Random Rock Star Rumors That Are Actually Tru (19 items)

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  (#7) Jerry Lee Lewis Married His 13-Year-Old Cousin

  Rock and roll great Jerry Lee Lewis was a pioneer of the genre, and a pioneer of the rock star rumor after word got out that he had married his 13-year-old cousin at the height of his fame. In 1958, Elvis was drafted into the military, and Lewis was poised to become the biggest star in rock music, but before embarking on a European tour, Lewis married his cousin, Myra Gale Brown.

  When word got out, Lewis's fans deserted him, and it took years for him to shake off the stigma.
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  (#15) Keith Richards Doesn't Sleep

  While this isn't 100 percent true, there is a sliver of reality in the myth. In Richards's autobiography, Life, he bragged about how he recorded 1978's "Before They Make Me Run" in a five-day-in-a-row no-sleep studio session with multiple engineers tagging in and out. "One [engineer] would flop under the desk and have a kip, and I'd put the other one in and keep going."

  Another time, he stayed up for nine days straight, but that ended in an injury:

  Nine days without a wink, I fell asleep standing up, eventually... I was just putting another cassette back on the shelf, and I was feeling great, and I turned 'round and fell asleep. I fell against the edge of the speaker. Woke up in a pool of blood, wondering, "Is that claret?"
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  (#10) Keith Moon And Mama Cass Perished In The Same Apartment

  Rock stars are taken from us too young way too often, and it just so happens that two brilliant musicians perished in the same apartment and at the same age of 32.

  Singer Harry Nilsson rented out his London flat to friends when he was traveling. On June 29, 1974, Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas was staying in his flat while on tour and perished of heart failure in her sleep. On September 7, 1978, Keith Moon of the Who OD'd on a sedative in the very same apartment. 
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  (#5) Rapper Danny Brown Received Oral Sex While Performing

  Certain musicians are known for pushing the envelope in regards to onstage sexuality; in 1956, The Ed Sullivan Show decided to only film Elvis from the waist up in order to censor his gyrating hips.

  In 2013, rapper Danny Brown received oral sex from a fan in the front row while still performing during the entire act.

   
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  (#3) Tupac Shakur's Friends Smoked His Ashes

  While the "Tupac is still alive" rumors will undoubtedly live on, members of Tupac's rap group the Outlawz have stated that they smoked their fallen friend's ashes after mixing them with marijuana.

  It was said that the idea came from Tupac's song "Black Jesus," in which he rapped, "Last wishes n****s, smoke my ashes."
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  (#8) David Bowie And Mick Jagger Were Found Naked In Bed Together

  David Bowie was one of the most sexually ambiguous musicians, so it's no surprise that there are countless rumors regarding his love life. But one that definitely seems to be true is that he and Mick Jagger were found in bed together.

  David Bowie's first wife Angie claims that she found the two rock icons passed out and unclothed in bed together.

   

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