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“It’s cool to always have a feeling of being excited for no reason” – #NMETheCover star @RodniTweets takes us inside ‘Hot Streak’, the track that kept him motivated long before the festivals, the album and everything else fell into place
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Chad Johnson made $48 million in the NFL and kept 83% of it. The $6 outfit is the whole system.
He lived inside Paul Brown Stadium for two years to skip rent. Wore fake jewelry from Claire's. Leased every exotic car instead of buying. Flew Spirit, exit row, window seat. His logic on watches: "Time is free, so what am I paying for?"
Now look where the $23,000 went. Eight family members, full outfits, full shoes, one trip. Same guy, same week, walking around Atlantis in a $6 Levi jacket from the Urban Outfitters sale rack.
That split is the tell. He runs one filter on every dollar: does this buy something real, or does it buy an image? Family in the Bahamas passes. An $80,000 watch fails, because the watch was always for strangers.
Sports Illustrated found 78% of NFL players hit financial distress within two years of retiring. The average career lasts 3.3 years. Chad played 11 seasons, banked roughly $40 million of the $48 million, and did it by deciding early that his name was the flex.
"There's nothing I can buy that's bigger than my name alone." Eleven words that beat most personal finance books.
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson dropped $23,000 on his family in one trip then wore the same $6 outfit the entire week
"We all went to the Bahamas for New Year's. Everybody got an outfit, everybody got shoes, I got my outfit price tag, 23,000. Remember, it's eight of us"
"We stayed at Atlantis. Each day I took a shower, changed my underwear, put a new tank top on, and put that same thing right back on. I don't care who sees me"
"This whole outfit cost me six dollars. It's Urban Outfitters, from the sale rack a Levi jacket and some Dickies cut off like I'm a skateboarder. I don't skate, but I look good"
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You had to be there, this is the true OG version that will never be defeated
27 years ago today, Dragon Ball Z aired its 95th episode titled “Transformed at Last” where Goku would transform into a Super Saiyan for the First time while fighting against Frieza
Did you watch this episode live growing up? 📺
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If you’re DJing on Juneteenth, you better do your homework & put on a show. Black Americans created too many genres for yall to be playing mainstream Hip Hop and R&B all day. I better hear Gospel before I hear Afrobeats. Disco, Funk, House, Go-Go, Bounce, Hyphy. DO YOUR JOB, DJ!!
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I saw TikTok’s making fun of him for filming like a dad and using landscape mode. Bro has directed episodes of Severance, he knows what he’s doing
Jun 10
The footage we need to see 🤳
Knicks superfan Ben Stiller is reportedly filming a documentary while at the NBA Finals, via @PageSix.
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My daughter gonn be mad as hell when I name her Anna Nobey
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love being quick witted and quick widdit
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Descubra "Picture Day: A PawPaw Rod Album" de PawPaw Rod na #deezer
link.deezer.com/s/33waCw2IHG…
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Everybody needs to listen to this PawPaw Rod album like right now
Jun 10
And if I do say so myself
You're my reeeeason
My tunnel vision in the dark
Thought I was through
I'm tired too
You're my reeeeeason
My tunnel vision in the dark
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That was one of the greatest basketball games of all time
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.@RodniTweets, shot in Los Angeles in May 2026 exclusively for #NMETheCover
📸: Matt Baron for NME
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When PawPaw Rod finally felt ready for a full-length album, he knew he wanted go back to his most formative years. “I've been chasing music since back then,” he says. “Keeping your inner child is very important in music.”
Read @RodniTweets' full #NMETheCover story here: nme.com/the-cover/pawpaw-rod…
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The first time PawPaw Rod picked up a microphone it was in church. “I had to be seven,” he recalls, "and people were hype." The performance was the talk of his small town, and it ignited a feeling he has never stopped chasing.
@RodniTweets is on #NMETheCover this week: nme.com/the-cover/pawpaw-rod…
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Indie-funk star PawPaw Rod is creating his own picture-perfect moment
Chasing camaraderie and keeping his inner child alive are the two goals of the Hawaii-born, Oklahoma-raised singer, who strikes a strong pose on debut album ‘Picture Day’ The post Ind
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PawPaw Rod hopes to “bring a sense of peace” with his exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover
The American indie-funk singer has chosen tracks by Earth, Wind & Fire, Mac Miller, Tevin Campbell and more The post PawPaw Rod hopes to “bring a sense of pe
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Self-proclaimed “military brat” PawPaw Rod had already lived in Texas, South Carolina and Germany before he dropped out of high school. He soaked up new traits from each new place, all of it feeding into his sound
@RodniTweets is on #NMETheCover: nme.com/the-cover/pawpaw-rod…
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