+  Eminem did a lot of reaching out when he was addicted to drugs. Reaching out to people he has things in common with. People who understand the lifestyle he leads. People like Elton John. (MTV News)

+ There has been a lot of good buzz about Depeche Mode's new album "Sounds Of The Universe" and the subsequent world tour this summer. Sucks that singer Dave Gahan is having really bad stomach problems, forcing them to cancel tons of shows. (The Tripwire)

+ Looks like that Rihanna and Lady GaGa track we told you about Tuesday was a fakity fake. Ugh... it's always too good to be true. (Singersroom)

+ Our favorite feline Kitty Purry (Katy Perry) brought the lolz on last night's American Idol when she managed to piss off anyone from middle America who is not voting for little "Lamchop" (Adam Lambert). What didn't bring the lolz, however, was how flat she was. Give a girl an earpiece! (Neon Limelight)

+ Speaking of things that AREN'T flat (and no, we're not talking about Katy Perry's boobs) -- have you seen her new video for "Waking Up In Vegas?" She took us behind the scenes as only KP can do. (Buzzworthy)

+ DMX has evidently found Jesus (by Jesus, we mean the Son of God, not Madonna's love sponge Jesus Luz) and you'll never guess where -- in jail of course, while the rapper was doing time for animal cruelty and sundry other indiscretions. (NME)

+ If it's really true that actress Bette Midler wants to collabo with 50 Cent, then we really WILL be able to eat Dippin' Dots in hell. (The Hip Hop Chronicle UK)

Not to get all parental on you, but you know that whole "if at first you don't succeed" maxim? It sounds totally trite, right? But in Kenna's case it can end up nabbing you stage time with Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, a gig opening Live Earth at Giants Stadium and probably a spot on more album-of-the-year lists than you'd ever imagined.

The long and winding road from the release of his 2003 debut album New Sacred Cow to the late-2007 release of Make Sure They See My Face showed the Ethiopian-born, Virginia-raised artist the dark side of record industry politics after he was passed around from label to label before finally landing on the Neptunes' Star Trak imprint (high school friend Chad Hugo co-produced both of Kenna's albums). The critically acclaimed New Sacred Cow saw some mainstream love: "Freetime" nabbed a 2003 MTV VMA Breakthrough Video nomination, and Fischerspooner and Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan added Kenna, who'd previously opened for No Doubt, to their tours. Even pop-author Malcolm Gladwell famously devoted an entire chapter to the genre-defying artist in his 2005 best-seller Blink, summarizing "Kenna's Dilemma" and the irony behind why Kenna couldn't maintain a major-label deal at the time: the guy's basically too inspired to pin down and too multi-talented to tie up in a neat, happy little marketing package.

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