HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about a rape attempt against his younger sister in her bed has turned into an iTunes chart-topping song.

DuVernay, a graduate of UCLA and a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, is based in L.A. Here, she talks about her skyrocketing second career.

Join dozens of Portland's self-publishers for the 10th annual PDX Zine Symposium from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday ...  The fine folks at Art Not Crime will present "Love, Life and Art," a celebration of the life of Rachel Ann Harrison with a live art installation

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A long-running dispute between radio broadcasters and the recording industry over music royalties has taken an unexpected turn with a proposed settlement that threatens to drag the mobile phone industry into the ring.

Kicking off the "No Soy El Army" Peace Tour, a number of hip hop artists will Drop Beats Not Bombs on Aug. 26 at Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave. in Portland.
Performing will be 2MEX, Mic Crenshaw, Serge Severe, Rose Bent, M4 and the Ubuntu Project.

Felice Nero still scoffs at the notion that her son didn't make first chair trombone at Vancouver's Evergreen High School. To Javier Nero, it isn't such a big deal. The 20-year-old musician is entering his third year of study on scholarship at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. He's won the Downbeat Magazine Student music award for arranging; has performed at the 50th and 51st Monterey Jazz Festivals, as well as with some of the world's top jazz performers. His list of accomplishments could go on.

Singer Erykah Badu has paid a $500 fine and will serve six months of probation for disrobing in Dallas' Dealey Plaza during a shoot of a music video.The Skanner News Video

Local hip-hop mogul Cool Nutz launched an upgraded version of his website for Jus Family Records. The website also provides a link to his the video of "Baseball Numbers" from the album Incredible.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Abbey Lincoln, a jazz singer and songwriter known for her phrasing, emotion and uncompromising style, died Saturday in New York at age 80.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Everything seems to be falling back into place for T.I. since the rapper ended a 10-month term inside a U.S. federal prison and a halfway house earlier this year.