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@BoredElonMusk @JerrySeinfeld @StubHub Lost your tickets that are digital? Lmao Maybe you can go write an ethos review that it’s antisemitic

Was looking forward to seeing @JerrySeinfeld in LA tomorrow, but @StubHub has ruined it. Lost our tickets and won't offer a refund. And they have the gall to charge $50 in "service" fees. These vultures get in the way of fans and artists and cause massive damage to reputations. Insane they still exist.

@RTFKTNews Just remember what I said in 2025… Passed in the same VC circle to someone in esports but with 0 plans on what to do and overlooked by Donahoe. It’s cool to confirm the name but the plan (or lack of) hasn’t changed. Just look who funds Billy’s past ventures

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐓𝐅𝐊𝐓? The riddle still remains, however...we may have a clue. On the Oregon Secretary of State website, we see an Amendment to Annual Report/Info Statement that was updated January, 14th 2026 (post RTFKT sale). Within the statement labeled, Information Change, there is an electronic signature which was signed by Billy Levy whom is listed as an Authorized Person. What role does Billy play within the RTFKT organization? Too early to tell, but he does have signature authorization, which leads me to believe he has a significant role. This does not necessarily mean that Billy Levy purchased RTFKT. At this point this only means that Billy is the point of contact representing a business entity. Does he own the controlling stake in the entity? We do not know. Interesting that the document says "Foreign Business Corporation" under the TYPE section. 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞: - Co-founded Virgin Gaming with Richard Branson, building an early e-sports platform for cash-prize console tournaments that hit over a million users. - Co-Founded Mettrum Health Corp., a licensed Canadian cannabis producer acquired by Canopy Growth for around 430 million Canadian dollars in 2016. -Co-founded Virgin Mega, a mobile commerce platform that Nike later acquired (interesting...) -Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Rivalry Gaming from 2022-2023 -Co-founded SLANG worldwide, a cannabis CPG company; took it public on the Canadian Securities Exchange in 2019. -Named one of the High Times 100 Most Influencial People in Cannabis in 2019 alongside his SLANG co-founder. 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐤'𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬: Serial founder with multiple successful exits, strong track record spotting trends in gaming and cannabis, and partnerships with big names like Branson. He's proven he can build, scale, and cash out. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦-𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: We still do not know exactly who bought RTFKT. We only know that January 13th, 2026 a non-Nike employee named Billy Levy, whom has signature authorization for whichever company did purchase RTFKT, signed an Information Change document filed with the Oregon Secretary of State. Based on Billy's successful career as a leader of successful start ups, it seems logical to deduce that he is a major player in the organization that purchased RTFKT. Though, we cannot say that with certainty. Is this good for RTFKT? Too early to tell. I can only give my opinion here, which I am free to change at any point, I think it's good. He is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record, an avid gamer, and understands trends early. He has connections across the cryptospace (looks to be some ties to Berachain), and connections with major players. At the end of the day the roadmap, execution, and innovation are what matter. Where do the new leaders want to take RTFKT? How do they plan to get there? Are they going to foster a healthy relationship between the collectors and creators? Do they truly understand digital property rights and why gamers must have these rights? Do they understand that in NFTs, the floor is the score...if you're announcements aren't moving the floor upwards, it's not because the community doesn't get the vision...it's because the announcement was wack and the vision was blurry. Do they understand how to set a meta and lead? Once of the most important questions I have is do the new leaders understand how important Chris Le, Takashi Murakami, Zap, Sam C, Dreams, and Jampants are to the continuation of design language and feel of RTFKT? It was the creative collaboration of these geniuses that lead to the success of RTFKT. Will they incorporate this squad into the way forward, or are they going to hire a coverband to attempt to capture the magic? We shall see. Maybe you don't think the floor is the score, bring on the blurry vision you say. You don't think that an avid gamer with a successful business career can lead RTFKT to new heights, you love coverbands, and think gamers should not be able to own the items they earn in game...in that case... Go News Yourself! (Disclaimer: Remember, I didn't say Billy bought RTFKT, only that he signed an Information Change document related to RTFKT, post Nike sale.)

