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T-Pain gets animated in 'Freaknik,' talks new CD (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2008 file photo, rapper T-Pain makes an appearance on MTV's 'Total Request Live' show in New York.  (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)AP - You wouldn't think T-Pain was inhibited at all. But the rapper-singer, known for his synthesized vocals and catchy hooks, says he sometimes feels creatively restrained when it comes to music.


UK musicians pay tribute to songs of Nick Drake (Reuters)
Reuters - Nick Drake is an unlikely romantic hero. In the 1970s he was a minor English singer and songwriter who peddled a lyrical brand of introspection that earned him a small but devoted following and few record sales.
"Hope for Haiti" album shakes up pop chart (Reuters)
Reuters - The "Hope For Haiti Now" charity album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart, becoming the first digital-only release to achieve this feat, according to sales data issued on Wednesday.
Quincy Jones wants 'We Are the World' Haiti redo (AP)

FILE - In this June 19, 2009 file photo, multi-Grammy winning  musician Quincy Jones attends an  event at Fudan University in Shanghai. China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)AP - Quincy Jones is re-recording the charity song "We Are the World" and sending the proceeds to Haiti.


Rocker Joe Walsh takes on namesake politician (Reuters)
Reuters - Another musician is claiming that a political candidate is tone deaf to the nation's intellectual property laws. And this one has an amusing twist.
Cheryl Cole to support Black Eyed Peas on UK tour (Reuters)
Reuters - British singer Cheryl Cole, best known as a judge on the hit "X Factor" television series, will support U.S. group the Black Eyed Peas on the British leg of their forthcoming THE E.N.D. world tour.
Kanye West begins recording new album (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Courtesy of NME -- Rapper looks to Gill Scott-Heron and Nina Simone for inspiration
Underwood to sing national anthem at Super Bowl (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2010 file photo, singer Carrie Underwood, winner of the favorite country artist award poses backstage at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Carrie Underwood is going to the Super Bowl — and she'll be singing the national anthem.


Sly Stone sues ex-manager, claiming millions kept (AP)

FILE - In this July 14, 2007 file photo, funk music pioneer Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs on stage during the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski hall in Montreux, Switzerland. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE, Martial Trezzini)AP - Sly Stone is suing a former business manager and others claiming tens of millions of dollars in royalties were kept from the singer.


James Taylor gets prestigious Carnegie Hall gigs (AP)

FILE - James Taylor leaves a taping of 'The Late Show with David Letterman' in New York, in this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo. Taylor is goin' to Carnegie Hall for a prestigious four-concert gig. The silken-voiced songwriter will host a gala on April 12, 2011, to celebrate Carnegie's 120th anniversary, the hall announced Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010.  (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)AP - He's gone to Carolina and taken that snow covered turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston. Now James Taylor is goin' to Carnegie Hall for a prestigious four-concert gig.