Jayson Rodriguez
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Please Tyler Don't Hurt 'Em
With his new dance-inspired LP, the Odd Future founder proves his rap peers can't touch him.
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It goes w/o saying Tyler, The Creator is a creature of Al Gore’s internet. Surely he saw the viral post/subsequent convo after a DJ said he couldn’t play any hip-hop from the past five years or no one will dance. His response: Stop, Tyler time.
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Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
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It's ironic that an industry being funded by billions each year has to be subsidized by starving artists.
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's ironic that an industry being funded by billions each year has to be subsidized by starving artists.
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Once again, if an industry cannot exist without stealing, that is an argument against the industry, not an argument for stealing.
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Once again, if an industry cannot exist without stealing, that is an argument against the industry, not an argument for stealing.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”
Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
the core of MAGA government is giving resentful mediocrities to power to act as tyrants and dominate others
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Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.
SCOOP
I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US.
He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days
www.wired.com/story/purgat...
I spoke to the leader of the 764-linked swatting group that is behind the recent spare of hoax active shooter calls at university campuses across the US.
He claims to have earned $100,000 in the space of just six days
www.wired.com/story/purgat...
This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities
WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools.
www.wired.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Seems like the kind of thing federal agents could handle if they weren’t busy tracking down America’s most wanted DoorDash delivery drivers in DC.
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Republicans keep telling us not to "politicize" these shootings, but that's only because they understand that these shootings were entirely motivated by the political arguments they themselves have been making and entirely facilitated by the political campaign against gun control that they have led.
The Minneapolis shooter was apparently a fan of several mass murderers who were motivated by the same "Great Replacement Theory" that has pretty much taken over the Republican Party.
After showing his guns emblazoned with racial slurs, far-right slogans, Minneapolis shooting suspect displayed a message "Hail Breivik. Hail Brenton."
Neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed 77 in Norway in 2011. Brenton Tarrant killed 51 in shootings at 2 mosques in New Zealand in 2019.
Neo-Nazi Anders Breivik killed 77 in Norway in 2011. Brenton Tarrant killed 51 in shootings at 2 mosques in New Zealand in 2019.
August 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Republicans keep telling us not to "politicize" these shootings, but that's only because they understand that these shootings were entirely motivated by the political arguments they themselves have been making and entirely facilitated by the political campaign against gun control that they have led.
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It goes w/o saying Tyler, The Creator is a creature of Al Gore’s internet. Surely he saw the viral post/subsequent convo after a DJ said he couldn’t play any hip-hop from the past five years or no one will dance. His response: Stop, Tyler time.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
Please Tyler Don't Hurt 'Em
With his new dance-inspired LP, the Odd Future founder proves his rap peers can't touch him.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info
August 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It goes w/o saying Tyler, The Creator is a creature of Al Gore’s internet. Surely he saw the viral post/subsequent convo after a DJ said he couldn’t play any hip-hop from the past five years or no one will dance. His response: Stop, Tyler time.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It goes w/o saying Tyler, The Creator is a creature of Al Gore’s internet. Surely he saw the viral post/subsequent convo after a DJ said he couldn’t play any hip-hop from the past five years or no one will dance. His response: Stop, Tyler time.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
Please Tyler Don't Hurt 'Em
With his new dance-inspired LP, the Odd Future founder proves his rap peers can't touch him.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info
August 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It goes w/o saying Tyler, The Creator is a creature of Al Gore’s internet. Surely he saw the viral post/subsequent convo after a DJ said he couldn’t play any hip-hop from the past five years or no one will dance. His response: Stop, Tyler time.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/tyler-the-...
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Backseat Freestyle
Your weekly hip-hop cypher. Featuring an original essay + curated links to new music, good reads, music videos and pod recommendations. Fresh every Friday!
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August 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🚙 The Clipse Conversation: What does Pusha T & Malice's press run reveal about hip-hop journalism? Dive into the latest issue of Backseat Freestyle! Subscribe & share! backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/the-clipse... #HipHop #Newsletter #Clipse
The Clipse Conversation
What Pusha T and Malice's press run says about the state of hip-hop journalism.
