SPIN.com's Follow Friday

Courtney Love, ?uestlove, and Katy Perry make our list of musician Twitterers you should be following this week. Click here to find out why!
Courtney Love / Katy Perry

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

This week's winners:

SPIN.com's Best of the Week

While the world mourns Michael Jackson, we revisit the week's other stories: Chris Brown, Marilyn Manson, Eminem, Will.i.Am, and more!
Chris Brown / Marlyn Manson / Will.I.Am

In a week when the big news was the death of Michael Jackson, some of music's biggest stars were still making headlines: Chris Brown pled guilty to assaulting Rihanna, Marilyn Manson discussed $200K drug budgets, and Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.Am's entourage exchanged words -- and, allegedly, fists -- with gossip b

Watch: The Roots Debut New Tune On 'Late Night'

The rock and hip-hop group premiere the title track off their October release, How I Got Over. Watch now!
The Roots' Black Thought

The Roots debuted the title track from their upcoming album, How I Got Over, last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where they also serve as the house band.

Nas, Damien Marley, the Roots Lead Rock the Bells Bill

Click here to check out the full lineup for the traveling hip-hop festival!
Nas / Damian Marley

The lineup for this year's installment of the Rock the Bells festival has been unveiled, and it's jam-packed with top-notch artists: Nas, Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, the Roots, Common, and Big Boi of Outkast are just a few of the acts billed for the traveling hip-hop event.

TV on the Radio, the Roots, Nas Sing Nat King Cole

These musicians and more re-work tunes from the legendary crooner on a new compilation. Click here for more!
Nat King Cole

A formidable slew of today's finest artists -- including TV on the Radio, the Roots, and Nas -- have re-imagined classic tunes by the late crooner Nat King Cole for a new compilation in memory of his legacy.

The Roots to Become 'Late Night' House Band

Neo-soul drummer ?uestlove reveals his motives for putting the Philadelphia group's touring schedule on hold for NBC.
The Roots

Get ready, Paul Shaffer, you're going to have a little competition: Drummer extraordinaire ?uestlove, whose band the Roots are allegedly set to act as the house band for NBC's Late Night when Jimmy Fallon takes over for Conan O'Brien in 2009.

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