Big Chops
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Big Chops
@bc__oe
I want nothing that you have, I go for mine || Energy Enthusiast!
Abuja, Nigeria 参加日 Ağustos 2020
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@dollarpresh @Chituru001 This makes so much sense and I'm not even a woman
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@Chituru001 It’s too fast. It gets the work done quickly.
Where’s the fun in that?
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My sister wanted a Range Rover, but was able to convince her to go for this instead.

zuka@feran_x
I wake up every morning and see this car parked in front of our house, makes me smile every time
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Wait I'm supposed to crawl?
Marjid Cryptonite@marjidofficial
Standing when bathing is another stage of poverty 😭😭😭
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VEVO was the only reason YouTube didn't get sued out of existence in 2009.
Universal and Sony were ready to pull every music video off the platform. The labels argued YouTube was generating billions on their content while paying back almost nothing. Eric Schmidt's solution: let the labels build a parallel platform where they controlled the ad sales, the curation, and the branding. They called it Video Evolution. VEVO.
The deal was simple. Every "official" music video would route through a VEVO-branded channel. The labels owned the inventory. They sold premium ad slots that regular YouTube videos couldn't access, charging advertisers top dollar to run alongside Beyoncé instead of a random gaming clip.
The leverage was real. In 2010 when MTV.com tried to renegotiate licensing, UMG pulled every Universal video off the site. MTV's online platform collapsed. The labels had figured out something the platforms hadn't priced in. The platforms needed the labels far more than the labels needed any one platform.
JustinBieberVEVO had 33.6 million subscribers. His personal YouTube channel had 4.2 million. TaylorSwiftVEVO had 27.3 million. Her personal channel had 2 million. The VEVO suffix marked the most valuable real estate on the platform.
Then YouTube counter-punched with Content ID. Every fan upload using a licensed song could now be monetized directly for the labels. By 2016, YouTube had paid labels over $2 billion through Content ID alone. The labels stopped needing a parallel platform to get paid. YouTube was already paying.
In 2018, YouTube started "consolidating" VEVO channels into Official Artist Channels. Artists could not opt out. The 33.6 million Bieber subscribers got auto-merged into a single channel without VEVO branding. Vevo.com shut down the same year, despite generating 25 billion monthly views.
The VEVO logo still sits in the corner of every official music video. That's the only thing left of the last time a record label cartel had real leverage over a tech platform.
Nostalgia@NostalgiaFolder
Who remembers when every music artist on YouTube had VEVO in their name? 😭
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Pack your bags to where? Finish the sentence 😂
venus_21@lonely4real_
The day my husband asks me to pay halves on rent is the day I pack my bags.
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@funkeakindele @ApexofCayman Igbo man owns an airline it is now a national issue
It's well sha this hate against the igbos has to stop pls
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Air Peace, this is unacceptable.
Passengers (including elderly people) have been stranded since 6:30AM at London Gatwick Airport with no proper communication.
After hours of delay, we were told there was a bird strike and promised a hotel. Hours later, people are still sitting at baggage claim hungry, exhausted, and without their bags.
Elderly passengers are struggling. Families are tired. No clear updates. No support.
Release passengers’ luggage immediately and provide the hotel you promised. Do something NOW.
@flyairpeace
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Don't tell her this. She'd say you just don't wanna buy her wigs
OBIANUJU🌹@thatgirl26____
Braids >>>>>> They made her look younger.
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@____chiemela I'm referencing the braids that y'all don't like because you think men say it cus they not tryna spend on em.
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Again, gotta respect the response time of that particular officer cus he literally shot almost immediately while others were pretty slow to grasp what was happening. Man was swift! 👏🏾 👏🏾
Insider Wire@InsiderWire
#BREAKING: DOJ releases new footage of Cole Allen shooting a U.S. Secret Service agent.
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