Chuck Brown helped birth the hybrid musical genre known as go-go. (AP)

According to The Washington Post, Chuck Brown, considered the driving force behind the subgenre of funk known as “go-go”, died on Wednesday at the age of 75 in Baltimore.

Brown developed the sound as an alternative to disco in the 1970s, and ended up with the music that has dominated the sound of black Washington, D.C. for decades.

Occasionally, go-go crept into the national consciousness — first in 1978 when Brown’s band, the Soul Searchers, had a No. 1 R&B smash with “Bustin’ Loose”. Then, as Brown helped the genre grow, it happened again when another go-go act, E.U., had a hit with “Da Butt” from Spike Lee’s movie School Daze in 1986.

Though hip-hop ignored go-go at first, eventually the two genres did join together, as Nelly sampled Brown’s music for his 2002 hit “Hot in Herre”.

Brown continued to perform well into his 70s in Washington, though he didn’t make as many performances as he got older.

NEW YORK — Francisco Costa has waited — patiently — to make his big splash.

He jumped in as creative director for womenswear at Calvin Klein with both feet when he was handpicked by Klein almost a decade ago, but he’s been a behind-the-scenes player, slowly, steadily building up his portfolio and profile while staying true to the house’s DNA of minimalist, modern design.

He has scored some big awards, including twice being named best women’s designer by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and winning a national design award from the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum. He’s also had some memorable red-carpet moments — Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lawrence wore his designs at last year’s Oscars and Emily Blunt was dressed in Calvin Klein at the Met Gala last week — just to name a few. Still, he doesn’t make a lot of noise, and he doesn’t generate the gossipy whisper campaigns that the fashion crowd often eats up.

When Costa took over, there wasn’t the industry intrigue that surrounded the recent appointments of Raf Simmons at Christian Dior or Hedi Slimane at Yves Saint Laurent, although in the world of American fashion, Calvin Klein is one of the best-known pioneering names. Beyond some mixed reviews early on, there hasn’t been the succession struggle that has occurred at other venerable U.S. houses such as Bill Blass or Halston.

His runway is now appointment viewing during the crowded schedule of New York Fashion Week, attracting a front row of A-listers such as Rooney Mara and Katie Holmes in recent seasons, and the clothes almost always leave a lasting impression. But a household name, he is not.

Costa has no complaints.

“The company has given me a lot of freedom from Day 1, and I have always been able to express myself. It’s all gone superfast,” he says. “I don’t think about it as almost 10 years, I feel like I’m just starting.”

Among insiders, Costa has reached the point where he no longer needs that comma and clause after his name that explains he took over for Klein when the designer sold the business. This week, he will be introduced to a much larger audience as a limited edition of dresses under the Francisco Costa for Calvin Klein label lands at Macy’s stores as the centerpiece of a big retail campaign focusing on the sites, styles and colors of Brazil.

Costa, 48, was born and raised in Brazil, and it’s not all the wild party atmosphere of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival, he says. He grew up in Guarani, in the state of Menais Gerais, with a backdrop of lush rainforests.

“We all stereotype Brazil as a republic of banana and pineapple prints,” Costa says, “but I think of it as simple and sophisticated.”

That image certainly squares better with the look he has fostered at Calvin Klein, where he plays much more with construction and angles than frilly details or anything too trendy. He leans toward sultry styles.

There’s something very sexy about women who are happy and proud to show off their bodies and don’t need to employ any cliches, he says.

Jennifer Lawrence’s gown for the Oscars was a tomato-red, scoop-neck tank dress without a ruffle or bead on it. “She really rocked that jersey dress,” the designer says with a smile. “But it’s not really about the dress at all, it’s about the confidence, strength and sensuality that she wore with it.”

He adds: “I like it chic, understated. I like to leave a lot of room for a woman, room for her to explore who she wants to be.”

For the Macy’s dresses, all of which will be priced $135-$180, hundreds of dollars less than Calvin Klein Collection pieces, he was inspired by photographs of the Brazilian Sculpture Museum in Sao Paulo at sunset. “There was a lot of cement and roughness, but also finesse and luxury.”

