Rihanna Cooperating With District Attorney in Chris Brown Case, Lawyer Says

Despite reports that Rihanna wasn't helping the Los Angeles district attorneys prepare their case against Chris Brown, the "Umbrella" singer's lawyer, Donald Etra, reiterated to Us yesterday, "She will do everything that the law requires her to do... nothing has changed." A district attorney spokeswoman backed up Etra's statement, saying, "We deal with her attorney, who says she is a cooperating victim."

Brown still hasn't entered a plea after being charged on March 5th with a pair of felonies for assault and making criminal threats. Brown will be arraigned on the charges next Monday, April 6th. Last month, after reports surfaced that Brown and Rihanna had reunited at Diddy's Florida mansion following their alleged February 8th incident, lawyer Etra still said, "At this point, she is willing to do anything that the law requires her to do. If subpoenaed, she will testify."

Regardless, Rihanna's further cooperation likely isn't that key to the case at this point, even if the singer refuses to testify. There's proof of abuse in that "horrific" photograph of a battered Rihanna, plus there are Rihanna's statements to police immediately after the incident.

Both Rihanna and Brown were no-shows at this past weekend's Kids Choice Awards. The two young stars were nominated for Favorite Singer and Favorite Song, but on March 11th Brown withdrew himself from competition in light of his pending charges. Rihanna lost Favorite Female Singer to Miley Cyrus, and Favorite Song went to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" rather than "Don't Stop the Music."

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“Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Nirvana | 1991

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," named after a brand of deodorant marketed to girls, was Kurt Cobain's attempt to "write the ultimate pop song," he said, using the soft-loud dynamic of his favorite band, the Pixies. Cobain "had that dichotomy of punk rage and alienation," the song’s producer, Butch Vig, told Rolling Stone, "but also this vulnerable pop sensibility. In 'Teen Spirit,' a lot of that vulnerability is in the tone of his voice." Sadly, by the time of Nirvana's last U.S. tour, in late '93, Cobain was tortured by the obligation to play "Teen Spirit" every night. "There are many other songs that I have written that are as good, if not better," he claimed.

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