• After the death of his friend, T.I. is re-evaluating his life. That's fine — we just hope he doesn't go and turn to God like Mase did. That just makes for bad music. [MTV]

• Axl Rose promises the "new" Guns N' Roses album will be out by the end of the year. And since nobody except that weird kid from 8th grade science cares about this band, all they hype becomes pretty pointless. [Billboard]

• David Bowie doing something? This harkens back to the good old days of Labyrinth when he helped children question their gender identity. [Billboard]

• Alex Kapranos, the lead singer of Franz Ferdinand's, is to have a book published. And here's the best part — it's a compilation of food columns that he wrote for The Guardian. We are so sold. [NME]