He often draws from others’ images, sometimes photos, sometimes movies — he loves movies! — or maybe the architecture of a building, although never to the point of being obvious or literal. “I don’t take tear sheets from a magazine or specific movie pictures. I’m much more likely to notice and remember how something was shot or how it was made,” he explains.

Martine Reardon, chief marketing officer of Macy’s, says she knew Costa was right to spearhead the project. “Francisco Costa is a visionary talent known for elegant and minimalist designs that are coveted around the world. His Brazilian heritage made him a natural choice for this special collaboration.”

One of the designer’s favorite looks for Macy’s is a wrap dress that oozes the ease of a towel delicately wrapped around the body and pinned at the bust.

Yet nothing in his designs is taken for granted, not even something that seems simple. He considers the placement of a button, how low the armhole hangs, the exact color.

He does this at home, too: “I just painted my house in the country. I tried 18 kinds of white until I found that just-the-right shade.”

(He went with Pratt & Lambert Silver Lining.)

Neutrals almost always dominate the palette he uses in his collections but there are subtle differences in a particular season’s version of taupe or gray or black. He also likes the heat he’ll get from strategic use of a pop of yellow or pink.

“I love working with Francisco,” says Lara Stone, the spokesmodel of the Calvin Klein Collection. “He’s a perfectionist and knows exactly how to make a woman look her best. I always feel strong, sexy and confident in his designs.”

Working with top models and movie stars, and even working the red carpet himself has posed some of his greatest challenges in his Calvin Klein tenure. His training is in a craft not the media, after all. Costa attended fashion college courses in Rio, at the Fashion Institute of Technology when he moved to New York in 1985, and then worked for Oscar de la Renta.

The business side has come pretty naturally, too, Costa says, especially as he learns more about the changing luxury marketplace and the similarities and differences of customers who live all over the world. He loves to visit stores — and numbers don’t scare him.

He’s not sure he’ll ever feel comfortable about the celebrity aspect of the business.

“I’m product-oriented. I know every seam, every detail. But I’ve also become a bit of a spokesman to the public, and I never thought that would be part of it, and I never thought about it before I had to do it,” Costa says. “But I also understand that more exposure means more dresses and more press. I just want the most talented, beautiful girls wearing the clothes and communicating how good she feels — in your language — to all the other women.”

Diane Kruger must have arrived in France with a lot of luggage. On Wednesday, Day 1 of the 12-day Cannes Film Festival, Kruger, a member of the prestigious jury, turned up in two different outfits.

She wore an edgy burgundy cocktail dress with a pleated skirt and black cord-laced straps by Versus by Versace for her first photo call, and a fancier, more feminine aqua-colored silk draped dress by Giambattista Valli later for the red-carpet premiere of Moonrise Kingdom.

“This girl knows how to edit herself perfectly,” says designer Rachel Roy, who is keeping tabs on the Cannes fashion show from New York.

Of the aqua gown, Roy says, “The transparency and draping is reminiscent of the Jacqueline Kennedy mint green moment, yet modern. … Pure elegance.”

Also on the red carpet, Eva Longoria chose a frilly Marchesa column gown in blush tulle with a dramatic ruffled skirt and train, and Jessica Chastain wore a light-pink, scoop-neck gown by Alexander McQueen. Eva Herzigova did pink, too — hers a Dolce & Gabbana.

Lana Del Rey attended in a black, scalloped, strapless Alberta Ferretti gown.

Some of the men captured the more relaxed vibe of the seaside resort: Bill Murray put on a plaid jacket, and Ewan McGregor paired his navy cotton suit by Marni with white lace-up shoes and a star-print tie.

The production revealed Wednesday that it will recoup its $3.1 million capitalization this week. The show, which has netted seven Tony Award nominations, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield.

Aurthur Miller’s play about Willy Loman, a man destroyed by his own stubborn belief in the glory of American capitalism and its spell of success, opened March 15 to positive reviews.

Last week, the Mike Nichols-directed revival earned $929,340 at the Barrymore Theatre — all its gross potential — with sold-out houses over seven performances. Top premium tickets went for $425.

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Bruce Seidel is confident the future of food television won’t be seen on television.

