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@charlesxholmes
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@ringer x @spotify // bylines @rollingstone @billboard @complex @genius @mtvnews (views my own)
Brooklyn, NY
Joined July 2012
*puppy starts jumping on me*. owner: im sorry. he just gets so excited to meet new people. me:
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there’s no high like checking a movie’s runtime and realizing it’s only 90 min.
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this beef got the same energy as the ants in a bug’s life realizing they got numbers on they side and dont gotta be afraid of the cricket no more.
Rick Ross riding around to Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” verse from the Future & Metro Boomin album
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arya said "anyone can be killed" and kept that same energy for six seasons. greatest of all time.
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usher my GOAT, but i cant stop laughing at my man pulling this move out at the super bowl
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if i was jermaine dupri you couldn’t tell me shit after producing both these albums back-to-back
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future been telling us for years what would happen if metro dont trust you and the fact even drake wasnt safe from that threat is hilarious. that’s some real loyalty.
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i wish movie stars still did shit like this. can you imagine if we had a chalamet x zendaya dune 2 banger that played all summer 😪.
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my favorite 21 savage quirk is his yearly 12 car garage updates: . 2016: “why you got a 12 car garage?”. 2017: “they like ‘savage why you got a 12 car garage / and you only got 6 cars?’”. 2018: “why you got a 12 car garage? / cause i bought 6 new cars”.
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soulja boy said he was the most influential rapper on a wednesday and had ariana grande rapping in a “pretty boy swag” flow on “7 rings” by friday.
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mos def heard “passionfruit” up in costco and said “enough is enough”.
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we celebrating AI pac and snoop verses now? call me when y’all ready to be serious
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roddy ricch and "the box" really got these pop stars acting different.
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the dj dropped “bulletproof” last night and lemme tell y’all the white folks went fucking nuts. never seen nothing like it. i owe la roux a big apology. wasnt familiar with the game.
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kendrick said he hates the way the canadian says nigga and then told y’all “it aint even gotta be deep.” and now we on day 2 of biracial discourse cause y’all tryn make it deep smfh.
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this some baller shit to say. this how rick ross be rapping.
Christopher Nolan says his movies will continue to be large-scale “because I know how fragile the opportunity to marshal those resources is.”. “I know that there are so many filmmakers out there in the world who would give their eye teeth to have the resources I put together, and
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woke up to motherfuckers fact checkin the gladiator II trailer. i swear y’all allergic to greatness.
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succession dropping this type of episode and simply calling it “connor’s wedding” is such a flex.
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forever mood: Drake fake zipping his already zipped hoodie in front of Rihanna
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“i used to be a brother.”
iron claw LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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this clip is very endearing cause majors is trying his best to describe some random anime MBJ made him watch and ends up summarizing the plot of every battle shonen anime ever
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wu-tang clan‘s utter disbelief that the heaven’s gate cult died in wack nike’s is the funniest shit ever. this was in their actual ‘97 ‘rolling stone’ cover story adjksjdhsksjsksk
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metro and kendrick really unionized they whole workplace against drake lmfao.
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there’ve been a lot of crimes committed against my ppl this weekend, but david guetta putting a drop behind MLK’s “i have a dream” speech is up there
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support your friends the same way dj bay bay supports g herbo freestylin
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the bear wouldve ran the entire summer if it wasnt a binge drop. a lot of these episodes deserve an entire week to themselves smfh.
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cole spent half that song listing off kendrick’s accolades. how you gonna admit that man got 2 classics, more grammys, and was popping longer than you and then try to convince me he’s the jealous one lmfao.
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calling another man’s albums trash, but opening yours with a rick and morty bar is insane.
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would you rather make a billion real dollars or have 80 million viewers second screen your labor of love with a 22% completion rate?
Zack Snyder says "more people probably saw ‘Rebel Moon’ than saw ‘Barbie’ in the theater, right?”. "Say right now it's almost at 90 million views, right? 80 to 90 million accounts turned it on, give or take. [Netflix] assumes two viewers per screening. That’s like 160,000,000
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Brendon Urie said "we're just a wet dream for the webzine" in 2005 and we didn't give that man best rapper alive. this what's wrong w/ rap.
