André 3000

In what's likely his most innate, apt venture yet, flamboyant Outkast co-principal André 3000 has unveiled a clothing line entitled Benjamin Bixby. According to New York magazine, the clothing line, which will draw from Andre's "rebel gentleman" style, will tentatively arrive in Barneys this fall. Furthermore, the line and its namesake character is "kind of like your uncle, or your granddad, and he has a closet full of experiences and clothes, and he's been around the world." Speaking of around the world, the report claims André, who designed and funds the entire venture, studied up by visiting "Italian factories and Parisian textile fairs." [Via Pitchfork]

Sure, rumors continue to circulate, but it appears the truth on everything from rapper Eminem's on-again-off-again wife Kim to daughter Hailie, from his health to rise to fame will drop Oct. 16 with memoir Eminem: The Way I Am. Thanks to publisher Orion Books, with The Way I Am fans can snatch up unseen photographs, journal notes, hand-drawn art and lyric sketches, and a narrative and introduction written by Eminem himself. "Because of where he is from, people think they know where he is at, what kind of person he really is," said a statement. "This book cuts through all that and gets to the source." [Via NME.com]

In yet another fitting partnership, former drummer Marky Ramone has added to the already vast catalog of Ramones memorabilia with none other than a line of condoms. Yes indeed, to celebrate last week's annual National Condom Week, the sticksman joined forces with safe sex education company Ready Two Go for a collection of "safer sex kits" -- a Ramones tin packaged with two condoms, lube, and an STD resource card, arriving with the slogan "Too Tuff to Break" and surely easing your worries. And when empty -- wink, wink -- instructions suggest filling your tin with the likes of "coins, pills, cigarettes, stash, mints, gum." Also, every 1,000th tin arrives with an autographed pair of Marky Ramone drumsticks. Hooray! [Via Pitchfork]

After sessions in Morocco and France with producers and oft-collaborators Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, U2 have returned to their native Ireland and holed up in a Dublin studio to continue working on the follow up to 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. And so far, Lanois tells Billboard.com, the results are promising: "The sleeves are rolled up. Bono is all charged up with a lyrical angle… We're going to try and break new sonic ground and deliver a masterpiece." Please do.