Which is why the Food Network and Cooking Channel veteran has checked out of network TV to oversee the launch of YouTube’s latest original content channel, HUNGRY. The channel, which goes live on July 2, is expected to feature a freewheeling blend of how-to and celebrity-driven food videos.

The venture is part of the Google Inc.-owned video site’s plan to launch roughly 100 channels of niche-oriented programming. Earlier this month, YouTube pledged to spend some $200 million to help market those channels across Google and its advertising network.

Seidel was drawn to the project in part for YouTube’s ability to create a more direct community with viewers than generally is possible with network television. It also offered more flexibility not just for viewers, but also for producers, who can more easily experiment with format and content.

YouTube also offers an enviably large and young demographic, truly the icing on advertisers’ cake.

“The wonderful thing about YouTube is it has 800 million users worldwide and they all need to eat,” Seidel said in a telephone interview. “I’d like to get just 1 percent of them.”

YouTube content historically has been dominated by low- and no-budget user generated videos. But Seidel, a former top executive at Food Network who oversaw the launch of its sister network, Cooking Channel, said HUNGRY will feature professionally produced videos worthy of any network.

At launch, videos will stick mostly with YouTube convention, running one to three minutes, with new episodes posted weekly. Seidel said they also are eager to explore longer format videos. By the end of the summer, the channel hopes to have close to a dozen series, all produced in partnership with multimedia studio Electus-IAC, which is responsible for the channel’s content.

One of the series will feature fellow Food Network alumnus Duff Goldman, the cake master behind that channel’s reality show “Ace of Cakes.” Goldman’s YouTube program, “Duff’s Food World,” will be a sometimes irreverent variety show focused on food pop culture, including visits to unusual restaurants and spotlights of humorous food clips from the web and TV.

Goldman also will serve as a talent and programming consultant for HUNGRY. In that role, he said he is eager to push food television both forward and backward.

“Basically, the cooking show on television is almost dead,” he said. “When you look at the programming on any kind of cable food channel, you kind of find that everything is being replaced by travelogues, competition, reality. There is not a lot of instruction.”

YouTube’s ability to promote a simple two-minute video on how to roast a chicken — something simply not done on network television — is just as alluring as creating content that pushes boundaries, Goldman said.

“It’s magic. It doesn’t have any boundaries. I don’t need to make it 22 minutes. I don’t need to make any sponsors happy. I can get away with stuff,” he said.

Other series already in production include “Brothers Green,” which features a pair of Brooklyn brothers who are musicians and “underground caterers” tackling new culinary challenges every week, and “Casserole Queens,” which focuses on two Austin women who favor retro food and entertaining.

Flexing its ability to focus on micro-niches, HUNGRY also plans series on pork, gluten-free cooking and Italian desserts.

The point is to simply try new things, Goldman said. If it works, it will continue. If it doesn’t, it won’t.

“Food is very precious. People get a little too serious about it,” he said. “There’s room for the very serious culinarians. But I also like to laugh at myself. So we’re going to do a lot of comedy. Because there’s a lot of comedy in food.”

Earlier this month, YouTube announced the launch of several other channels, including Wigs, which will focus on scripted dramas for women; and TeamUSA, which will feature content ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games.

LONDON — Hollywood star Will Smith took time out of his promotional schedule for Men in Black III to try his hand at Olympic sports in London.

Smith met Olympic hopefuls ahead of the U.K. premiere of the film later Wednesday, shooting hoops with team GB Basketball captain Drew Sullivan and taking pointers on the hurdle from Perry Shakes-Drayton, a hopeful for the 400m event.

Triple jumper Yamile Aldama tried to teach Smith, but found that the actor was more inclined to break into dance moves.

Smith praised the athleticism of those he met, confessing that he himself has “never been really athletic.”

The athletes who showed their events to Smith will be joining him and his co-stars at the movie premier on London’s Leicester Square.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is asking Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify the investment.

Schilling briefed Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY’-fee) and the state’s Economic Development Corp. board Wednesday in a closed-door session.

Following the meeting Chafee declined to say what assistance 38 Studios is seeking. But he says the board must decide whether the business is worth the risk.

No action has been taken on the request.

