BATES

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[GameVerse @TheGameVerse]

Rockstar Games when GTA 6 preorders open next week:

[Kurrco @Kurrco]

"Normalize glazing the bros" — Drake

Drake and Kevin Durant link up in a new ad for KD's 19th signature Nike sneaker 👀

[myles brown @mdotbrown]

Oklahoma hasnt been this nervous since they had to read in front of the class

[Anthony @omgitsbirdman]

I have to apologize to Thunder fans I was so wrong about SGA he’s an even bigger fraud than I thought 😭

[Yesjulz @YesJulz]

Janice is about to have quite the day at work tomorrow 😂

[Mikli @CryptoMikli]

Mike Majlak says Drake has the most hits and goes off on people who switched up on him

“All the Drake slander, the punishment is coming. I am so happy with what’s about to happen here. I’m so excited for it because all of you pieces of shit who switched up after that man gave us years and years of summer-defining music hits, all the sex you had to that album, to just switch up on him like that, I hope you mf pay”

“I hope Iceman is the hardest album, and guess what? I hope you can’t listen to it. I hope he’s somehow able to track your Twitter account. How much Kendrick do you listen to during this whole thing? And you can’t stream the album”

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A 13-year-old Canadian kid uploaded R&B covers to YouTube in 2008 from his bedroom. A talent manager named Scooter Braun stumbled on the videos and signed him.

For the next 15 years, Braun controlled everything. Tours, branding, business deals, public image. The kid became the biggest pop star on the planet, sold 150 million records, racked up 32 billion Spotify streams, and had three Diamond-certified singles before turning 25.

Then in 2022, he got hit with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Partial facial paralysis. Cancelled the world tour. Disappeared from public life entirely.

Here's where it gets interesting.

In January 2023, he sold his entire 290-song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. Every song he'd ever released. "Baby." "Sorry." "Love Yourself." All of it. Gone. At 28 years old, he cashed out his past.

Then he dropped Scooter Braun. After 15 years. No manager. No agent. For the first time in his career, nobody was making decisions for him.

Fast forward to this weekend. Coachella calls. He picks up the phone himself. Rolling Stone confirmed he negotiated his own headlining deal directly with Goldenvoice. No agent commission. No manager cut. $10 million for two weekends, and he kept all of it.

Then he walked onto the biggest stage in music, sat down behind a MacBook, and pulled up YouTube.

He played "Baby" from 2010. He played his bedroom covers from 2008. He harmonized with his 13-year-old self in front of 100,000 people. Katy Perry joked about whether he had YouTube Premium.

Half the internet called it lazy. The other half called it genius.

They're both wrong. It was a receipt.

He sold his catalog for $200 million. He fired the man who discovered him. He negotiated his own deal. And then he went back to the exact platform where it all started and said: I built this from a laptop. I'm headlining Coachella from a laptop. And for the first time in my life, every dollar is mine.

The kid from YouTube just closed the loop.

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

I pray you experience this at least once in your life.

[Fintwit Capital @fan_fintwit]

Candace Owens right now

https://t.co/0CyKQMqXDP

[Mads @europemaxxed]

On my way to do exactly what I want after asking 20 people for their opinion

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Justin Timberlake when the officer told him to walk a straight line

[ɴ.♡ @luvblessingz]

I will experience Lake Como in this lifetime.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Host Deon Cole opens the #NAACPImageAwards with a prayer. 🙏

[Marc J. Randazza 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇷 @marcorandazza]

I mean... i liked him even when I thought he was a douche, because you gotta admit, he's a fucking great actor.

but ... this? now im a fan of the dude.

[Drizzy Valentino 🦉 @drizzyvalentino]

Going from the “Biggest Hater” to “The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate is Love” is refreshing

[BATES @WhichBATESisDAT]

Everyone saying Seahawks or patriots? But I’m rooting for the halftime show.

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

acting 10/10