this week, depicts the rapper/singer being captured and presumably shot by a Jamaican gang, whose leader is played by dancehall star Mavado. "Care has to be taken by all, including our creative artistes, in portraying images of our destination and people," Edmund Bartlett, the Caribbean country's Minister of Tourism, told the Gleaner. "Gun culture, while not unique to Jamaica, is not enhancing (the island's image)."

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Rapper David Banner is writer/arranger/producer of song used in Gatorade's new G Series "Gatorade Has Evolved" commercial.

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Skullcandy has announced a multi-year headphone collaboration project with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label. Coming in June is the first project under the venture: the Roc Nation Aviator.

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Just days after rapper Lil Wayne received an infraction for having an unauthorized iPod in his prison cell, he received a visit from fellow rap mogol Sean "Diddy" Combs. According to MTV, Diddy wasn't even recognized by the Riker's Island guards until he was on his way out.


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An exhibition devoted to the life and art of Kurt Cobain opened this week at the Seattle Art Museum. Known as "Kurt," the SAM event "will explore the ways in which the grunge movement's most iconic figure continues to influence modern artists from a multitude of disciplines," according to a statement by the exhibit's curator Matt Darling.