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Lil Wayne suffered a near-death experience last week, at least on the Internet. TMZ reported the rapper suffered a seizure on Tuesday and by Friday was doing so poorly he was getting his last rites. Yesterday, friends of the rapper wanted to clear things up: He's not dying, he just ODed on 'sizzurp' (AKA prescription strength cough syrup).

Fresh off his packed-house performance at SOB's in New York, and in the glow of his recently and readily downloadable, smooth-operated mixtape Whispers in the Dark, Luke James is not just your next R&B heartthrob: he's suited up to be one of the next great masterminds of music with both production and singing talents in spades. As "Who Is Luke James" is the seducing veneer of his internet presence (follow him on Twitter at @whoislukejames), you'll be well advised to directly listen to his incandescent collection of abundant affection, compassion, and empathy for the open-hearted.

When a new genre of music is created, the world takes notice. And in Eric Lewis’ case, the music industry took more than notice; with the creation of his own style of rockjazz, he’s set the scene on fire in a controversial, stormy way that suits the man and the brand that he is. Merging rock guitar techniques with pop and ragtime, and putting it all on the piano, Lewis – known onstage as ELEW – has outraged the jazz world, while awing the pop/rock world – especially when he plucks and beats the heck out of the piano’s insides and shield. Outfitted with armor on his wrists, a suit, and a vivacity that defies merely sitting on a piano bench, but standing and rocking the entire time he plays, ELEW’s renditions of pop/rock anthems and original songs on his latest record introduce a sound we’ve never heard before. As ELEW prepares for his Friday, Nov. 9th show at Le Poisson Rouge, he shared what gets him high, his favorite distraction, and when he played for a legendary celeb.

Here follows a brief summary of the recent beef between Pusha T and Lil Wayne: Last week, Pusha recorded “Exodus 23:1,” a song that was filled with somewhat subtle digs at Wayne and his Young Money stable. (Subtle as in, you’d have to care in the first place to point them out.) Nonplussed, Wayne responded with “Ghoulish,” filled with outright slams like “Fuck Pusha T,” among others. Today, Pusha went all in by releasing a video for “Exodus,” which shows him cavorting around the hood with a bunch of drug-ingesting ne’er-do-wells. Committing to a video means Pusha’s sticking with this feud, rather than facilitating a one-off diss to get the rap blogs moving at the speed of hype. It doesn’t mean people will be any more likely to buy his album when it drops this summer, but it’s a nice attempt.

MCA’s family and friends have hardly had time to grieve for the recently deceased rapper, and already the Beastie Boys, the group that brought him, along with Ad-Rock and Mike D., to fame, are back in hot water.

● Lil Wayne revealed in an interview with MTV that he's got a record full of love songs, written mostly during his stint at Rikers, ready for an album that he calls DEVOL, "'cause that's 'loved' spelled backwards." But, as "How To Love" Weezy will have you know, "what I mean by 'my version of love songs' is meaning, they're not saying 'I love you,' they're saying, you know?" [NahRight]

DJ Khaled has the most stacked Rolodex this side of Lorne Michaels, which has allowed him to organize a steady string of All-Star collaborations between today's hottest artists while hanging out in the background, calmly sipping a Four Loko. On his new song, "Take It to the Head," he collects Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne to rap what most rappers rap about on his tracks: how incredibly awesome they all, all of the time. But what else is there to talk about after working all winter, as Khaled says in the beginning? Listen to it after the click, via Spin.

● With just ten days left of her probation period, Lindsay Lohan has put herself under house arrest to avoid any further trouble. Better late than never. [NYDN]

● Jonah Hill and James Franco have both signed on to the Brad Pitt-produced drama, True Story. Hill will play New York Times journalist Michael Finkel, and Franco his almost too good to be true subject, murderer and identity thief Christian Longo. [Deadline]

● Chris Brown has been accused of angrily grabbing a girl's iPhone after she took a photo of him and Tyga leaving a Miami night club. He yelled, "Bitch, you ain't going to put that on no website," and drove away, iPhone still in hand. According to MediaTakeOut, Brown could face up to five years for "Robbery by Sudden Snatching” if he is found guilty. [TMZ]