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in 2011, we spent 24 hours in DC w/ @kendricklamar, @ScHoolboyQ, @MixedByAli and dave free..
..and bryan sona and lucas farrar documented it for @MadburyClub
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ernie dapped up raphael saadiq like they been locked in for a couple decades
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2013 @trvisXX came to my house in NE DC on irving st
he played me YEEZUS before rick rubin reduced it
then i drove him to my parents house in rockville so he could finish editing the "UPPER ECHELON" video
i had to go back to portland for work, so i left him there.
true story
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this is culturally inappropriate…
beefing w/ somebody rn but felt like having fun with it so i texted them a poignant response to their last message using every song title from @clipse’s LET GOD SORT EM OUT.
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the coldest man to ever do it, straight up. everything i’m doing now is cuz of this dude. i wish i was half as cool as him. all the things we were supposed to get into. grateful for the memories, devastated that making new ones ends here.
rest easy my boy. i love you.
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i walked @Wale into jay-z's office when i interned at def jam, and i saw in real-time, quite literally the beginning of his career in the big leagues
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the @GRAMMYMuseum has established the Quinn Coleman Memorial Fund, which is dedicated to increasing access & pathways into the music industry for aspiring Black music creators & professionals.
he’s been dreaming about creating a fund like this for years.
grammymuseum.org/support/qui…
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too old for tik tok, too young for facebook, too weird for linkedin, not weird enough for reddit, too ugly for instagram…where will i go now
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joined @defjam’s newly formed creative team 🎨 a full circle moment, as my first music industry experience came as an a&r intern there 15 yrs ago
🧱 1st project: conceptualized, produced + executed @PUSHA_T’s pop-up experience w/ @somewheredc in my hometown - dc 🏛
🎥 @cckase
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i share all that to say
if you have stuff you wanna do, you gotta just do it.
if you put your mind to doing a thing, it'll happen cuz everything you do, consciously or unconsciously will push you toward that thing.
just...figure out what the "thing" is.
the rest is easy.
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losing a best friend or a business partner is obviously devastating. but losing both at the same time? damn.
ain't been the same since august 16, so i wrote some words to help cope. if you knew him, hopefully these words help you too.
linkedin.com/pulse/losing-yo…
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it’s so common for companies to put resources into recruiting ppl of color & then put no resources into really retaining them or supporting them in the roles they have so that they will stay w/ the organization
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grief changes shape, but it never ends
ppl have a misconception that you can deal w/ it and say, "it's gone and i'm better" but they're wrong
when people you love are gone, you're alone
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we made it to the front page of @latimes this weekend!
s/o @swangworldwide and the whole swang gang ⛳️
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best show i ever been to?
@FATMANKEY, oct 2013. NW DC (bloomingdale). house party show. maybe 75 ppl? way too many for a house.
i'm pretty sure the floor almost broke when he played "RECOUP"
s/o @keiopensdoors and whoever promoted this for bringing my favorite rapper to DC.
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myspace era was crazy cuz you had a direct connection to artists
i chatted with kid cudi, lupe, wale, cole, and drake on there, amongst others, just as a 18-year-old fan
all of those convos led to something - beat placement, radio show interviews, or IRL friendships
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picked 'em up from DCA, took 'em to the diner in adams morgan and jerry's carry out. watched Q roll endless blunts, while dot and ali rehearsed their set on the roof repeatedly until it was flawless
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tyler, the creator is the most influential out
especially in terms of how artists build out their creative worlds and roll out their projects
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if you know me you know i'm top 10 chamillionaire fans of all time.
i met him at a storage unit, where he was storing...rims. no joke.
now he's like. in my world lol
i just can't stress enough how weird life is. when you have a vision, things just start happening
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i love how swamp izzo all of a sudden became the carti whisperer! he was all over future and young scooter tapes like 10+ years ago
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this experience changed the trajectory of our lives, from music-loving college grads, unsure of our futures, to visionaries, music executives, and honestly, local legends lol
crazy how it all started w/ a college radio show at @BostonCollege
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in college, me and quinn had a radio show called DC to BC that evolved into a blog
we did a lot but my fav thing we did is @KiDCuDi 's first radio interview EVER
i found him on myspace interning. heard day n nite, got obsessed, i msg'd him to come on air
he said "sure"
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i honestly sometimes feel like the black forrest gump. a fly in the wall in some of culture's biggest moments. out of all of them, this was my favorite.
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probably the best day of my life
cuz we just came up w/ something and did it and it changed dc forever idc if you think otherwise
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i’m not big on sharing private convos cuz i think it’s crazy to put somebody out there when they’re not expecting it
but this man’s old tweets are atrocious so i figured i’d use this as a teachable moment
this is the whitest, most ridiculous response ever!!!
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i'm cleaning out my laptop so i can save $ on iCloud+ so that's why i'm dumping all these photos out. i have 12 more years to go, pls spare me just enjoy the ride
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i wanna spend like a month or two reading and learning all the shit i wanna learn without distractions
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be nice to everybody you pass on your way up
cuz you just might have to pass em again on your way down
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new work for @Spotify @OurFrequency
we were tapped to conceptualize, creative direct, + curate an elevated gifting experience, celebrating + amplifying black-owned brands and creatives.
we built a custom, sustainable wood + acrylic cabinet, dubbed the "FREQUENCY SPEAKER".
