lifestyle SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 Comic Convention Chris Brown arrested, held without bail hris Brown was arrested Friday and will be held without bail on a warrant issued by probation Cofficials in the latest legal entanglement for the R&B singer who has struggled to put his 2009 attack on Rihanna behind him. The warrant was issued by the judge overseeing Brown’s case after he was informed Friday morning that the singer had been discharged from rehab “for failure to comply with rules and regulations of the program.” No further details were released, but more information will be presented to Superior Court Judge James R Brandlin when Brown appears in his courtroom tomorrow afternoon. Sheriff’s officials said Brown was cooperative when he was arrested at a Malibu treatment facility where he had been staying and transported to a jail facility in downtown Los Angeles. Brown had been ordered to remain in rehab for anger management treatment. A January letter from the facility stated that the singer A visitor dressed as the Incredible Hulk collects his accreditation at the Comic Visitors dressed in “Predator” costumes attend the Comic Convention. was also being treated for bipolar disorder, post-trau- Convention in east London yesterday. — AFP photos matic stress disorder and past substance abuse. An email sent to Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos was not immediately returned. A probation spokes- woman declined to comment on what prompted Brown’s arrest. Brown’s probation for the Rihanna assault had been scheduled to end this year, but a judge revoked it last year after Brown was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge in Washington, DC. That case is pending. Brandlin rejected a Los Angeles prosecutor’s request to send Brown to jail because of the Washington case, citing his progress in rehab. He has ordered Brown to stop smoking marijuana and take only prescribed medications; the singer has not failed any drug screenings since the order was made. In addition to getting treatment, the singer remained under strict orders to complete 1,000 hours of com- munity labor this year. A probation report dated Feb 26 stated that Brown had completed 250 hours and that he was being cooperative with probation offi- cials.

A visitor adjusts his character make-up. A visitor poses for a photograph during the Comic Convention. Gorillaz alums De La Soul, Del join Albarn at SXSW

or a guy who got his start in the ‘90s British him during his performance Friday night at South hop and bass-inflected electronic music, and he rock ‘n’ roll scene, Damon Albarn sure knows By Southwest, pulling off one of the bigger surpris- says he finds inspiration working with diverse Fhow to throw a hip-hop party. Albarn invited es so far at the annual music conference and festi- artists from different musical worlds. “I’m more of a De La Soul and Del The Funky Homosapien to join val. De La Soul joined Albarn for their Gorillaz col- fan of making it than listening to it,” Albarn said of laboration “Feed Good Inc.,” before Del came on hip-hop. “I’ve got my favorites, A Tribe Called Quest stage to perform initial Gorillaz single “Clint and De La Soul, and I suppose that first wave really. In this file photo, R&B singer Chris Brown arrives Eastwood” for the first time since its release 13 Mind you, I love Kendrick Lamar. That sort of excit- at a Los Angeles Superior Court for a probation years ago. ed me again. Of course I love hip-hop but I’m not review hearing in Los Angeles. — AP “What can I say about them? They’re very dear hip hop. It’s another aspect of the spectrum that I friends of mine,” Albarn said of De La Soul before kind of can hear the spirit of music in.” Brown’s attempts at treatment have not been the performance. “But it’s Del The Funky Dave Jolicoeur of De La Soul said Albarn’s open- without difficulties. A rehab center where Brown was Homosapien I’m most excited about. It is literally mindedness has led to a great friendship. “He’s a voluntarily staying reported to Brandlin that the the first time that not only have I met him, but he’s cool dude who just likes to have fun and create singer threw a rock through his mother’s window dur- going to sing ‘Clint Eastwood.’ It’s actually quite a music,” Jolicoeur said of the Blur frontman. “For us, ing a joint counseling session in November. The judge momentous moment.” And not just for Albarn, who that’s been our MO ever since Day 1, goofing then ordered Brown to remain in treatment for anoth- also debuted songs from his new solo album around, having a good time. There’s no real rules at er three months and renewed that order at a hearing “Everyday Robots,” out April 29. Those who both- all, but hopefully we get something out of this. on Feb 28. A probation officer interviewed Brown for ered to stick around after De La Soul’s high-spirited That’s been the person that I’ve known, a guy who the February report, saying the singer was grateful to appearance got a double surprise. Snoop Dogg just likes to create. There are no embarrassing be in rehab and “looks forward to staying out of trou- took the stage at the Fader Fort, where the maga- moments where you say, ‘You can’t do that, you ble.” “He remains thankful to the court for the oppor- zine is celebrating its 15th anniversary by inviting can’t say that.’ Just do what you’re doing, and be tunity to find out and learn more about himself, his artists to perform who have appeared on its cover, free.” — AP anger issues and the type of person he wants to contributing a surprise verse as well. Albarn said become, which is a man who is able to better himself Snoop’s appearance was meant to add “a little and be a positive role model,” the report states. — AP Damon Albarn (right) is joined by De La Soul’s Vincent Mason while performing cayenne” to the set. during the SXSW Music Festival Friday March 14, 2014, in Austin, Texas. — AP Albarn’s music has increasingly featured hip- Lady Gaga addresses difficulties in SXSW keynote ady Gaga vowed to quit pop music lie. Then what? I’ll be myself until I have to rather than compromise, detailing a dif- make money to sustain a luxurious lifestyle, Lficult year that included an underper- and then I change, right? No, I’ll be myself till forming new album during her much-antici- they (expletive) close the coffin so that you pated keynote session at South By Southwest can all be yourselves.” on Friday. Dressed in a gown made of plastic The 27-year-old singer briefly discussed sheeting and wearing blond dreadlocks, her 2013 tour-canceling hip surgery - she was Gaga spent an hour in a wide-ranging ques- in a wheelchair for four months and has three tion-and-answer session that shed some light screws in her hip - and her messages to fans on obstacles that included hip surgery, a split regarding difficulties she’s had with the from manager Troy Carter and widespread release of “ARTPOP,” which has only sold questions about her popularity. 673,773 units since its November release, “I refuse to compromise and allow my tal- according to Nielsen SoundScan. (In 2011, This combination of 2012 and circa 1860-1875 photos show hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons in New York and abolitionist Harriet Tubman. — AP ents to be monetized to the point that I don’t Gaga’s “Born This Way” sold 1.1 million copies want to be here anymore,” she said. “I will in its first week; 660,000 copies were sold reg- stop, I will quit, I will retire from the commer- ularly, and the rest through a 99 cents deal cial market if I have to do something other with Amazon).—AP Hip-hop pioneers hoping than be myself because if I can’t be myself in this moment than everything I have said to my friends since the beginning will be a total to create NYC museum

he pioneers of hip-hop are hoping to cre- contributions made by break dancers and disc center. The plan was announced at a news con- ate a museum in the Bronx dedicated to jockeys. Bambaataa is frequently called the ference on Wednesday. Bambaataa says many Tthe genre. Organizers say it would be father of hip-hop. He would serve as the muse- people think of rappers when they hear the called the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Afrika um’s chairman. The museum hopes to open in word hip-hop. But he says there’s a whole cul- Bambaataa says the museum would look at the 2017 inside the Kingsbridge Armory, which is ture and movement behind it. — AP historical and cultural roots of hip-hop and the being redeveloped into a national ice sports

Lady Gaga makes an appearance during ZEDD’s (not pictured) performance at the iTunes Festival Showcase during the SXSW Music Festival Friday March 14, 2014, in In this combination of 2013 and 1963 file photos, hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj performs in New York, and Malcolm X, civil rights activist and black Austin, Texas. — AP Muslim leader, holds a newspaper as he speaks at a rally in New York. — AP