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If “Pain Is Love” as Ja Rule puts it, he must be feeling like it’s Valentine’s Day.

The hip-hopster, who’s currently serving two years in the Big House on a weapons conviction, has been sentenced to 28 months in a federal prison for tax evasion.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz handed down the jail term stemming from Ja Rule’s guilty plea in March to three counts of failing to file tax returns with the IRS for a whopping five years from 2004 to 2008.

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Here’s our round-up of singers’, rockers’ and rappers’ 20 coolest and funnest tweets from the past seven days. Be sure to tag to your favorite music retweets

: @Billboarddotcom I’ve always wanted to see my songs in the pages of your magazine… But the Cover?? WOW! Im so honored. Thank you Billboard
: The fact that u believe a man either slapped or punched me in the face & didn’t leave on a stretcher w/his balls hangin off? Read more…

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Though the early crowd was pretty sparse Friday, it was expected to fill in by the time headliners Animal Collective hit the stage and be near 18,000 capacity. Three-day passes had sold out but individual tickets were available for all three days. Promoters weren’t immediately available for comment.

The festival has become a summer mainstay, curated by its namesake music e-zine and Chicago jazz drummer Mike Reed, a modest counterpoint to the considerably larger Lollapalooza in Grant Park next month.

Organizers had created the equivalent of a small city in Union Park, with more than 200 volunteers, 140 security guards and 18 food vendors. Read more…

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With three failed marriages between them, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony finally seemed to find true love together when they married seven years ago. They had twin children, went on tour together, did a movie together and even planned a music-based reality show they were working on together.

But on Friday, the pair announced they were no longer together.

“We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision,” the couple said in a statement by Lopez’s publicist. “We have come to amicable conclusion on all matters. It is a painful time for all involved and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time.”

It was a surprising split for one of Hollywood’s most high-profile stars. Read more…

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– Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has confirmed an appearance on an upcoming edition of the VH1 Classic series That Metal Show. The program is hosted by metal veteran Eddie Trunk and will kick off it’s new season Saturday, August 20, at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

This season, That Metal Show will reprise its regular segments “Stump the Trunk” and “TMS Top 5.”

Lars joins a deep list of metal icons who will also appear on this season of the show including Corey Taylor , Tony Iommi , Mike Portnoy , Doug Pinnick , Sammy Hagar and Phil Collen .

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