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me for @joefreshgoods x @newbalance 900v4 “1998”
“a visual representation of me talking to my younger self, the kid who wanted the life he has now.” - JFG
directed by @JoshuaKissi
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wale b-day function @ park w/ spitta and wiz
@AnwarCarrots easily the GOAT, him and @joshtonpeas made the young veggies x trillectro tee happen
pulled up to @MacMiller and @Innerviewq crib! S/O Q! ppl don't know. he's a LEGEND
@PATisDOPE before his shop, he ran youtube
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just found 40K photos from ‘07 & beyond
- def jam intern era
- dctobc era
- super broke era
- complex mag intern era
- promoter era
- trillectro era
- portland/nike era
- la era
- 💿 label era
- forgot who i was era
now i remember. i was so lit
dropping photos all 2022
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joined @defjam in 2022 as VP of creative 🎨
used to intern there in '06!
🧱 1st project: conceptualized, produced + executed
@PUSHA_T’s "IT'S ALMOST DRY" pop-up experience w/ @somewheredc for pharrell's @sitw
did this all 7 days like craig david
🎥 by @cckase
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prolly got 1000+ solid ideas scribbled in notepads, google docs, my notes app, etc
but ideas w/ out execution..
..are just ideas
this phase of life is focused on building teams and collaborating to execute the best ideas i got
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you slow and not as hip. it's ok. lmk when you get your life together we can talk about a plan back to stability
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lord pls give me the confidence of somebody who has never built anything writing advice threads on how to build a startup
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that was a force but somehow she didn't realize. she still doesn't know. i swear to god if she sees this she will kill me but i had to do it. it's worth the drama.
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i used to drink a bunch of ginger beer but it’s been one month since i had a drop
i wanna share some of the changes i’ve observed in myself over that time:
- my health is unchanged
- i’m less happy
- my one source of joy is gone
thx for encouraging me on this journey
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sup! looking for a brilliant assistant/intern.
must be LA-based, mobile, a self-starter w/ good taste and a good understanding of popular culture.
somebody savvy w/ editing content is IDEAL
if you know somebody who might be a good fit for this, lmk!
LOS ANGELES BASED ONLY!
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second, it reminds me of the other issue i have with web3/crypto twitter: NOT ENOUGH DIVERSITY
most of the shit is hella entitled bros talking all day w/ reckless abandon and no self-awareness
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nick kroll's comedy special on netflix made me cry laughing to the point where i was concerned
i miss laughing that hard
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criminally underrated project, this shit is still crazy and phil killed everything from the concept to the flows and melodies
had baby on a feature before it was trendy
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btwn k dot and dave's pgLang, donald's Gilga, and charles' MACRO..
..black art + entertainment bout to hit a crazy renaissance
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we did our thing and had fun during our run. we changed dc culture forever. we had an incredible team and learned a bunch. proud of our contributions to the DMV and love to all the support.
s/o @BroccoliCity! fire lineup. if they win, the city wins
RIP @SpicoliDCtoBC 🤙🏿
I’m sitting here randomly thinking like…..what the hell ever happened to Trillectro? Lol them niggas walked so Broccoli fest could run
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i'm infuriated for a few reasons.
first, it's the audacity, or maybe, the caucacity, of the tweet. why even say that, like that? it comes across as belittling, regardless of the sentiment he was tryna convey
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tv + movies to watch/catch up on:
🍑 atlanta
✂️ severance
🔝 top boy
🐝 yellowjackets
🍕 licorish pizza
👩🏾🏫 abbott elementary
👑 bel-air
💎 righteous gemstones
🏀 winning time
🦇 the batman (again)
📈 industry
🐺 raised by wolves
what am i missing?
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ok i'm done for the nite lol
one day i'll tell you about how i got this star trak chain tho 🖖🏿
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50 cent: "now it 's clear that i'm here for a real reason.."
12 year old me: "CUZ HE GOT HIT ILKE I GOT HIT, BUT HE AIN'T FUCKIN' BREATHIN.
🗣️ MANY MEN!"
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joined @livenation’s #NEXTGEN advisory council, in partnership w/ @solaicantec to produce south LA’s first student-led music festival 🎡
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fader called us one of the creative collectives that are changing the way music is made - still nuts to me
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Spicoli Scramble Golf Tournament Raises Over $20,000 in Memory of Quinn Coleman billboard.com/music/music-ne… via @billboard
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i like the analogy and i hear you. i think it’s a place for artists to get off records that don’t fit on their own projects, or to collaborate with artists they probably wouldn’t otherwise
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i feel like there was a moment in time where DCtoBC.com mattered and was stamping the fuck outta everybody who now is a household name
Whose co-sign mattered the most to you during the Blog Era? NahRight, 2DopeBoyz, Kanye, Wayne, for example.
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i remember trel rehearsing for our show w/ reesa renee’s band. he was late bc his gf (forgot her name but whoever the most popular stripper in dc was at the time) stabbed him in the thigh
he came to rehearsal, open wound and all and crooned like marvin gaye on the mic no lie
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