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Is Drake’s goth baddie secretly old? (opens the original)
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In a video that made the rounds on X f/k/a Twitter this past weekend, Drake’s goth baddie is interviewed, presumably to get her take on the situation in the Middle East. I’m not sure. I don’t turn the volume on if it looks like a girl might be talking.She does this thing where she stands in place and bounces like an elementary-school kid who needs to use the john and, tragically, her cans don’t seem to jiggle. They’re weirdly static in a way that, admittedly, wouldn’t prevent me from motorboatin
Podcast beef is the new rap beef (opens the original)
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Yesterday, when I saw that DJ Vlad would be responding to Lil Boosie for the umpteenth time and also sharing Boosie’s “snitch paperwork,” it occurred to me that it’s only a matter of time before someone runs up on one of these podcasters.I couldn’t have predicted that Queenzflip would choke Rory out in a nightclub, in a video that’s all over X f/k/a Twitter, though I suppose that makes more sense than anything bad happening to Vlad, who travels with armed security and has prosecutors and law enf
Is Latto secretly white? (opens the original)
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This afternoon, my thoughts and prayers are with Halfrican American1 women, who are having one of their worst weeks since that time Mariah Carey’s cat drowned in a hot tub, between the revelation that New York Times de facto VP of HR Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter is too dumb to do basic math and learning that Latto might be secretly white.Say it ain’t so!There’s definitely part of me that wants to embrace them, close enough to get a “grief-on,” and let them know that everything’s gonna be alrigh
The TIs have expanded their purview (opens the original)
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I love Ed Sheeran’s music, but I can’t justify the $600 or whatever it would cost to see his upcoming Loop Tour if I can’t also hear the song “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore. Pulling it up on my phone just won’t cut it. I need to hear him perform it live, preferably in a surprisingly inappropriate Halloween costume.You can imagine my disappointment, then, when I read the other day that Macklemore was dropped as an opener from the Sheeran tour, reportedly on orders from New England Patriots owner Rob
Adequate legal representation is a MUST (opens the original)
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I can’t help but get excited when someone avoids having to go to jail. You’ll have to forgive me.Arguably, it’s even more exciting than when someone gets out of jail—which is an important, celebrated moment in our community. Anyone can go to jail. Who among us, on the other hand, has the sense to secure only the finest legal representation?It could be the difference between rotting in prison for decades or being back out on the streets to commit more crime, like a member of the DeBarge family. <
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