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tyler and OF’s early career was built on meme records and trolling lol. it took years for their music to match the quality of their antics. old heads were seething at the amount of glowing press they got. tyler might be a “serious artist” now but let’s not rewrite history.
@charlesxholmes He's right tho.
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ive seen a lot superhero movie PR spin, but “tell em tom cruise loves it” is 1000% the funniest.
Tom Cruise asked David Zaslav if he could watch ‘THE FLASH’ and he loved it. Cruise called Andy Muschietti to tell him “this is the kind of movie we need now.”. (Source:
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kanye wore a MAGA hat for years so you know that brother will cosign anything and even he drew the line at NFTs lmfao
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for my first ever cover story, i went to houston to profile megan thee stallion. it's probably the first rolling stone cover to discuss my hero academia, the art of twerking, puppy poop, and the health care supply chain. i regret nothing:
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any 90 min or under movie should automatically receive a free half star on letterboxd.
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breaking bad is phenomenal TV but not sure it even breaks top 15 if we being serious. still legendary tho.
@charlesxholmes Does Breaking Bad round out a prestige Mount Rushmore?.
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the first 30 minutes of dune is just different award-winning actors walking into a room to tell timmy to cut the weirdo shit or to turn that weirdo shit all the way up.
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projecting my own feelings of happiness and self worth onto a narcissistic chicago producer turned rapper with a relatable story & soul samples was a healthy life choice.
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future dropping ‘beast mode 2?’ fellas it’s time to get into formation.
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you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the steve harvey.
Tyler, The Creator’s thoughts on some of the current rappers…. “There are so many [guys] out right now who aren’t musicians, that are getting treated like musicians because they make meme records.”. “[They] publicly will be like, 'I don’t give a f**k about music, I just do this
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industry just pulled off one of the greatest season finales ive ever watched.
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i think we’re a few years away from mad men having enough cultural momentum/staying power to overthrow sopranos as the greatest tv show of all time.
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mr morale, atlanta S3, and every netflix chappelle special feel like they suffer from a similar problem. kendrick, glover, and dave’s politics curdled in the past half decade and didn’t mature along with the generation consuming their work.
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i would like to commend whatever intern convinced marvel to use a kid cudi “day n nite” edit to soundtrack a trailer in 2022. you’re doing great sweety.
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it’s kinda insane that your avg. white musician only has to move about 60-70k units 1st week to get primetime tv/major award noms/cover stories while a POC artist damn near gotta be the most streamed artist in the world to get half that recognition.
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Who is an actor that hasn’t worked with Wes Anderson yet but you think would kill it in one of his movies?.
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casting a fake illegitimate daughter to help win a rap beef is playing into the “freaky ass nigga” allegations. shit is gettin weird.
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quavo and swae lee finally went solo after years of fan pressure, only for people to turn around and call their solo music shit the minute it came out. the human condition is beautiful.
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i appreciate that even on an entire album dedicated to saying “fuck drake” you can still tell kendrick’s hatred for that man is on a level future and metro cant even fathom lmfao.
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we need an oral history of funk flex premiering “otis.” it’s legitimately one of the funniest moments in music history. took him 30 minutes to play a 3 minute song
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what modern musician is 100% getting a biopic one day that you have zero faith will be good? my money is on hov lol.
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the best part of industry is the look on a character’s face when harper starts bragging about insider trading like pusha t raps about cocaine.
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every generation thinks they witnessing the death of hip-hop. ive lived through hov vs. autotune, nas vs. ringtone rap, budden & yachty, cole & pump. i think rap is resilient enough to withstand that ian nonsense lol.
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pattinson was making five beats a day for three summers in the batsuit??!.
The Batman star Robert Pattinson has explained he had to keep his costume on for long stretches during downtime – which meant he did everything from reading to making 'ambient electronic music' in the Batsuit.
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lil b outrapping kendrick 6 years ago still a top 10 hip-hop moment EVER
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there’s no way the avengers are bigger or more influential than the x-men. recency bias got y’all in a chokehold.
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@bigsnugga 100% think mbj forced this man to watch naruto vs sasuke at valley of the end on an endless loop.
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i went to one of them intense weightlifting spots for awhile and you quickly realize the strongest person you’ll every meet in life looks like a plumber who can secretly squat a prius.
