AP - Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations.

AP - At a time when scantily clad female socialites are powerful enough to influence everything from pop music to presidential elections, it can be difficult to tout the virtues of a lower hemline and a life of purity.

E! Online - This week Rihanna's a bad girl gone good.

E! Online - Jackson Browne is always up for a good protest.

E! Online - In honor of the Olympics, DMX is apparently trying to break some sort of record.

AP - Online music thieves can't interfere with the hundreds of songwriters Hanna Rochelle Schmieder has on her payroll.

AP - There's nothing standard about the way Cassandra Wilson went about making her first album of standards in nearly a decade. On "Loverly," she goes back to the roots of jazz in West African rhythms so she can chart a new path to the future.

AP - New Chris Brown music has been popping up on the Web — and the singer is not happy about it.

AP - Rage Against the Machine will perform at an anti-war music festival during the Democratic National Convention.

AP - A lawyer for DMX says the rapper has been arrested in Miami on a warrant for failing to attend a Phoenix court hearing.

Reuters - Chart-topping rap star DMX was arrested at a store in Florida on Thursday for failing to appear in an Arizona court on drug charges, authorities said.

AP - Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.

Reuters - Chart-topping rap star DMX was arrested at a store in Florida on Thursday for failing to appear in an Arizona court on drug charges, authorities said.