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Day in Pop Report for 05/25/2015


Flavor Flav Arrested In Las Vegas
(Radio.com) Flavor Flav is back in trouble with the law. The Public Enemy hypeman was arrested last Thursday (May 21) in Las Vegas after being pulled over for speeding. He was found speeding and driving under the influence on the freeway.

The 56-year-old was also charged with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, driving with a suspended license and registration as well as having an open container of alcohol, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

He posted $7,000 bail and his lawyer wouldn't elaborate on his arrest. "I don't know enough yet to comment on anything," Kristina Wildeveld said.

Flav was caught driving 73 mph in a 45-mph zone and then 87 mph in a 55 mph, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. Read more here.

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Jon Bon Jovi Wrote New Song For Rutgers Grads
(Radio.com) Graduates at Rutgers-Camden in New Jersey last week (May 21) got a very special treat. Not only did Jon Bon Jovi give their commencement address, he also debuted a new song that he wrote specifically for the graduating class.

"I tried to buy you all a gift but I wasn't sure of sizes and favorite colors," the Bon Jovi frontman joked during the ceremony. "I did what I do best. I was so inspired by this invitation that I sat down and I wrote you a song."

He went on to explain that he never performed the song before and he'll do his best this first time. "Wish me luck," he said as he picked up his guitar and read the lyrics from a music stand in front of the podium.

"This isn't how your story ends. My friends, it's just a fork along the road," he sang. In the song, he advised to raise hell, make memories, love your life, take pictures along the way and-most importantly-write your own song.

"Go start your own revolution and I'll see you at the reunion," he sang at the close of the song. Check it out here.

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U2 React To The Edge Falling Off Stage At Tour Kick Off
(hennemusic) U2 were on CBS Sunday Morning and shared their reaction to their guitarist The Edge's fall off stage in Vancouver on the opening night of their "Innocence + Experience" tour.

While performing the group's 1987 classic, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", The Edge was walking along the extended catwalk staging across the floor of the Rogers Arena when he wandered over the side, dropping several feet to the ground.

"I am doing fine," the guitarist tells the television show. "I can't quite believe it because when I looked down the following day to see what I fell on, it was not good. But ya, I'm feeling fine."

The guitarist says he was simply caught up in the atmosphere and the song before the sudden slip. "It was a moment of reverie where I just completely lost track of where I was on the stage," he explains. "Out of the corner of my eye I could see the curve of the round and I thought I was already there. I stepped off on what I thought was the stage and I had basically cut the corner. It was one of those things you do only once."

U2 members each reacted differently to the May 14 incident. "Sick in the pit of my stomach," says bassist Adam Clayton, "because I knew what was down there."

"Start and end all in the same evening," adds drummer Larry Mullen Jr.

"It would have been the shortest tour in history," The Edge chimed in before Bono joked, "I was thinking about days off, myself." Watch the clip and the fall here.

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Kanye West's 'All Day' and Audi Confusion Fuels Spoof Ad
(Radio.com) If you noticed that Kanye West's latest single "All Day" could easily be misheard as "Audi," you are not alone, as comedian Joe Mande has created a pretend "Audi" music video that could easily be a pretend Audi car advertisement with West's song as the backbone..

"Thank you to @kanyewest for choosing me (& trusting me) to direct the music video for his new 15-second song 'Audi,'" Mande wrote on Twitter, including the 15-second clip, which flashes images to correlate with what West really isn't saying.

Among the funny mishearings in the song: a picture of former NFL cornerback Dre Bly for West's saying "fly," "P.O." is changed to "B.O." and "been high" becomes an image of a beehive.

And of course, the clip hinges on throwing a photo of an Audi car at you every time West exclaims "All Day," which happens often, even in a 15-second dose. Check it out here.

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Wiz Khalifa Announces Rolling Papers 2 Album
(Radio.com) It's not like we have any right to expect subtlety when it comes to Wiz Khalifa rapping about his ongoing love affair with a certain green colored herb.

He's just released the name of his forthcoming project, and it's not casting any doubts on his place as the country's least subtle stoner rapper: Rolling Papers 2: The Weed Album.

Khalifa took to Twitter Friday morning to share the announcement, tweeting the name of the project alone. He tweeted "Rolling Papers 2: The Weed Album."

He didn't include any release date information. Read more here.

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Brantley Gilbert Didn't Collaborate With T.I. To Stir the Pot
(Radio.com) Much to Clay Walker's dismay, who recently condemned outside artists trying their hands at country-"There's no reason we have to dilute it by letting people in the format"-Brantley Gilbert is breaking down the boundary between country music and hip-hop.

On the platinum edition of his album Just As I Am, released earlier this week, you'll find a remix of his 2014 hit "Bottoms Up" done by T.I.. Gilbert however didn't intend for the move to be controversial, or any sort of "hey, look at me!" intention.

"I didn't do it to piss anybody off or stir the water or give [ammunition to] the people that are on a power trip about the 'country and rap is crap' stuff," the country artist told Billboard.

For Bradley, T.I.'s reworking was an opportunity for him to work with one of his favorite artists, who also happens to be from his home state Georgia. Read more here.

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Sports Illustrated Model Chrissy Teigen Not A Fan Of Swimsuits
(Extra) The Sports Illustrated model may be photographed in swimsuits, but Chrissy Teigen admitted to "Extra's" Mario Lopez at Universal Studios Hollywood, she's not a fan of wearing them. When Mario asked the foodie how she stays in such great shape when eating so much delicious food, she said, "I don't." She continued, "Luckily, I do that once a year, I really buckle down and do that, for the most part Chrissy doesn't get in a swimsuit anymore, not even privately." Teigen going on to say there is something about a swimsuit that "terrifies" her."

Chrissy busy balancing a busy life with her famous husband John Legend, "I was just filming Top Chef in Palm Springs yesterday, I had driven out from Billboard Awards to Palm Springs, he came out literally just to sleep with me, he got in around 11, left at 3 in the morning or something, you have that balance, these the are hours we can be together but it is also nice to be in our two worlds, working our butts off and then coming together and be excited."

The couple looking forward to a little memorial day fun, Teigen playing a pirate named Paquita Pantalones for Captain Morgan Rum's ad campaign, obviously John and I love to throw a good barbeque, we love to throw a good party and we have our special drink of choice, the shark puncher this weekend, so we're going to be making it for all of our friends and family." Check out photos and video here.

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Eminem 'Executive' Producer Of Southpaw Soundtrack
(Radio.com) This July, Jake Gyllenhaal will star in Southpaw, an inspirational tale of a boxer overcoming his demons. The soundtrack will be an event in itself, too: Shady/Interscope Records will release a soundtrack to the movie of songs created exclusively for the film, executive produced by Eminem.

We already got a taste of what this project will sound like via "Phenomenal," an Eminem song produced by DJ Khalil that scored the film's trailer a few weeks ago.

Expect heart-wrenching choruses, inspirational verses, and a lot of emotional sturm und drang. Shady Records President Paul Rosenberg went on record in a press release describing his label's involvement with the film. Read more here.

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