Travis Kelce defends his 'Dad bod' after Chiefs star and Taylor Swift were spotted on the beach together in the Bahamas: 'It's March!'
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it’s wild that black culture was so dominant in the 90s it was even reflected in children’s entertainment. it’s even wilder that instead of network/cable tv investing more into this successful programming it just slowly began to fade by the 2000s.
📺DEBUT: ‘Kenan & Kel’ starring Kenan Thompson & Kel Mitchell premiered 25 years ago, July 15, 1996, on Nickelodeon
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bottoms is the exact type of comedy that used to come out every other month in theaters, but now cause we get 2 of these a year it inspires the wildest takes imaginable.
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game of thrones writers room. “so what’s bran’s power?”. benioff: ummm. “and the night king’s motivation?”. weiss: what if arya does a behind the back pass to kill the night king?. *room erupts in applause*.
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approach everyday like you're kid cudi & kanye freestyling on 106 & Park
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bruh valee’s acting is so effortless. somebody gotta get him a show on netflix 😭😭😭
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nah they never prepared ya boy for how much a good adult couch costs. im gonna be sick
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woke twitter stopping all of us from enjoying the kanye choir video
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adam sandler really gonna swoop in at the buzzer and steal brad pitt’s oscar. love to see it.
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white pop stars get a little fame and immediately get holier-than-thou about hip-hop. i like billie eilish's music, but this take aint it
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cole shouldnt even make a top 500 albums list. let’s be serious.
cole doesn't have a single album worth being in the top 100 albums of all time? word word.
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i love how kendrick lamar won a pulitzer and decided his next project would be starting an ad agency to sell us jeans.
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i wish more hip-hop artists would keep it real and admit they got nothin left to say and their heart aint in the raps anymore. what’s the point of being black & rich if you cant chase random hobbies and play ya flute in airports.
Andre 3000 says he tried to make a rap album but “sometimes it feels inauthentic for me to rap because I don’t have anything to talk about in that way. I’m 48 years old.”
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if tom holland was willy wonka the sheer amount of hate the internet would produce for that man could power a sun lol.
I am gonna say it. Tom Holland would have eaten this role up like its nothing.
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the movie star ecosystem really healing post-superhero boom. timmy, butler, and powell all fighting for the throne. older stars like gosling, dev, and efron showing levels of charisma the last couple decades tried to beat out of the system.
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about to ruin the vibes at brunch by explaining my theories on THE CURSE finale in excruciating detail
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y'all talking about cover charges for family Thanksgiving?!. the generational trauma IS the cover charge.
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i love how every actor talks about the MCU like they were serving serious time in the pen.
Robert Downey Jr. says he was 'a hundred percent' concerned that being in the MCU for a decade would affect his acting skills while filming #Oppenheimer . (via @nytimes)
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ben getting his shot off over email is insane. my man a wild boy
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i enjoyed barbie. pretty fun. but the way y’all was talkin bout this movie lmfao
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this news hurts so damn much. @jimmywopo_ was gracious enough to give me an interview when i had the first inklings i wanted to be a full-time writer. he didn’t have to give me that chance or be so humble. Rest In Peace king.
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it wont get as much love as the kendrick verse but future rapping “you a nigga number 1 fan, dawg” is hysterical on levels we cant even begin to reckon with.
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Wemby says Attack Of The Clones Is His 2nd favorite Star Wars film. Spurs might need to rethink things.
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rappers out here getting diamonds placed in their skulls, while over in rock land they debating the merits of smashing guitars. rock n roll ain’t never coming back lmfao.
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i could watch NBA players arguing about their scarf game for eternity.
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i interviewed @trvisXX. it was brief, surreal, & amazing. thanks to trav for graciously taking the time to indulge a stan. lemme know when you’re ready for the sit down lol.
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giving agatha harkness a show is one of the funniest high off your own supply moves in MCU history.
The first trailer for ‘AGATHA ALL ALONG’ has been released. Releasing on September 18 on Disney+
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want to thank y’all for listening to @vanlathan and i this season. spent years thinking id never get to be a tv critic until the @ringer gave me a chance. grateful it happened in time for a show like THE BEAR. final episodes up here:
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