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July 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚙 The Clipse Conversation: What does Pusha T & Malice's press run reveal about hip-hop journalism? Dive into the latest issue of Backseat Freestyle! Subscribe & share! backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/the-clipse... #HipHop #Newsletter #Clipse
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The Clipse Conversation
What Pusha T and Malice's press run says about the state of hip-hop journalism.
backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info
July 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚙 The Clipse Conversation: What does Pusha T & Malice's press run reveal about hip-hop journalism? Dive into the latest issue of Backseat Freestyle! Subscribe & share! backseatfreestyle.jaysonrodriguez.info/p/the-clipse... #HipHop #Newsletter #Clipse
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke: By Hanif Abdurraqib
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...
July 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke: By Hanif Abdurraqib
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...
www.newyorker.com/news/essay/z...
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Rather than spoon-feed you the same major label albums you already know about, CABBAGES presents an all-new-to-you midyear feast of independent and underground rap music from the past six months. You're welcome.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/ten-2025-rap...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/ten-2025-rap...
Ten 2025 Rap Albums You Haven't Heard—But Should
Add handpicked records by C-Red, Dobey Dobe, Eddie Valero, and more to your Best Of The Year So Far listening.
www.cabbageshiphop.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Rather than spoon-feed you the same major label albums you already know about, CABBAGES presents an all-new-to-you midyear feast of independent and underground rap music from the past six months. You're welcome.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/ten-2025-rap...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/ten-2025-rap...
A manifesto for 2025
it’s getting harder and harder to tell the difference between who’s kidding and who’s stupid
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A manifesto for 2025
Hip Hop Riddle for my OG hip hop fans... Give me the lyric and name the song! (Difficulty Level: Easy)
July 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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one of the projects of the court is to expand the ability of states to pursue reactionary ends and constrain the ability of the federal government to set minimum standards *or* of democratic-led states to expand upon existing rights
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
one of the projects of the court is to expand the ability of states to pursue reactionary ends and constrain the ability of the federal government to set minimum standards *or* of democratic-led states to expand upon existing rights
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On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On Friday night, we walked the length of Manhattan, from Inwood Hill to Battery Park.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
New Yorkers deserve a Mayor they can see, hear, even yell at. The city is in the streets.
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AOC: If Senator Fetterman or anybody else is concerned with law and order, we should be looking at one of the most law breaking agencies and administrations that we've seen in the United States.
June 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
AOC: If Senator Fetterman or anybody else is concerned with law and order, we should be looking at one of the most law breaking agencies and administrations that we've seen in the United States.
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I was in downtown #losangeles at the beginning of this week. The streets had a way different feel from what’s been on my screens. No signs of insurrection just love and peace. For more check out this full post open.substack.com/pub/baratund...
June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was in downtown #losangeles at the beginning of this week. The streets had a way different feel from what’s been on my screens. No signs of insurrection just love and peace. For more check out this full post open.substack.com/pub/baratund...
This was an interesting headline choice, as if to almost say bullets just happened to hit her rather than someone (maybe...an officer, perhaps) shot said reporter. This is not how we learned to write in journalism school, by the way.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
Reporter Covering LA Protests Hit by Rubber Bullet During Live TV Broadcast
In one episode in downtown Los Angeles, an Australian television journalist was struck when an officer fired a nonlethal projectile while she was on the air.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was an interesting headline choice, as if to almost say bullets just happened to hit her rather than someone (maybe...an officer, perhaps) shot said reporter. This is not how we learned to write in journalism school, by the way.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/u...
Clearly a talented journalist, said something that was truthful, but two things: 1) Clowns whining (not gonna call it bad faith arguments) and 2) this premise of unbiasedness instead of pursuit of truth is wrecking journalism.
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Clearly a talented journalist, said something that was truthful, but two things: 1) Clowns whining (not gonna call it bad faith arguments) and 2) this premise of unbiasedness instead of pursuit of truth is wrecking journalism.
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The U.S. government is spending $134 million dollars to deploy troops in America while veterans sleep on the streets.
June 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The U.S. government is spending $134 million dollars to deploy troops in America while veterans sleep on the streets.