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Aretha Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well - and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context.

In this July 26, 2010 photo, performer Aretha Franklin looks out a window, in Philadelphia. Franklin says she believed Whitney Houston had overcome her demons and was primed for a comeback, which made learning of the troubled singer's death all the more of a shock. Interviewed on NBC's "Today" show Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Franklin said she was watching TV in her hotel room in Charlotte, N.C., when she learned of Houston's death.

Singer Aretha Franklin leaves the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 in New York. Franklin says Cissy Houston raised her daughter Whitney Houston well and that an interview where Franklin said parents need to make sure children "leave home prepared" was taken out of context. released a statement Wednesday, four days after Houston's funeral. She was expected to sing at the funeral, but bowed out because of leg problems.

Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, musically speaking.

Barbadian singer Rihanna arrives for the Stella McCartney Winter Eveningwear presentation at a central London venue, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.

In this Feb. 12, 2012 photo, Chris Brown accepts the award for best R&B album for "F.A.M.E." during the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Two songs featuring Brown and Rhianna hit the Internet on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Brown is singing on the remix of Rihanna's track "Birthday Cake," and she's on the remix of his upbeat tune "Turn Up the Music."

Aretha Franklin was thankful to be alive and was thinking about lost friends, among them Whitney Houston.

In this July 26, 2010 photo, performer Aretha Franklin looks out a window, in Philadelphia. Franklin says she believed Whitney Houston had overcome her demons and was primed for a comeback, which made learning of the troubled singer's death all the more of a shock. Interviewed on NBC's "Today" show Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Franklin said she was watching TV in her hotel room in Charlotte, N.C., when she learned of Houston's death.

As the soulful funeral of Whitney Houston played out a continent away, it was largely business as usual at the glamorous place where the singer died one week earlier. Yet from the fourth floor to the sidewalk out front, a sense of loss prevailed Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

In this Feb. 17, 2012 photo, a general view of The Beverly Hilton Hotel is shown in Beverly Hills, Calif. Singer Whitney Houston died last Saturday at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., at the age 48.

Police say R&B singer-songwriter Robin Thicke has been arrested on a minor drug charge in New York City.

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, singer Robin Thicke attends the U.S. premiere of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Thicke has been arrested on a drug possession charge Friday afternoon in Manhattan near Madison Square Park. Police say they saw him smoking a joint while inside a black SUV. He was given a desk appearance ticket and released.