Concerns about 38 Studios’ financial health arose when it missed a scheduled May 1 payment to the agency.

The business was lured from Massachusetts in 2010 after Rhode Island offered a $75 million loan guarantee that state officials said would help bring jobs and tax revenue.

CANNES, France — If Nanni Moretti had his way, what happened in Cannes would stay in Cannes.

The Italian director is heading the film festival’s jury and will preside over the annual post-prizes press conference when the movie extravaganza wraps up May 27.

He preferred it in the old days, when jury meetings were a bit like gatherings of the conclave of cardinals who choose Roman Catholic popes.

Then, he said Wednesday, “there were two remaining taboos in the world — the silence after the awards and the conclave. Now it’s just the conclave.”

The jury includes actors Ewan McGregor and Diane Kruger, directors Alexander Payne and Raoul Peck, and fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. They will choose a winner of the Palme d’Or from among 22 competing films.

Michael Wurster

The kitchen at The Omphoy Ocean Resort is sizzling once again, this time with the arrival of new executive chef Michael Wurster. He’s running the show at the resort’s new restaurant concept, Malcolm’s, a modern American eatery that reflects the chef’s impressive experiences.

CANNES, France — This year’s Cannes Film Festival features directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East — but no women.

Not, at least, among the 22 filmmakers competing for the coveted Palme d’Or award. Last year, four female directors made the lineup, including Britain’s Lynne Ramsay and Australia’s Julie Leigh.

The French feminist group La Barbe has taken the festival to task for excluding women with a petition published in the Le Monde and The Guardian newspapers.

Festival director Thierry Fremaux argues it’s not his fault that filmmaking remains primarily “a male sport.” He says he chooses films only “because I think they deserve to be in selection.”

The French Riviera film festival opened Wednesday and runs until May 27.

“Two and a Half Men,” where Kutcher replaced Charlie Sheen as the lead actor this season, will move to Thursday. “The Mentalist,” where Baker is a brainy crime-solver, shifts from Thursday to Sunday.

CBS is adding three new dramas and one comedy to its fall schedule. Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis star in the new drama “Vegas” and another new series transplants Sherlock Holmes to Manhattan.

“CSI: Miami,” “Unforgettable” and “Rob” have been cancelled.

CBS is about to win another season in the ratings race, by the largest margin by a winner over a second-place network in 23 years.

Parade.com sat down with Crawford on a recent sunny afternoon in Beverly Hills to discuss babies (his sister Candice recently welcomed a son with her husband Tony Romo), weddings, and his plans post-Gossip Girl.

While one would think anyone would jump at the chance to shimmy alongside Cameron Diaz, Crawford was relieved that it was Matthew Morrison playing the role of the pro dance instructor who romances the actress.

“It spared everyone the atrocity of my dance moves,” he said, laughing.

Read on for more from Crawford, including the dream show he’d love to be on and how he rates as a new uncle.

On working with Anna.
“The chemistry was instant. I knew her work and she’s outstandingly talented. It was fun. When she was cast, I knew right away what it was going to be. In some of those scenes, it’s like a verbal tennis match. Some of our scenes are improvised. She’s really great with that stuff. In the moment, she’s super witty.”

On settling down.
“I met up with some friends recently that I hadn’t seen in awhile and two of them were married. Being from Texas, there is a little more pressure to get it done but I’m not really on that spectrum. I’m on a different train. I’ve learned I need a couple of decades of maturity.”

A couple decades?
“Maybe less than a couple of decades. It’s about finding the right person. I’m not the kind of guy that needs to have a girlfriend or needs to have attention from a girlfriend. If it happens, it happens. I’m always open to that. Not marriage yet, but I’ll figure it out.”

On how he would end Gossip Girl.
“If I got to write the show, it would be a very different thing. I would make Chuck Gossip Girl and I would turn my character into Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. That would be a wierd twist of events.”

On ending the show.
“I tend to throw something for the crew at the end of every season. What will we do? For me, it’s going to probably be more bittersweet and tough to leave New York City. And it’s definitely an end of an era. It was college for everyone really. We’ll do something for sure.”

