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Courtney Love Says Kurt Cobain Would Be ‘Proud’ of ‘Succession’s’ Use of Nirvana’s ‘Rape Me’
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIf, like some of us, you’re not completely caught up on the ongoing dramas within HBO’s popular super-rich family drama “Succession,” have no fear because there’s no spoilers here except to say that in season three, skullduggery continues, and Nirvana’s controversial 1993 song “Rape Me” was used in a pivotal scene last weekend.Cobain’s widow, erstwhile Hole singer Courtney Love, approves Nirvana syncs and, according to an Instagram story post, she seems quite pleased with the show’s use of the song, saying it is “as if they truly understood” what Cobain meant with the song, and that “I’m sure wherever he is he’s proud of this.”Her message follows in full: “I was in the room watching (agog) as this song was