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Meanwhile Chamillionaire loved the parody of his "Ridin" (White & nerdy) so much he put it on his MySpace page and thanked Weird Al when he won a Grammy.
Also, Lady Gaga had no idea she was getting a Weird Al parody because her manager didn't communicate with her and was a dick to Al.
Michael Jackson and Kurt Cobain were happy enough to let Al use the original sets for the music videos of their parodies.
Super paraphrasing because my memory sucks.
During an interview Weird Al mentioned briefly talking with Kurt Cobain and saying one of the reasons for the parody was because no one knew what Kurt was saying.
Kurt wasn't sure about allowing the parody because he was worried it would be about food, but when Al reassured him it was about how Nirvana's lyrics were unintelligible he laughed and allowed it.
Thank you! I loved Weird Al's facial expression when he conveyed that story.