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Balenciaga to Twitter, ‘Thanks, But No Thanks!’

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It has been a hectic couple of weeks for Twitter, which Elon Musk acquired for $44 billion. Top executives have been fired, while others resigned. Today, the fashion house Balenciaga has departed from the social media platform. While they have not given a reason, the announcement came following Twitter’s introduction ( and subsequent removal) of paid account verification. 

On November 9, the platform launched Twitter Blue, a $7.99/month service allowing anyone and everyone to pay for a verification check mark. Internet trolls quickly began to impersonate companies and send out fake tweets. The company’s stock dropped 2.2 percent due to fake tweets. This, coupled with Musk’s emphasis on free speech, has become a massive concern for companies and brands. 

The Paris-based brand declined to comment on the move but confirmed it had removed its page from the platform.

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Soulja Boy Vows To Be The First Rapper To Start A Social Media App After Frustrations With Elon Musk

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Elon Musk has been scrutinized for handling Twitter since purchasing the social media app for $44 billion last month. Since taking over the social media company, he has fired top executives, half of the 7,500 employees, and lessened restrictions across the board. Many have not been too happy with Musk’s decisions; one of those people is Soulja Boy.

Ironically, despite his grievances with Elon Musk, the “Pretty Boy Swag” rapper took to Twitter to air out his frustrations with Musk and say he would be creating his own social media platform.

“Bro leave twitter alone @elonmusk wtf are you doing,” Soulja tweeted. “Wow… I can’t believe this. Fuck it I’m going to create my own app.” “Bye twitter,” he added, “catch me on instagram until my app launches.”

This would continue Soulja Boy’s string of business ventures and probably make him the first rapper to create their own social media company.

Musk purchased Twitter for $44 million last month, after initially backing out of the deal earlier this year, but went forward with the purchase after being sued by Twitter for backing out of the agreement. Musk intends on making his $44 billion investment back even if that means laying off workers and instituting a “Twitter Blue” plan where users can buy a Twitter verification for $8 per month. However, after only a week of availability, Twitter stripped the paid verification system.

“We just definitely need to bring in more cash than we spend,” Musk said, according to The Verge. “If we don’t do that and there’s a massive negative cash flow, then bankruptcy is not out of the question. That is a priority. We can’t scale to 1 billion users and take massive losses along the way. That’s not feasible. I don’t think we will.”

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Soulja Boy Vows To Be The First Rapper To Start A Social Media App After Frustrations With Elon Musk

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Elon Musk has been scrutinized for handling Twitter since purchasing the social media app for $44 billion last month. Since taking over the social media company, he has fired top executives, half of the 7,500 employees, and lessened restrictions across the board. Many have not been too happy with Musk’s decisions; one of those people is Soulja Boy.

Ironically, despite his grievances with Elon Musk, the “Pretty Boy Swag” rapper took to Twitter to air out his frustrations with Musk and say he would be creating his own social media platform.

“Bro leave twitter alone @elonmusk wtf are you doing,” Soulja tweeted. “Wow… I can’t believe this. Fuck it I’m going to create my own app.” “Bye twitter,” he added, “catch me on instagram until my app launches.”

This would continue Soulja Boy’s string of business ventures and probably make him the first rapper to create their own social media company.

Musk purchased Twitter for $44 million last month, after initially backing out of the deal earlier this year, but went forward with the purchase after being sued by Twitter for backing out of the agreement. Musk intends on making his $44 billion investment back even if that means laying off workers and instituting a “Twitter Blue” plan where users can buy a Twitter verification for $8 per month. However, after only a week of availability, Twitter stripped the paid verification system.

“We just definitely need to bring in more cash than we spend,” Musk said, according to The Verge. “If we don’t do that and there’s a massive negative cash flow, then bankruptcy is not out of the question. That is a priority. We can’t scale to 1 billion users and take massive losses along the way. That’s not feasible. I don’t think we will.”

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Elon Musk Instructs Twitter Staff to Change Blue Subscription Service by Nov. 7 or Lose Their Job

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Elon Musk has issued an ultimatum to his Twitter staff: update the Twitter Blue program or get fired.

In a new report from The Verge, Musk asked his employees to change the Twitter Blue program, which will introduce a pay-for-verification service.

Twitter Blue currently costs users $4.99 a month. The change for additional features the program offers would be changed to a new price of $19.99. Users that are currently verified would have 90 days to subscribe or lose their blue checkmark.

In addition, Musk told employees if it is not completed by Nov. 7, they will be fired.

Less than a week as the leader of Twitter, Elon Musk will already have to do some restructuring of the organization. According to CNBC, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal who were based in San Francisco.

The Washington Post added Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust, and safety, was also fired.

The deal was officially completed before the Friday deadline for a sum of $44 billion. The Delaware Chancery Court mandated the Friday deadline for closing the purchase in early October.

A collection of financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, agreed to lend Musk $12.5 billion earlier this year so that he could buy and take private Twitter.

Ahead of the deal closing, Musk showed up to Twitter HQ carrying a sink, creating a moment online he captioned, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”

Former President Donald Trump would hit Truth social and praise the Twitter acquisition.

“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” Trump wrote.

There are currently no details if President Trump will return to the platform.

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Elon Musk Fires CEO and Other Executives As He Takes Over Twitter

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Less than a week as the leader of Twitter, Elon Musk will already have to do some restructuring of the organization. According to CNBC, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal who were based in San Francisco.

The Washington Post added Vijaya Gadde, the head of legal policy, trust, and safety, was also fired.

The deal was officially completed before the Friday deadline for a sum of $44 billion. The Delaware Chancery Court mandated the Friday deadline for closing the purchase in early October.

A collection of financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, agreed to lend Musk $12.5 billion earlier this year so that he could buy and take private Twitter.

Ahead of the deal closing, Musk showed up to Twitter HQ carrying a sink, creating a moment online he captioned, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!”

Former President Donald Trump would hit Truth social and praise the Twitter acquisition.

“I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate our country,” Trump wrote.

There are currently no details if President Trump will return to the platform.

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Twitter Declares Ice Cube’s “No Vaseline” Best Diss Track Of All Time

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Three decades have passed since Ice Cube dissed his former crew members from N.W.A. on “No Vaseline”, but according to Twitter, the Sir Jinx/Ice Cube-produced track from Cube’s Death Certificate LP is now being highlighted as the best diss record of all time.

Hip Hop heads unanimously named “No Vaseline” as the most vicious diss record to date, with Cube throwing shots at the late Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella and Ruthless Records former CEO Jerry Heller. With lines like, “Yella Boy’s on your team, so you’re losin’ / Ay yo Dre, stick to producin’ / Callin’ me Arnold, but you been-a-d*ck / Eazy-E saw your ass and went in it quick,” and “Half-pint bitch, f*ckin’ your homeboys / You little maggot, Eazy-E turned f*ggot,” Ice Cube made one of the most successful exit to solo artist transformations in Hip Hop history.

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Smack/URL Becomes First Sporting Franchise To Trend With Two Hashtags In One Night

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On Saturday, July 9, the Ultimate Rap League (URL) made history with N.O.M.E. 12 at Houston’s Bayou Music Center, becoming the first extreme sporting organization to trend on Twitter at #1 during the same night with two separate hashtags.

Pivotal to topping the United States trending charts was the highly anticipated card curated by Troy “Smack” White, co-owner of the premier battle rap league in the world. His goal was to focus on matchups that would combine various tiers of artistry, present to fans a long-awaited grudge match, and culminate the $100,000 Ultimate Madness 5 tournament series with finalists JC and Swamp.

The two hashtags were: #NOME12 and #NOMEXII

#NOMEXII was trending before the event started. Before long, after-show host Smack announced #NOME12 as the URL hashtag, it started to trend in the number one spot within a half-hour into the show. #NOMEXII consistently ranked, landing at the top position an hour later.

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Snoop Dogg Jokes About Buying Twitter, Twitter Reacts

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Snoop Dogg had the internet in a stir over the weekend when he appeared to throw his hat in the ring to buy Twitter. It came after Elon Musk tweeted his plan to buy the platform is “temporarily on hold” even though he’s “still committed” to following through with the deal.

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Snoop Dogg tweeted saying he might have to buy Twitter now.

Elon Musk tweeted fire emojis in response.

In a thread, the legendary rapper said his first line of business would be to get free internet connections on airplanes. He also said he’s fed up with how the app verifies bots who bug him in his direct messages. Snoop also said he’d immediately give everyone a blue checkmark.

Snoop then started the hashtag #WhenSnoopBuysTwitter and Twitter reacted with their wildest out of the box suggestions for the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper.

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Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Raising Alarm From Black Activists On The Fate Of The App

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Twitter announced Monday they agreed to sell the company to Elon Musk in a roughly $44 billion deal. The NAACP has sent out a plea to the billionaire on Twitter. The Sell On Monday, Twitter announced they agreed to sell the company to Elon Musk in a $44 billion deal that could expand the billionaire’s […]

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Bobby Shmurda Admits To Needing Sex Therapy

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Bobby Shmurda’s sex life was brought to a complete halt back in 2014 when he was arrested and charged with felony criminal possession of a weapon. Despite being on parole until 2026, his February prison release allowed him to return to somewhat of a normal lifestyle but now it’s got to a point where he feels like sex has become an issue.

The Brooklyn rapper took to Twitter on Sunday, November 28th to admit he needs professional help to kick his sex addiction.

“I need sexx therapy #Baddd,” he tweeted. “I need to be stopped lol frfr tho on the set.”

In October, Bobby Shmurda shared a since-deleted video to Instagram giving sex tips to his male followers.

“I’m not trying to be an asshole about it, but I’m saying, you n***s need some WD-40 or some shit bro,” he said in the video. “Like I don’t know, you muthaf***s too stiff. The girls are complaining, bro. You gotta whine out, you gotta hit all angles. She ain’t never going back home trust me.”

According to HipHopDX Bobby Shmurda isn’t the only rapper to open up about sex addiction over the years. In 2019, Kanye West revealed he was previously addicted to porn and had been since five years old.

“Playboy was my gateway into full-on pornography addiction,” he said at the time. “My dad had a Playboy left out at age five and it’s affected almost every choice I made for the rest of my life. From age five ’til now, having to kick the habit, and it just presents itself in the open like it’s okay, and I stand up and say, ‘No, it’s not okay.”

He added, “It’s like with God, I’ve been able to beat things that had full control of me. You know, that Playboy that I found when I was 5 years old was written all over the moment when I was at the MTV Awards with the Timberlands, the Balmain jeans before people was rocking Balmain jeans and the Hennessy bottle. It’s like that was such a script out of a rock star’s life.”

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