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Did you hear about that music superstar's secret wedding to his longtime musician girlfriend? Yes, you probably did. Now Lou Reed copied Jay-Z and had his own secret wedding, to Laurie Anderson. He'd also like to remind you that he's the original rapper. [ContactMusic]

The former frontman of the Velvet Underground and a prolific artist in his own right, Reed is known as the godfather of punk and has been a downtown icon for over four decades.

Lou Reed, the lead singer of the seminal Warhol-backed band Velvet Underground and noted ape-like jerk, was always admired for his artistic integrity. (Or maybe, he wasn't!) At any rate, he isn't! He's 65, avaricious and willing to go sneer, strut and sing for the highest bidder. Yesterday, Reed performed for an assemblage of stressed out French bankers from the firm Carmignac Gestion in a Parisian theater. As per the Reuters report: "many arrived at the concert fresh from a day in the office grappling with a dramatic slump in European stock markets. Several bankers could be seen typing into their Blackberries and poring over data before Reed took to the stage." Reed supposedly told them, "I love Paris!" According to a Carmignac exectutive though, he should have yelled "I love Money." In the exec's delightful Parisian way, he described the interaction thusly: "We offered him some money and he came." But what's the saddest part of this story? It's certainly not Lou Reed!

• "Mr. Reed did a Honda scooter ad in the '80s." And: "I've seen Mr. Reed and Ms. Anderson at brunch — he snarls at her and behaves like a grouchy old ass, while she flutters around and tries to laugh it off." [City_Dater]

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