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I came into this world to inspire
Joined April 2012
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Piscataway needs to name the football field in memory of Coach Lester. We shouldn’t have to sign a petition, like what type of nonsense is that. Lester generational impact goes without a question
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Senate footage shows Republican Senator Mitch McConnell being MANIPULATED BY STAFFER on how to vote!!!
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Josh Johnson will go down as one of the most important voices of this time. Here’s a perfect example as to why.
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Marshawn Lynch on Jalen Hurts:
"They talking about this the year he gotta go do this or gotta do that, or he's gone. I aint hear you say that about Justin Herbert. I aint hear them say none of that shit about any of the snowbunny quarterbacks"
#Eagles via @GetGotPod
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Jalen: "Questions?"
OG: "Remember in Game 4 when you took that shot in the end and you missed it?"
Jalen: "Yeah"
OG: "Remember what happened after?"
Jalen: "Yeah. You tipped it in"
OG: "Oh yeah. That was awesome"
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“I was working the door, I was Bartending, DJing and before you know it, you start speaking like an American bcos you’re in the thing. Alexa told me about an audition and said ‘if you go in, you cannot let them know you aren’t American, bcos they will not let you and I auditioned for 4 weeks in an American accent”
——Idris Elba
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Ferg responds to Rocky being "bothered" by him dropping A$AP from his name and moving away from the mob:
"that's a personal thing for him. you can feel how you want to feel (...) we're not mobbin' anymore, we're grown."
youtu.be/5vC1yAMwLR8?si=BGDa…
@Complex
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He knows what your favourite artists don’t tell you.
I’ve been waiting 8 years to sit down with the person who has spent his life quietly helping some of the greatest artists in the world make some of their greatest work.
That person is Rick Rubin.
Rick co-founded Def Jam at 21 and has gone on to work with people like Jay-Z, Kanye West, Adele, Johnny Cash and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The reason I’ve wanted to speak to him for so long has much less to do with the names.
Rick is a master of creativity and collaboration, and I wanted to understand how he sees things.
How can someone sit in the room with that many extraordinary artists, across completely different generations and genres, and continue to be useful to them?
What surprised me most about this conversation was how little Rick talks about success.
He talks about paying attention. Listening to yourself. Being willing to make something other people might not understand.
Protecting the part of you that was creative before the world started telling you what was good, bad, sensible or successful.
We discussed things like:
- Why Kanye’s fearlessness makes him such an interesting artist.
- What he saw in Jay-Z’s process that he had never seen before.
- Why Rick believes creativity is gradually being beaten out of us.
- What does he notice that other people miss?
- Why some of the best creative decisions make very little logical sense at the time.
This was one of those conversations that went much deeper than I expected. Rick has spent decades thinking about creativity, taste, collaboration and what allows people to make their best work, and there’s a real depth to the way he understands all of it.
Towards the end I asked Rick a very simple question: “What is your job?”
His answer was, "Support people in making their beautiful things.”
After waiting 8 years to have this conversation, that answer probably explains Rick better than any list of records, awards or famous names ever could.
If you’ve ever wanted to understand how your favourite artists actually think and work, or how to protect more of your own creativity, I think you’ll take a lot from this conversation.
Out now on all platforms ❤️👊🏾
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Lonzo Ball reveals that he was planning to go overseas to play basketball in Dubai last week after opening up to Gilbert Arenas about his brutal knee injury, but ultimately decided against it because he no longer has the same love for the game 😔💔
“It made it to where I can do sh*t, but it’s still gonna hurt… On offense, I can’t really go cause I can’t stop for real. It’s like I’m playing in stilts.”
“I had 3 surgeries in 14 months…”
“It just takes the joy out of it because your game changes… You physically can’t get there”
“I got hurt at 25, I got 3 All Stars, 3 All-NBAs… Each year I’m coming back, I’m injured again”
“I don’t know if my sh*t about to give out on this layup. I have full blown layups f*cked up on the Bulls. Why don’t know what’s about to happen. Like ‘Should I really be out here right now?’”
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Angie Nixon: “They are actively defunding public education because they make more money off of our children being funneled into the school-to-prison pipeline because they’re in these for-profit prisons, they want them to be exploited and be free labor. It’s all about money, it’s a massive shakedown”
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rather be with you - wale feat. j. cole & curren$y, 2009
produced by 9th wonder
i miss this era of music so bad 😩
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Nolan Wells didn't drown. Emmett didn't whistle. Philando didn't reach for a gun. Trayvon didn't harass. Sonya Massey didn't call the police to die. Ahmaud didn't trespass. Breonna never woke up. Sean Bell didn't make it to the altar. George and Eric couldn't breathe. Rekia didn't pose a threat. Laquan was walking away. Kendrick did not roll himself up. Mike Brown was only jaywalking. Sandra Bland did not commit suicide. Botham Jean couldnt enjoy his ice cream. Tamir Rice didn't have a gun.