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@selema

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Sayer Of Words, Music Maker

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Joined May 2009
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Imagine struggling with chronic stuttering your whole life to give that speech to the entire planet at this time.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
Dear Mr. President, Most of us have some dreams left we'd like to see through. Please don't incinerate us to preserve your ego. America
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
Ready to potentially end a life ... OVER SOME MENTOS. To protect and serve who exactly?
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
The President Of These United States has these racists feeling themselves something extra. However, the manner in which what little remained of her soul, left her body, when she felt the cameras gaze landed. Whew. A moment.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
A girl walking her dog in Denver records a woman harassing a young black man who is simply walking down the street — saying, “get out of here". Come on, man...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
This is the greatest, most joyful piece of jaw dropping humanity in motion.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
5 years
If you’ve had a rough day watch this...💪😍😏😇😊
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
@RexChapman mans didn’t even drop his bag
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
Mental health is health. We’ve got to figure out how to have the same collective compassion for the mind and heart as we do physical injury and visible disease.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
Zimmerman walked so Rittenhouse could run.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
MUST READ RECEIPTS 'Pence used a football game to make a point about how he doesn’t want players to use a football game to make a point'
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
@tonyposnanski @thehill I read this with a beat underneath it in my mind and was like, Tony’s out here kicking low key freestyles
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
@RexChapman This teacher too. Hero.
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5 years
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
He took his kids home first and came back and killed her. For beating him in basketball. And he knew her. How? An incomprehensible, depraved, type of male fragility.
@Phil_Lewis_
philip lewis
2 years
A man lost a pickup basketball game to a 21-year-old Dallas woman. After he lost, he returned to the park and shot her 5 times, killing her. “You become embarrassed basically because a female beat you in basketball."
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Dogs play checkers. Cats play chess.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
“Oooh. Smoked by the cat.” Come on, dogs. You’re better than this...😂🤣😭💀💀
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
There is a desperate, lonely, bitter, vindictive, racist, misogynistic, hateful, delusional, evil little boy playing a game of President.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Amanda Gorman is breaking my whole and entire soul open. TALK THAT POETIC SHIT 👑.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Perhaps his best work
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
Don Lemon broadcasting from Wakanda tonight.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
@kylegriffin1 This is so terrible and the best at the same time.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Shell shocked at the news of Jake Burton Carpenter’s passing. This one is tough. He lived the entirety of this thing called life and wasted none of the days. He gave us so much. May he Rest In Peace and Power. 🙏🏾
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
@JoyAnnReid I dub thee 'The Vaporizer'
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
@franklinleonard @terrycrews 😂😂😂 when passive aggressive tough guy homophobia goes horribly awry. a play in 3 parts.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
Thank you @Google for honoring the legacy of my father Hugh Masekela on this April 4th, his 80th birthday, with the google doodle. Can’t believe the whole planet gets the instant opportunity to learn about his magic today. #HappyBirthdayBraHugh
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@selema
Selema Masekela
8 years
Finally got to watch Ep 4 of @GameOfThrones . I don't understand how this show can continue to get better but it does. Whew.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
He clearly studied at @amandaseales University
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
My guy has something to say...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
It’s been a week since the passing of my father #HughMasekela . Now that we’ve laid him to rest, I’d just like to thank everyone the world over for the beautiful messages and testimonials. They’ve literally kept our family strong and afloat.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
@laurenboebert You have literally used your position of public service as a pulpit to spread vile lies and outright hatred against the LGBTQIA community. How dare you.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
To be clear, we don’t want FAA guidelines to be the reason that anyone decides not to fly planes in a storm of unprecedented severity.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Mike Pence: "We don't want CDC guidance to be a reason why people don't reopen their schools." 🤣🤣🤣🤯🤯🤯🤬🤬
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
The same people that lionized George Zimmerman, donated en masse to the GoFundMe of Kyle Rittenhouse. And in their dark hearts they believe they did so righteously.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
This is a big deal for @ewarren to catch this endorsement at this time. I’m 💯 on board the #Warren2020 train. I believe Elizabeth Warren is the President we need.
@DMRegister
Des Moines Register
4 years
. @ewarren ’s competence, respect for others and status as the nation’s first female president would be a fitting response to the ignorance, sexism and xenophobia of the Trump Oval Office, the Register’s editorial board writes. #IAcaucus
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
This. Is. Incredible.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Never. Give. Up.
