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POP UNCULTURED: A roundup of weird music news for the week ending March 16

by Anne T. Donahue

Since it’s impossible to address the total madness of the music industry in only five days, Pop Uncultured saves some of the week’s strangest stories for Friday afternoon. Enjoy?

Drake takes wearing his suits very, very seriously

As part of GQ‘s first style issue, Drake was filmed for a behind-the-scenes feature in which he tried on expensive suits and basked in the glory of being famous. He also shared that he likes “to have a nice meal by [himself]” so he can “think about everything that’s going on.” What he didn’t share was that each lonely meal looks exactly like this:

Jake Gyllenhaal went on a killing spring for The Shoes’ “Time To Dance” video

Despite donning the same henley as Dexter, Jake Gyllenhaal made for a messy serial killer in a violent video for The Shoes. Seen murdering hipsters, we watch as the true impact of that Queen West condo opening is finally felt.

M.I.A. will release her autobiography this October

Following M.I.A’s online spat with Anderson Cooper, NME reports that the singer will be releasing her memoir this October, which her publishers describe as an “autobiographical monograph in collages.” Said to include 192 pages, 300 images and “several unpublished testimonies” by Maya herself, the book has yet to be titled, but will hopefully be called whatever sound Anderson Cooper makes when he laughs.

Yelawolf tattooed Johnny Cash‘s face and girlfriend Fefe Dobson’s name on his head [FULL STORY]

Because if anyone is the Johnny and June Carter Cash of our time, it’s Yelawolf and Fefe Dobson.

Lil Wayne vows to be the best skater in the world in one year’s time [FULL STORY]

According to a recent YouTube video, Lil Wayne has gone on the record as saying that in one year’s time, he will be the world’s greatest skateboarder. Oh yeah? Well good luck wrestling the title from this guy:

Courtney Love wages war on The Muppets

Claiming The Muppets have “raped” the memory of late husband Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love has lashed out at the franchise for their use of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in the 2011 film. No response has been given because not even Statler and Waldorf are willing to go there. [via Spinner]

An ad agency turned homeless people into SXSW “wireless hotspots” [FULL STORY]

Just to remind mankined that we’re damned, an ad agency turned homeless people in Austin into “wireless hotspots” by giving them 4G MiFi devices that allowed visitors to pay them and log into their hand-held wireless systems. Bruce Springsteen, it’s time to step up.

Keith Richards has apologized to Mick Jagger for what he said in his memoir

While Keith Richards has seen, heard and experienced more than we could ever imagine in his 400 years, Mick Jagger was still offended by the tell-all memoir that painted him as the bad guy. However, after months of silence, Richards has finally stepped up and apologized, saying that “as far as the book goes . . . I know that some parts of it and some of the publicity really offended Mick and I regret that.” Richards then tipped his hat, drank from his elixir and flew into the air, giving a wink before disappearing into space. [via Prefix]

An MLB player was caught singing along to Adele [FULL STORY]

Here is what happened when Cleveland Indians’ Jason Kipnis was overheard singing Adele’s “Someone Like You” during a game last week:

And here is what happened after:

The CDC plans to thwart alien attack with Lady Gaga videos [FULL STORY]

So according to experts, if you see this:

Direct them to this: