A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma..

In the moment...
Unfinished business. ✔️💯
Exclusive: @AppleMusic is producing a documentary on @ChiefKeef called 'The Story of Sosa' trib.al/Zh1omaI
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Legendary, surreal night. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Inside the Obamas' final star-studded party that went on until 4am 🎉 dailym.ai/2i4dGKJ
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Jay Z joined Frank Ocean on his Beats 1 Apple Music (😱) show to discuss the pros and cons of modern radio: trib.al/chnpcsO
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Love it! This hit saved my A&R career at the age of 22. So happy it just got a new life. 🙌🏾 ☺️ forbes.com/sites/ogdenpayne/…
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RIP Fredo Santana. U kids were an inspiration to me. As a matter of fact, you guys WERE like my kids for a period of time. So many memories from signing the squad to making Finally Rich. Felt like moving everyone out to LA would take everyone out of harm’s way in Chicago, but..💔
Hopefully I can be the face to sho niggas to slow down an we got our whole life ahead of us fuck being rock stars gettin high I got ptsd...
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@LanaDelRey @FakeEmile @JohnEhmann Just got word that the Born To Die album is now over three million in sales. Something to appreciate.
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“It was all a dream, I used to read Billboard magazine.” Thank you @billboard. This is a moment. 😌
.@applemusic revealed that as of today there are well over 30 million subscribers. Read more in our cover story: blbrd.cm/2MFP2Z
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For black culture AND so much more.. Thank you @billboard! Quite an acknowledgment on such an important milestone year. x
With Gamma, veteran music executive @LarryJackson is putting $1 billion to work for Black culture 💯 "He’s just able to bring things to life,” says @trvisXX of Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop executive of the year. Read his Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players cover story: blbrd.cm/EpBfDvR
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Is y'all finished or is y'all done..?
Cash Money x Apple Music? 👀 trib.al/xx7fkVa
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All hail King Sosa! 🙌🏾👑🙌🏾 Great story on my adopted son.
i talked to Sosa and @LarryJackson about a lot of stuff
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"I Got 5 On It" :)
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Replying to @ComplexMusic
Frank is a genius. Grammy anointing or not, Blonde was one of the albums of the year. Jay nailed it, the other game is a farce
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"That's a pretty fast f**kin' year flew by..". :)
Looks like Frank Ocean pissed off the head of Universal. Now UMG wants to ban all exclusive streaming deals trib.al/DuGygIo
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Collaboration is key; imagination is everything. Thanks @jack and @kayvz !! 🤝🔥
"It’s been amazing to see the conversation on Twitter before a @Verzuz battle, and what goes down during and after.” @Jack Dorsey wp.me/p2WgDE-1lyNU0
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Dream team, supreme team. 💪🏾🔥✔️
Drake’s More Life was streamed 300 million times on Apple Music in its first week theverge.com/2017/3/25/15056…
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Thank you @AdWeek! What a wonderfully weird, great acknowledgement. ☺️ This was a home cooked meal. All ingredients were from scratch, per usual. No agency. 💡✍🏾
.@djkhaled stunned by his son’s business acumen in wonderfully weird Apple Music spot: adweek.it/2v3Wj2C
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Do you what you love. Run through a brick wall for it. It's worth it.
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"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." — Eleanor Roosevelt
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"Believe in yourself. Study the greats, and become greater" - Michael Jackson
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Thank you for hearing me out with an open heart and an open mind and clearing this speech for us. 🙏🏾 It certainly means just as much today as it did when it was given to Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia back in 1967. Poignant and powerful. ✨
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Hmmm, I quite enjoyed 2016. A rich, colorful year marked by deep struggle yet memorable success. Here's to more..! Happy New Year, 2017.✨🙏🏾🚀
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“Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.” — David Geffen
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of when Miles Davis began recording "Kind of Blue." Read the story of how the masterpiece was created: ow.ly/k12I30nTnRv
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I usually cringe when I read back what I've spoken on record for, however, @thefader captured it right. Thank U! :)
The minds behind Apple Music explain how What A Time To Be Alive became a global moment. thefader.com/2015/09/27/appl…
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.@Diddy works on the marketing plan for his "Cant Stop, Wont Stop" movie with @AppleMusic executive @LarryJackson! 🎥👍💯
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Replying to @billboard
No. 7: Eddy Cue, David Dorn, Jimmy Iovine, Larry Jackson & Robert Kondrk #Power100 blbrd.cm/3wp6pA
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Apple Music is on the verge of overtaking Spotify in U.S. paid subscribers on.wsj.com/2EHe3EQ
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In a constant and perpetual state of "sorry for the late reply". The ideas are that voluminous, the work is that plentiful.. 🏃🏾🚀
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Pushing past playlisting propaganda and fancy billboards, nothing will ever beat the resonance of powerful storytelling + narrative content.
If You Live In a Blue State, You Probably Haven’t Seen This Apple Music Ad ow.ly/v6Wt50d8Gr2
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Kaskade eclipses Radiohead tonight by far at Coachella. The cultural tide has turned. Just my humble little observation.
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Thank you @nytimes for the acknowledgement! Love the story, and stand behind every word. @joecoscarelli, you're a ⭐️
A chat with the quietly influential pair of executives behind some of the year's most notable pop music moments nyti.ms/2hXtM7g
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What an awesome collaborative experience! You guys are such an inspiration. 🙌🏾
So proud to have worked with @LarryJackson @MattxRed @danielwillims and @Emma4Change to write this. I can't wait for y'all to see it tomorrow 😊
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Me and my brother @anthonymandler back at it with new creative advertising work. 🔥🇺🇸 #range
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Great conversation about clarity in your work/sleep, chasing purpose, going all in with people. Really loved how unapologetic ⁦@LarryJackson⁩ has become over time through hard work and following intuition. If you have 15min, start this... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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“There’s something about the night. It’s smaller. It lets you think.”
President Obama calls himself a "night guy." Here's what he does after dark: nyti.ms/29de4oL
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"Always felt that tomorrow is for those who are too much afraid to go past yesterday and start living for today." — Songs In The Key of Life
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So gratified to see the great reception from the fans + critics for the @candiceglover album. #1 on iTunes R&B chart! j.mp/MawULc
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Amen! 🙌🏾 Great letter. Brilliant, astute and kind. Love everything about it.
Sinatra at 74 gave George Michael advice: "Those who have talent must hug it, embrace it, nurture it and share it" thr.cm/Zxn7Ym
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A master class in patience and persistence. :)
Frank Ocean releases new visual album called Endless on Apple Music cnb.cx/2b8QJ4u
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Flattered is an understatement. Thank you!! You are at the pinnacle of culture @mylestanzer and @nomizeichner. ✨🙏🏾✨
Wrote about @LarryJackson and his wizardry for our list of 22 people who show us where culture is going. thefader.com/2016/12/22/most…
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Whitney's biopic was awful. 👎 My friend's journey was much more colorful and dynamic, and I KNOW she would not have wanted it told that way.
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Ummm yes, I did indeed! No exaggeration. 😳🤓✔️ nitter.app/andrewliebchen/status/…
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Future. Drake. DJ Khaled. Frank Ocean. And now, Travis Scott. nyti.ms/2cjhFh9
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As much as one craves to know the truth, there's actually a truer virtue in being blissfully unaware, esp when the truth cuts like a knife.
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A curriculum that tackles pure hate and bigotry. Empathy and tolerance should be required learning. The ABCs aren't enough.
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1.5b now to be exact. :)
Drake’s “Views” is the first album to reach 1 billion streams on Apple Music goo.gl/HlywEU
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Thank you @WSJ and Hannah Karp. You guys got it right. ☺️👌🏾
How Apple sold a million Drake albums in five days on.wsj.com/1T6dS6Z
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R.I.P. Q! You were a real one, my friend. Your impact on the culture was incalculable. ✨ 🙌🏾✨
Report: WorldStarHipHop founder Lee "Q" O'Denat has died. thefader.com/2017/01/24/worl…
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Thank you @AdWeek! This is so cool. Still scratching my head on how I stumbled into advertising. @anthonymandler 👍🏾
Adweek picks the 10 best ads of 2016: adweek.it/2hn8uzG
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I gotta say @AZEALIABANKS is one of the funniest people I know. Follow her!
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O.K., I'm a bit biased but @CandiceGlover has one of the best R&B songs out right now. "Cried" is awesome. I challenge anyone to hate on it.
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@CandiceGlover Lovin' your album. Going over mix after mix at home right now. R&B fans won't be disappointed. Really good stuff. Congrats!
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We might (finally) be getting a new Frank Ocean album buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvilles…
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Jimmy Iovine on the future of Apple Music & why everyone is getting everything wrong blbrd.cm/wmTRVk
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Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Third-Largest Debut of 2016 blbrd.cm/ATfFuG
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Much appreciated @fastcompany ! 🙏🏾
Watch Drake pump iron to Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" in a new @AppleMusic ad buff.ly/2gbzuE2
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Larry Jackson, Apple Music’s head of content, produced and wrote the Drake's #PleaseForgiveMe short film. thefader.com/2016/09/26/cred…
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R&B/Hip-Hop Briefs: Apple's Larry Jackson, Icon Clarence Avant to Be Honored; Rodney Jerkins Signs New Act blbrd.cm/V47VUE
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Thank you @RollingStone! 🎯🔥🚀
Inside the megadeals that Apple Music hopes will win the streaming war rol.st/29m5nEb
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"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 🔄🔄
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I can't believe @106kmel fired @ChuyGomez. Wow, what a fool-hearted decision. He's a radio legend. I hope the Bay petitions. #YayArea
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Thank you so much for having me @GK3. It was such an inspiring day! You guys rock. Be back soon.. ✨✨✨
honored to host @LarryJackson today for @facebookdesign lecture series 🙌
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A great snapshot of the mechanics of modern day songwriting. It's a business, and I miss it. ☺️ — nypost.com/2015/10/04/your-f…
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@LarryJackson, @zanelowe, @SaintBoz interview talks ambitions, goals for Apple Music appleinsider.com/articles/17…
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Frank Ocean’s mysterious new video only works in Safari. #BoysDontCry thefader.com/2016/08/01/fran…
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Replying to @GMA
Thank you @GMA & @ABC! 😄 “@GMA: @kennychesney tells @RebeccaJarvis about his latest collaboration with Apple Music! abcn.ws/1mgbBuI
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It's the foundation of psychotherapy. And the root in this instance is a curriculum from our first, formative days of elementary school.
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Dope! Thank you @billboard. 😌🙏🏾
Billboard's 2016 #DigitalPowerPlayers List: The industry leaders shaping the game blbrd.cm/RaFsqO
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"Something I’m hyper-aware of is protecting my own flame. We burn and sustain for whatever level of time we do in our lives, but a simple breeze or gust could really blow it out." - @AppleMusic's Head of Content @LarryJackson on the @thrive Global Podcast. ow.ly/AMy030mfY7W
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..thus penetrating the psyche of a nation long in denial. I'm of the mindset that you attack a chronic issue at its root.
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Like milk and other of-the-moment perishables, "cool" always spoils. It's the law of life, and artistic gravity. But classic rules, forever.
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Fruitvale Station is a MUST see! WOW. Powerful film. I predict Best Picture nomination. An Oscar for Oscar's story. #BayArea
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Filmed an incredible commercial today with Mike Tyson. Everything was great until I said something… instagram.com/p/mJjSb0kdr5/
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"Run hard when it's hard to run" — Paavo Nurmi
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The Times They Are a-Changin'. 📱>📀
Best Buy to pull CDs from shelves; Target could be next thefader.com/2018/02/02/best…
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Powerful piece, Shaka. You captured the essence and emotion of our visit on Friday with an eloquent vividness. ✨🙌🏾✨
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Thank you!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Premiere at the MoCA L.A. tonight. 🔥
Wow. Y'all please watch @sampha music short film #PROCESS. So far, the best of the year.
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NYC > LA. ⚡️
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Incredible! Legendary. Thank you. Wow. 🙌🏾
Shout out to @LarryJackson that was fun my dude..
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This NY Times op-ed piece is a MUST read! Smart, insightful and well-written. RT @NYT Love People, Not Pleasure nyti.ms/1rnCr3I
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If you want it, seize it. There's no later, only now. There is no tomorrow, only today.
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"As human beings we are given access to the infinite, but we have to work for it; it doesn't come for free." @TheToolsBook Great book!! 🙏🏾❤️
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🙌🏾⚡️🙌🏾 The OG speaks..
These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. facebook.com/theDanRather/po…
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Thank you @complex for giving us a great platform to talk about the paradigm shift at hand in the business of music. complex.com/music/2017/01/za…
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Favorite video I've made thus far at @applemusic. @romain_gavras you're a genius! This is everything I'm about. 🔥🔥
Watch Jamie xx's mesmerizing "Gosh" video, directed by Romain Gavras rol.st/29xNsu3
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Our prisons lock up too many people + ruin lives. We can’t afford that. Join me + demand #JusticeReformNOW #cut50: chn.ge/1LbnBBT
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@LanaDelRey @fakeemile @johnehmann Wild ride indeed! It's also close to 5 million in digital single sales. Always great sharing good news.
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Thank you, Jeff! :)
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Real recognize real. Welcome to the family @ChiefKeef yfrog.com/g0x3hcnj
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Henry Thoreau
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There has been a deep rooted issue in our communities relationship with law enforcement— in particular since our emancipation in 1863.
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Replying to @JessicaESanchez
@JessicaESanchez Sitting here in the studio listening to your album right now, lil' lady. Quite, quite good! Hit me.
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