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Selema Masekela
4 years
Something stinks
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
One of THE greatest videos of all time. All JOY.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
38-years ago today Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” dropped…
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Daniel Kaluuya is the shit.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
He jumped from the free throw line.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Tim Ryan @TimRyan just had something to say to Republicans. Get some...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
I love this song
@LindseyGrahamSC
Lindsey Graham
8 years
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Nobody’s day 2 ever. EVER. We love to see it. Welcome aBOARD. 🤙🏾
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Yoooooooo
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Don’t hold back, Anderson. How do you really feel?🤣🤣🤣
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Better than coffee
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Brian Williams and his producers for the win...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
@jemelehill Green Book definitely believes that THIS was the moment Trump became presidential.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Scratches Bethel, Ohio off of the Sprinter Van across America summer tour.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Bethel, Ohio: A BLM protestor was sucker punched directly in front of a police-officer — and not a damn thing was done by the officer to protect and serve the protestor. Madness...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Shoulda got a full ride for this
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Make a layup. Make a free-throw. Make a three-pointer. Make a half court shot. All in under 30-seconds. For 10,000 in college tuition. Get some...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
This Energy
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
It’s a walk off. Barack called game. “That’s what I do.” 44, y’all. Vote Biden/Harris...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Hs definitely from Uptown
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
This little man dancing with the big folks is the Twitter content I’m here for…
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Not a got damn one
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Please retweet if you agree Lindsey Graham gets no points for doing this now. None. Zero.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
This hurts my heart in a way that is difficult to even put into words. I wonder why these people feel so empowered to display their true selves in the sunshine. 🤔
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@selema
Selema Masekela
10 years
Can it just be April 6th already? @GameOfThrones #Season4
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
@roywoodjr gonna need an in flight infirmary and detention center
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
My neighbors probably gonna call the cops the way I’m screaming at my television for @serenawilliams .
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
@thustweetsdavid @oranicuhh ‘Ring you up like Saturn’
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
“Just more bullshit and you keep eating it like sushi. That doesn’t make you loyal, it makes you stupid”
@donwinslow
Don Winslow
4 years
NEW VIDEO! #GullibleWhiteMaleTrumpVoters This is my second to last video before signing off. This video exposes the Trump base from top to bottom. HELP ME GET 15,000 **QUOTE RETWEETS** and RETWEETS on the eve of the most important election in history. I NEED YOUR HELP!
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
@RexChapman Did you peep the whole thread? WILD!!!! Home schooled racism of the highest order. Coward ass dad with the gun. Whew.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
You a FOOL for this one Rex. I’ve got legit face cramps. Watched it 20 times. Laughed harder each time.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Bro. You got me crying to my coffee Rex. Ugh.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
“One day at a time.” Best thing you’ll see today. Dads, bruh.🌎❤️
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
How’s conservative outrage Twitter doing with this halftime show?
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Selema Masekela
4 years
✊🏾
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Smooth front board to life saved
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Disaster avoided. Smoothly...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
This is 50!!! Happy Birthday MEEEEEEEE!!!!
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
He told y'all word for word...but let's just go with what's in his heart.
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6 years
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
Incredible. You’ve got to put Kelly Slater in the conversation as greatest athlete of all time. Pipe Masters champion days before 50th birthday against 20 year olds in maxing Pipeline. Wow.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
6 years
Before everyone freaks out that Tiger Woods is playing 🏌️ with President 🍊 take a breath and remember that his favorite band is Nickelback.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Canine Velociraptor
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Check out this Belgian Malinois with springs in his legs. Jumping the river...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
12 years
Whose watching the Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare today? Dumb question. #XGames
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Selema Masekela
3 years
Whew
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Manchester, England: After not seeing his wife Mary for several months due to the pandemic — Gordon decided to surprise her by moving into the assisted living home so they could be together. Here’s the reunion...
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Selema Masekela
5 years
@RexChapman Not her first time
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
Take a bow Shaun White. You’ve earned it. 🤙🏾👊🏿
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
Beyond heartbroken. Can’t even begin to comprehend that this is real. Rest In Peace brother. 💔 #RIPKenBlock
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
He’s on that stepped on
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Dancing jaw is a tell...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
Unlike Bro Jogan, I was allowed into Canada today to do some deep powder shredding. Thanks Moderna.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
A seat at the table. Humbled and honored to join @burtonsnowboard Board of Directors.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
This is exquisite
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Live look at the White House bunker where Trump is trying to stop the counting of ballots. The internet remains undefeated...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
If your religion needs to do Super Bowl commercials….you’re religion is thirsty AF.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Person I’d love to fight to benefit a first responders charitable entity.