His baby handling skills.
“They are top notch [laughs]. I haven’t changed a diaper yet and that’s the part of being the cool uncle. I didn’t realize that babies can’t hold their heads up right away so that was a lesson of a sister yelling. It’s always the handoff that’s a little awkward. He sleeps all day and just sits there and you watch him. It’s a beautiful thing. He’s a big baby. He’s a strong baby.

Is his nephew destined for the turf?
“He came out with a football in his hand. It was a very weird thing. And a Giants hat. I was like, ‘What is that? Get that off!’ My sister was very athletic as well so I’m sure he’ll be fine.”

His future.
“Unless Games of Thrones comes knocking at my door, I’m going to try to make a run at film for awhile. Their are pros and cons to both. With TV, you’re locked in. It’s great because you have conistency though while film is like camp.”

CANNES, France — The Dictator knows how to make a scene.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy character turned up at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday with two of his model bodyguards and a camel, bringing the famed Croisette promenade to a standstill.

It’s his latest stunt for The Dictator, released May 16, where he plays Admiral General Aladeen, the freedom-hating military dictator of the fictional North African Republic of Wadiya.

The sight of Baron Cohen taking a camel for a stroll along the avenue of designer boutiques, followed by dozens of photographers, bemused locals. He even managed to fall off the camel, which had a “Wadiya 1″ license plate.

Cannes Film Festival, which runs until May 27, is a popular place for promotional stunts.

WASHINGTON — Actress Betty White is headed to Washington and her agenda includes donkeys and elephants — but not the kind roaming on Capitol Hill.

First stop is the Smithsonian Institution, followed by the National Zoo to see the pandas, harmonica-playing elephant and other animals.

On Thursday, the 90-year-old actress visits the Smithsonian Associates, an educational division of the museum complex, to discuss her career and longtime passion for animals. She will be signing copies of her book, Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo.

White says her interest in animals started in the womb. She says her parents were animal nuts long before she was born.

Then on Friday, White will have a private tour of the National Zoo to see their research efforts behind the scenes.

CANNES, France — The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival was to get under way Wednesday with Wes Anderson’s carefully composed whimsy and Sacha Baron Cohen’s less confined theatrics.

Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” will open Cannes, where it will premiere amid the frenzy of the French festival. Anderson, as well as cast Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and possibly Bill Murray will make their way down Cannes’ grand red carpet in the evening.

But before that, Baron Cohen was planning a stunt to promote his new film, “The Dictator.” Exactly what the comedian has planned wasn’t known, but he seemed sure to draw the attention of the world’s media gathered on the French Riviera.

The Cannes Film Festival runs through May 27, with eagerly anticipated films from Walter Salles, David Cronenberg and Michael Haneke to follow.

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has picked his “American Idol.”

The Philippines’ leader says he is happy Jessica Sanchez is one of the singing contest’s top three finalists and “hopefully she really reaches the top.”

The 16-year-old Sanchez is from Chula Vista, California, and has Filipino and Latino heritage. She is being cheered by many in the Philippines and by the Filipino and Mexican communities in the U.S.

The TV talent show airs the finale next week.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just begun. But for one night, students at a southern Indiana high school hope to put all that aside to enjoy an evening that one of country music’s biggest acts planned just for them.

Henryville, Ind., will share the spotlight with Grammy-winning Lady Antebellum on Wednesday night at the KFC Yum Center in nearby Louisville, Ky., where the trio will stage a “mini-prom” bash for students at Henryville Junior-Senior High School, followed by a benefit for the devastated community.

“With everything’s that’s happened — the tornado and the destruction — now we’ll have something else to remember for the rest of our lives,” said Henryville junior class vice president Kaitlyn Maloney, 17, who rode out the March 2 storm with her parents in the basement of their Henryville home. “This will give us something to remember that’s happy.”

The battered high school landed both events in late March by winning Lady Antebellum’s online “Own the Night” contest offering one school a concert at its prom. Schools as far away as northern Wisconsin submitted YouTube videos on behalf of Henryville, an unincorporated town hit by two tornadoes — one packing 175 mph winds — on a day when storms killed 13 people in Indiana and 24 in Kentucky.

Singer Hillary Scott said the band was moved by what she called the “selfless” entries from other schools, including rival Silver Creek High School in nearby Sellersburg, Ind.

