Mark Chappelle
@markchappelle.bsky.social
Writer. Ethnomusicologist. Professional introvert. Recovering overthinker. Defector from the petty wars that shell-shock love away. ✍🏾 linktr.ee/markchappelle
"Uptown" is nominated for a Grammy and deserves to win. Easily my personal fave of Vantablack: Expansion Pack!
Albumism’s @markchappelle.bsky.social has selected Lalah Hathaway’s ‘VANTABLACK: EXPANSION PACK’ as one of his 10 favorite albums of 2025 | Explore the other albums featured in his Top 10 + all of our writers’ picks here: album.ink/WritersFaves25 @lalahhathaway.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"Uptown" is nominated for a Grammy and deserves to win. Easily my personal fave of Vantablack: Expansion Pack!
Can't do that if she never made it in there. Sorry.
Delete maga minaj from your music library NOW 🔫
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Can't do that if she never made it in there. Sorry.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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Santa-clad activists steal supermarket food in cost of living protest
Santa-clad activists steal supermarket food in cost of living protest
Santa-clad activists steal supermarket food in cost of living protest
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Santa-clad activists steal supermarket food in cost of living protest
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I wrote this about Meshell’s amazing Bitter album.
Good, Great or Masterpiece? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/MNBitter
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I wrote this about Meshell’s amazing Bitter album.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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A credit card company will charge 30% interest and tell you to watch out for scams. Bitch, YOU'RE the scam.
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A credit card company will charge 30% interest and tell you to watch out for scams. Bitch, YOU'RE the scam.
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**NEW HEAT!!!!**
Zo! & Tall Black Guy- "Keep Him Satisfied" (feat. Sy Smith)
Produced by Zo! x Tall Black Guy x 14KT
www.catapultdistribution.com/magnet/Zo%21...
Zo! & Tall Black Guy- "Keep Him Satisfied" (feat. Sy Smith)
Produced by Zo! x Tall Black Guy x 14KT
www.catapultdistribution.com/magnet/Zo%21...
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
**NEW HEAT!!!!**
Zo! & Tall Black Guy- "Keep Him Satisfied" (feat. Sy Smith)
Produced by Zo! x Tall Black Guy x 14KT
www.catapultdistribution.com/magnet/Zo%21...
Zo! & Tall Black Guy- "Keep Him Satisfied" (feat. Sy Smith)
Produced by Zo! x Tall Black Guy x 14KT
www.catapultdistribution.com/magnet/Zo%21...
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Happy 55th Anniversary to this Christmas classic by the legendary Donny Hathaway 🕊
🗣We're caroling through the night 🎄🎁
🗣We're caroling through the night 🎄🎁
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy 55th Anniversary to this Christmas classic by the legendary Donny Hathaway 🕊
🗣We're caroling through the night 🎄🎁
🗣We're caroling through the night 🎄🎁
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"I do but you're interrupting my 'me time." Then i tell them the manager is my dad so he won't fire me. And i end with "now fuck off. You're annoying me."
Black People: When you're out shopping and someone asks "Do you work here?" What do you say? 🤔🤔🤔
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"I do but you're interrupting my 'me time." Then i tell them the manager is my dad so he won't fire me. And i end with "now fuck off. You're annoying me."
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If i could sing like this, i would never speak. I'd sing everything. "Hellooooo...good morning...would you like some coffeeeEeee yeah yeah...yay yeahhh"
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If i could sing like this, i would never speak. I'd sing everything. "Hellooooo...good morning...would you like some coffeeeEeee yeah yeah...yay yeahhh"
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Who did the body?
Currently at the funeral for the penny, happening at the Lincoln Memorial:
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Who did the body?
It's still a shame that these two didn't get along enough to duet. It's Saturday morning. Our houses could've been SO much cleaner if they had.
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's still a shame that these two didn't get along enough to duet. It's Saturday morning. Our houses could've been SO much cleaner if they had.
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Most times I roll my eyes and walk away. Occasionally I point out to them that most stores don’t allow employees to wear shorts and Crocs.
Black People: When you're out shopping and someone asks "Do you work here?" What do you say? 🤔🤔🤔
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Most times I roll my eyes and walk away. Occasionally I point out to them that most stores don’t allow employees to wear shorts and Crocs.
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Depends on the person asking, how they ask, and my mood. Black people get much more polite responses: I may even try to help them. Others get anything from a glare to a response that lets them know not to ask that question to anyone of color without a nametag.
Black People: When you're out shopping and someone asks "Do you work here?" What do you say? 🤔🤔🤔
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Depends on the person asking, how they ask, and my mood. Black people get much more polite responses: I may even try to help them. Others get anything from a glare to a response that lets them know not to ask that question to anyone of color without a nametag.
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“This is a Nike outlet and I’m wearing a Michael Kors bag and jeans. Let’s think about that for a minute, sir”
Black People: When you're out shopping and someone asks "Do you work here?" What do you say? 🤔🤔🤔
December 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“This is a Nike outlet and I’m wearing a Michael Kors bag and jeans. Let’s think about that for a minute, sir”
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The way I ran into Ulta after leaving the gym, LOOKING LIKE I JUST LEFT THE GYM. And a yt woman asks if I worked there...... I just stared at her until she walked away
Black People: When you're out shopping and someone asks "Do you work here?" What do you say? 🤔🤔🤔
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The way I ran into Ulta after leaving the gym, LOOKING LIKE I JUST LEFT THE GYM. And a yt woman asks if I worked there...... I just stared at her until she walked away
This joint right here??? 🔥
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This joint right here??? 🔥
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This happened to me literally twice in the SAME store today! Neither of them even asked, they just started saying what they needed 🙄😒
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This happened to me literally twice in the SAME store today! Neither of them even asked, they just started saying what they needed 🙄😒
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