@ndrew_lawrence
Andrew Lawrence
4 years
Tucker Carlson says there is no scientific justification for quarantine, says the curve flattened but quarantine had nothing to do with it, "the virus just isn't nearly as deadly as we thought it was"
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Came out of skate retirement lately. Having all of the fun.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
We should organize a Pay Per View zoom battle though.
@roywoodjr
Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi
3 years
@RadhaMUSprime @selema I was getting ready to plead my case for ‘Wedding Reception’ but when you put em side by side Michigan ate him up.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
I am proud of the surfing community today. #BLACKLIVESMATTER
@cutsnake
Cut Snake
4 years
Beautiful peaceful protests in San Diego this afternoon. So much energy in the water, biggest paddle out I've ever been apart of. #blacklivesmatter ❤... 📸 @DonaldMiralle
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Isn’t this Walmart Tactical member committing a crime here?
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Here is one of Donald J. Trump's ‘Proud Boys’ threatening to start a war when Joe Biden wins. Trump has activated these people...
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Selema Masekela
6 years
Righteous is code for Racist, correct?
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
With Belichick hittin the switches in the whip.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
5 years
Antonio Brown arriving in Foxborough...
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@pastorlocke @realDonaldTrump And you’re still a fake ass Pharisee 🤷🏾‍♂️
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@selema
Selema Masekela
5 years
@roywoodjr all my science classes were a collective hoax compared to this one experiment
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@selema
Selema Masekela
2 years
What an ingenious way to pull Black and Brown people over without probable cause… and see what you can find.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
2 years
A new Florida law going into effect will allow law enforcement officers to give tickets to drivers playing music too loud in their cars. “audio coming from a vehicle that can be heard from a distance of 25 feet or more can result in an infraction.”
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@selema
Selema Masekela
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Assault rifle at Black children. No questions asked. This is America. Dismantle The Police.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Santa Clarita, California: Three black teenagers were being attacked by a homeless man and witnesseses called for help. When police arrived they pointed their guns, and arrested the kids who needed their help. Terrifying them. On brand. Exhausting...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
Today I went surfing just outside Kingston, Jamaica. As the sun was setting, a double 🌈🌈 appeared, beaming over the Blue Mountains, as perfect chest high lefts poured in nonstop. I’ll never forget how perfectly alive that moment made feel.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
Leg cramps like a mofu
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Right on time...
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@selema
Selema Masekela
1 year
Saw Lebron was at the game and told my producer. He said, ‘go see if you can get an in game interview!’ Intro’d myself to Mav Carter, he said no problem. Had different intvw planned but then T Mac dunked, so I went with that. Lebron was gracious. Was a big get for me at the time.
@bballbreakdown
BBALLBREAKDOWN
1 year
Check out 19 year old @KingJames doing an in game interview from Gm1 of 2003 Playoffs between Magic and Pistons with the unparalleled @selema
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@selema
Selema Masekela
7 years
@ColinCowherd Just sayin...this is nonsensical at best
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@selema
Selema Masekela
4 years
This brough me ecstasy levels of joy. Thanks nature.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Hurricane Hanna - just now - blowing over Trump’s mighty border wall between the United States and Mexico....
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4 years
Amy did not come to play.
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@chrissyteigen your ability to clap back should be a considered a mixed martial art.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
I will be a reporter in Japan for these Olympics. If my interviews, analysis or perspectives seem highly punctuated, astute and well researched, understand it’s not me but the marijuana that I smoke and or ingest on a regular basis.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
For the second day in a row at my hotel here in Japan at the Olympics, my fathers song ‘Mama’ has played as soon as I sit down for breakfast. Hard to describe how good that feels.
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@selema
Selema Masekela
3 years
Can’t believe they can still go like THIS. And so stoked I got to sprinkle the commentary. 🙌🏾
@tonyhawk
Tony Hawk
3 years
After posting our 1999 doubles run last week, the feedback was incredible. I received thousands of comments about the love for that era of skating. The nostalgia was so strong that @andymacdonald & I decided to do it again, 22 years later - complete with @selema on the mic. Enjoy
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Selema Masekela
4 years
I don’t want Trump to die from Covid. I want him to lose at the polls in an overwhelmingly devastating fashion.
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Selema Masekela
3 years
This hits. Whew.
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Here’s a powerful scene from the @blackishabc season premiere. Please social distance. Wear a mask. Be a good teammate...
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