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+ Want to know what drives Lady Gaga and fuels her tireless work ethic? Curious why this innovative woman is on a fearless mission to take a over a world? The Cosmopolitan cover girl tells the magazine that part of her initial drive was to seek revenge on an old flame, saying during their break-up, "'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f***ing deli without hearing or seeing me.'" Mission accomplished. (PopEater)

+ Rihanna's song "Rude Boy" received something of a mixed reception from fans, bloggers and culture vultures. On one hand, the song was dope, Rihanna looked great and the video matched the tune's feel. On the other hand, it looked a lot like M.I.A.'s "Boyz" clip. Now director Melina Matsoukas is responding to the criticism, claiming, "It definitely wasn't trying to rip anybody off." (MTV News)

+ Lily Allen will take a brief hiatus from her indefinite hiatus to play London's Wireless Festival this summer. What prompted this U-turn from Allen, who had announced her retirement from actively recording and touring earlier this month? Some guy named Jay-Z requested that she play. When duty calls... (Spinner)

+ File under mental images we'd rather not contemplate: Courtney Love recently went buckwild on Twitter, asking her followers if they ever think about having rage-fueled nookie with John Mayer—except she didn't quite put it that way. Love went on to imagine, "totally throwing him around the room in bits and then you just BAM punch him in the face? good times [sic]" Great times! (Idolator)

+ We're all about playing matchmaker and we've got our sights set on Ke$ha and English funnyman Ricky Gervais. Whaddya think, Ke$ha? "That fat guy who's in The Office? I'd hit that." Torn from the pages of a Jane Austen novel, she is. (E! Online)

+ Recording news! One of the greatest female rappers in the game, Eve, is back in the studio. That's exciting on its own, but the fact that she's in there with Canadian electro producers MSTRKRFT makes it all the more electrifying. (Rap Radar)

Tags Courtney Love, Eve, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, M.I.A., MSTRKRFT, Rihanna

With the underground success of Diplo and Switch's Major Lazer project, the line between electronic dance and reggae has never been more blurred. And now Terry Lynn is here to make it even blurrier.

Lynn, a Waterhouse, Kingston, Jamaica singer, has teamed up with the Last Gang label (home to MSTRKRFT) to make stunning dancehall, with an emphasis on dance. Where most contemporary reggae relies on the skittering beat of dancehall rhythms or the slow, soulful pace of more traditional reggae forms, Lynn employs a powerful, Daft Punk-like thump and wallop behind her toasting.

Check out her incredible video for the Daft-Punk-referencing jam "Kingstonlogic," off her Kingstonlogic 2.0 album. It's a clip that both embraces her local culture while backed by a sound that reaches across borders and blurs lines. And stay tuned for the premiere of Terry Lynn's "Jamaican Girls" video this Thursday on mtvU.

Kingstonlogic 2.0 from Rickards Bros. on Vimeo.

Tags Daft Punk, Diplo, Major Lazer, MSTRKRFT, Terry Lynn, video