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Rapper Ja Rule has been getting advice behind bars from two once high-powered men: ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and ex-Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski.

FILE - In this March 22, 2011 file photo, Rapper Ja Rule, left, is shown outside Martin Luther King, Jr. Courthouse after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion charges in Newark, N.J. Ja Rule has been getting advice behind bars from two once high-powered men: ex-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi and ex-Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski. The rapper's real name is Jeffrey Atkins. He's serving two years for gun possession at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Oneida, N.Y

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests with the awards less than two weeks away.

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2011 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks with reporters during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial in Washington. Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking to meet with the president of the organization and has raised the possibility of protests, with the awards a little less than two weeks away. In a Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 letter to Neil Portnow, president and CEO of the Grammys, the civil rights activist said his Rainbow Push Coalition was alarmed that there were reductions at a time "when our country needs to celebrate all its cultural traditions."

A famed black-and-red calfskin jacket that Michael Jackson wore in the classic "Thriller" video has sold at auction for $1.8 million.

In this photo taken May 26, 2011, a worn and signed "Thriller" Jacket that belonged to Michael Jackson is shown at Julien's Auctions, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The famed black-and-red calfskin jacket that Jackson wore in the classic "Thriller" video has sold for $1.8 million. Darren Julien, president and CEO of Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, says the jacket was purchased Sunday, June 26, 2011, by Milton Verret, a commodities trader from Austin, Texas.

Billionaire Len Blavatnik is spending $1.3 billion to buy Warner Music Group Corp. a decade into a steep decline in CD sales for the music industry.

Musicians Eric Clapton, right, and Michael Buble, left, CDs on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, May 6, 2011. Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest recording company with such artists as Eric Clapton, Michael Buble and Paramore, is being sold for about $1.3 billion as a global decline in CD sales weighs down the industry.

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2007 file photo, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, discusses his company and the music industry at The Paley Center for Media in New York. Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest recording company with such artists as Eric Clapton, Michael Buble and Paramore, announced Friday, May 6, 2011, it is being sold for about $1.3 billion as a global decline in CD sales weighs down the industry.

Doug Morris, the former head of No. 1 recording company Universal Music Group, will join Sony Corp.'s second-place Sony Music Entertainment as its chief executive, starting July 1.

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2007 file photo, then, Universal Music Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Morris is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Morris, will join Sony Corp.'s second-place Sony Music Entertainment as its chief executive, starting July 1, 2011.