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MusicJAY-Z "N**** WHAT, N**** WHO (ORIGINATOR 99)" ft. Big Jaz & Amil — Available Now on Streaming
Big Jaz — the Brooklyn mentor who put Hov on — reunites with JAY-Z and Roc-A-Fella's Amil on this late '90s classic, now finally available across all major streaming platforms.
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PlaidPlaid Valued at $8B in Employee Share Sale
Plaid just raised its valuation to $8 billion through a tender offer, giving employees liquidity without an IPO — and AI firms now make up 20% of its newest customers.
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OpenAIOpenAI Raises $110B in the Largest Private Funding Round in History
OpenAI just closed a $110B funding round — backed by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank — at a $730B pre-money valuation, making it the largest private tech fundraise ever recorded.
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uristocratThe Uristocrat Intelligence Brief: February 22–28, 2026
Block shed over 4,000 jobs while posting 24% profit growth — and a fictional AI memo briefly tanked markets. Here's everything that mattered this week, with context for your career and wallet.
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SneakersPatta Announces Nike Air Max 1 "Hyper Crimson" Launch For March 6th
Patta's Nike Air Max 1 'Hyper Crimson' arrives March 6th, 2026 — featuring the brand's signature Waves mudguard, a Dutch Orange nod, and gold bracelets bearing the Surinamese flag honoring Patta's co-founders.
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uristocratThe Daily Dispatch: Fragment x Union Jordan 1 Wide Release, Suns Edge Lakers, Meta's TPU Move & Android 17 Updates
Royce O'Neale's 0.9-second three-pointer ended the Lakers' 12-point lead for good — and that's just sports. The Fragment x Union Jordan 1 wide release, Meta's Google TPU deal, and Scrubs' return all land today.
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Paper.design Is Betting That the Design-Code Gap Is a Tooling Problem
Paper.design's founding thesis: the design-to-engineering fidelity gap isn't an org problem — it's a file format problem. Every canvas element is already production-ready JSX before anyone hits export.
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NBAHawks' Magic City Night Cancelled by NBA — What It Means for the League's Cultural Ambitions
The Atlanta Hawks planned the most Atlanta night in NBA history — T.I. at halftime, lemon pepper wings, and a live podcast with Magic City's founder. The league shut it down.
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FashionFear of God x Barkley L. Hendricks for the NBA
Barkley L. Hendricks made a separate body of abstract work about basketball — hoops, nets, the geometry of the ball. Fear of God built an entire NBA collection around it.
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Paramount Set to Acquire Warner Bros. Discovery as Netflix Walks Away from Bidding War
Paramount Skydance outbid Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111B all-cash deal — absorbing HBO, CNN, DC Entertainment, and a studio bigger than Disney.
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FashionAimé Leon Dore Spring / Summer '26 Uniform
ALD's SS26 Uniform builds on last year's reintroduction with a Micro Logo Lightweight Jacket, updated Denim Trucker, and leather carry pieces — wardrobe fundamentals with real design intent.
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BlockBlock Just Cut Half Its Workforce
Block eliminated nearly half its workforce — over 4,000 people — on the same day it reported 24% profit growth. Dorsey says AI made them expendable. The market agreed.