@FallonCHansen @KiDCuDi Agree but big logic they can use for that show is firing MIA last night even tho it’s really cause he’s not gonna play to 20-30% sold out arena

@itschicagoooo @KiDCuDi It’s the last minute part for me.

How do you cancel so close to the show @KiDCuDi ???? My son’s 17th birthday present down the fucking tubes. We also had tickets to your last canceled concert leg.

@FallonCHansen @KiDCuDi Also add on he kicked his opener off the tour today too which adds to reasons to cancel

@betty_nft Pretty hard to find any web3 artists that aren’t “emerging”. No ones hit the peak past it. Only real artists in this space were ones that got past emerging before web3. Until someone is known by the masses (in some degree) they are emerging or failed

Can we stop referring to artists as emerging. Most of the artists here have been here. They’ve emerged. I find the word a bit minimising personally and I think language is super important. Idk.

@Jerome31_FR @betty_nft @Deadfellaz I don’t need to grift an nft project and I’d never in 2026. I didn’t in 21-22 and not going to now but my point remains

@itschicagoooo @betty_nft @Deadfellaz Go ahead Chicago… we are looking at you !

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@gray_chromatic @OgPhilCoin @Deadfellaz @betty_nft It absolutely can. If it can make the art it can make it in pieces. It can randomize the into all possible combos. It can be curated by many people to then pull the collection it wants from it. Ai is the car not the driver but it’s not the hardest car to drive for this race

@OgPhilCoin @itschicagoooo @Deadfellaz @betty_nft It can make deadfellaz art. It cant make a generative 10k collection with varied traits and ensure they layer correctly with no issues. Def not under a fkn rock sir

@_liah221 @alexismariaa__ It was absolutely not sold out. It did have 85% sold out which is more then most cities but it took a few price drops to get there

@itschicagoooo @alexismariaa__ I was at the first show in Phoenix and that shit was sold out, 20k+ people 🤷🏾‍♀️💃🏾 was packed af!

Kid Cudi needs to kick MIA off his tour asap, she’s about to tank ticket sales omfg😭

@BoredApeGazette @HV_MTL @Gabrielesm1 I could do the funniest thing here

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@savagefks @BoredApeGazette @HV_MTL @Gabrielesm1 He offered it to him. Adam said “I won’t pay anything for it. It’s not worth anything” Was today in discord

@BoredApeGazette @HV_MTL @Gabrielesm1 Why wouldn’t he just allow Adam to buy him out lol. Seems like he’s just looking for attention and trying to bring more drama that’s unnecessary

@berdyn False

wait wait wait you're telling me NFTs might ACTUALLY be coming back? I'm down for that ngl

@alexismariaa__ I’m not arguing that she’s a bad opener but it’s not gonna tank a tour. People are there for Cudi and accept the openers. The tour ticket issues won’t come from a washed opener. My comment was in regards to you saying it’s packed etc and me explaining the core issue

@itschicagoooo You’re being weirdly too literal. Ticket data aside, I’m saying whatever number ticket sales were previously at, it’s going to tank significantly when an opener is making tone deaf comments given the current political climate.

@alexismariaa__ Same show 3 weeks after on sale before dropping any prices (mind you those 2 empty sections were never released)

@alexismariaa__ Next show May 8, Tampa Less then 50% sold and I just looked there have been 6 prices drops so far and still half sold due to how aggressive pricing started based on demand. Same holds true for almost all shows

@alexismariaa__ And I love cudi (and will be going to this tour) but it’s just reality what I’m saying. Give me a city and I’ll post the EXACT data to prove my point

@alexismariaa__ They are not sold out or even close. They moved people week of up on courtesy upgrades. $200 seats exist but the overall price is too high to make sense to sell out. They have reduced prices 4-6 times so far on each show depending on the city. I have all ticket data access

@KariDaniels Jordy the man Kenny is still the man I do think these shoes aren’t what Kenny thinks they are but I don’t think anything malicious is here. He got burned and just now is starting to realize it

Did NOT have this on my 2026 Bingo card.

@realMaalouf Cause they know it was Israel

How the hell does the city that experienced the biggest Islamic terrorist attack in history vote for a Muslim mayor?