“That was just such, honestly, an encouraging thing to think that those high schoolers, that generation, they’re that helpless, they want to help each other that much,” she said. “It was definitely an easy decision.”

Lady Antebellum wasn’t able to perform at Henryville’s prom in late April due to a conflict with the band’s schedule. Instead, it opted for the mini-prom open to the 188 junior and seniors and their dates who attended the school’s formal prom, followed by a concert to benefit the town.

Each of Henryville’s juniors and seniors received five tickets for floor seating at the show. The juniors and seniors at Silver Creek, the rival Clark County school that nominated Henryville, each received one ticket, said Tahnee Brown of concert promoter National Shows 2.

Lady A’s Charles Kelley said the band hopes to lift the Henryville community’s spirits by putting on a special show.

“We want to just go there and hopefully bring a little joy, meet them, shake their hands, encourage them to try to get through it as best as they can,” the singer said.

The sold-out benefit includes an online fund drive that will go to disaster relief, Brown said. Online donations had generated more than $119,000 by Tuesday evening.

Henryville senior Austin Albert, whose father, Troy Albert, is the high school’s principal, said the show will be a huge boost to the hard-hit community.

“It’s given us something to look forward to — something big for a small-town like we’re in, that’s pretty cool,” he said.

The show also could be a sort of homecoming for many town residents, said Monroe Township Trustee Allen Bottorff, a lifelong Henryville resident whose home was damaged in the storms and lost a second one he and his wife were remodeling. He planned to attend the show with his family, including his 18-year-old twins, son Tanner and daughter Drew.

“It’s going to be quite a bit of a reunion for a lot of people who have been scattered about,” Bottorff said.

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Associated Press staffer Mesfin Fekadu in New York contributed to this story.

ABC 7News in Denver reports (http://bit.ly/Kd7aoW ) that 38-year-old Eddie Fisher was arrested early Tuesday morning.

Fisher was being held at a Denver jail and is set to appear in court on Wednesday.

Denver police did not immediately return an after-hours call from The Associated Press seeking further details on the arrest.

OneRepublic’s website says the band was up for a Grammy in 2008. It’s most famous songs include “Apologize,” ”Stop and Stare,” ”All the Right Moves” and “Secrets.”

LOS ANGELES — Maria Menounos earned a perfect score on Monday’s episode of “Dancing With the Stars,” but on Tuesday, she was ousted from the show.

The 33-year-old TV personality was eliminated from the ABC dance-off one week shy of the finals. Judges’ scores are combined with viewer votes to determine who is dismissed each week.

Singer Katherine Jenkins, actor William Levy and football star Donald Driver will compete Monday for the mirrorball trophy.

Actors Roshon Fegan, Melissa Gilbert, Jaleel White and Jack Wagner have already been eliminated, along with singers Gavin DeGraw and Gladys Knight, TV personality Sherri Shepherd, and tennis champ Martina Navratilova.

Host Tom Bergeron announced Tuesday that next season’s “Dancing With the Stars” will feature contestants and champions from past seasons vying for the title.

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Sony Pictures officials say the Oscar-winning writer will write a screenplay based on the Steve Jobs biography.

Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal says Sorkin will make the film about the late Apple founder “everything that Jobs himself was: Captivating, entertaining and polarizing.”

Sorkin won the adapted screenplay Academy Award for 2010′s The Social Network. The 50-year-old writer was nominated in the same category for 2011′s Moneyball.

His other credits include Charlie Wilson’s War and A Few Good Men. He also created TV’s The West Wing.

Actor Ashton Kutcher is set to play Jobs in a separate project.

Judge Robert Meale made his recommendation Tuesday.

The state refused to certify the 51-year-old rapper although he’s been volunteering as an assistant coach with local approval in Miami. Education officials cited his songs’ raunchy lyrics, a string of arrests and a performance with two women who removed their clothing in South Carolina.

Meale noted the charges were dropped, except for a couple misdemeanor gun crimes more than 25 years ago. He also wrote that Campbell has coached inner city youth and high school football without incident for years.

Campbell can take his case to an appellate court if Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson rejects Meale’s recommendation.