<ul><li><keyword id="3160323" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rozy" source="Orion">Rozy</keyword> has been developed by South Korean company Sidus Studio X.</li><li>The <keyword id="12090452" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="virtual-influencer" source="Orion">virtual influencer</keyword> and model is signed for eight exclusive contracts and is predicted to earn more than $854,000 this year.</li><li>Virtual models are considered more convenient than celebrities as there are no fears of scandal, and time or space constraints.</li></ul>Virtual humans could soon take over the Korean entertainment industry as they are now emerging as a blue chip in the advertising industry. Korean pop idols, actors and actresses are wildly popular but virtual humans seem to be more convenient and beneficial as they are not constrained by hectic schedules and scandals. <br /><br />An example of this emerging trend is Rozy, a virtual influencer and model who has received more than 100 sponsorships and is predicted to earn more than 1 billion Korean won ($854,000 approx) this year.<br /><br />Rozy was developed by Sidus Studio X in August last year. Aged 22, Rozy looks and feels quite like a human being on her Instagram page which has over 60,000 followers. The fact that she’s a virtual human was actually revealed in December last year and became very popular through an advertising campaign in July this year.<br /><br />Rozy has already completed two advertisements this month, and is signed for eight exclusive contracts, Sidus Studio X CEO Baek Seung-yeop <a href="https://news.naver.com/main/ranking/read.naver?mode=LSD&amp;mid=shm&amp;sid1=001&amp;oid=009&amp;aid=0004851108">said </a>during CBS Radio's 'Kim Hyeon-jung's News Show'.<br /><br /><strong>Future plans<br /></strong><br />Baek Seung-yeop added that the company has already achieved the profit it was aiming for through Rozy, and its target for this year is over 1 billion Korean won ($854,000 approx). At present Rozy can pose for photos and shake a few moves for videos. But there are bigger plans of releasing Rozy’s voice and even casting her in movies, dramas and entertainment shows. <br /><br /><strong>Why virtual humans are ideal for ad campaigns<br /></strong><br />According to Baek, Rozy as a virtual human is ideal for advertising campaigns as there are no worries of scandals, time and space. 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For Rozy, her looks are based on the MZ (Millenials and Gen-Z) generation, and not borrowed from a specific person. <br /><br /><strong>Not the first virtual influencer<br /></strong><br />Similar to Rozy is Miquela Sousa, a 19-year-old Brazilian-American virtual model, musical artist and influencer. Miquela’s Instagram account has been around since 2016 and it currently has 3 million followers.<br /><br /><keyword id="5565" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="south-korea" source="Orion">South Korea</keyword> is not shy when it comes to experimenting with new technologies. There’s even a new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIVEH7-Rao">K-Pop group</a> with virtual humans called ‘Eternity’ which has already released two music videos.<br /><br />These virtual humans still have a lot of work cut out for them but with AI being an emerging technology we can only expect it to get better. 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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Amy Winifred Hawkins, a 110-year-old <keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword> microstar and <keyword id="12102399" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wales" source="Orion">Wales</keyword>' oldest woman, died on Thursday.</li><li>Hawkins went viral in January after her great-grandson shared a video of her covering a 1912 song.</li><li>Hawkins worked as a window dresser and later a fire-watcher during World War II, Express reported.</li></ul><p>A 110-year-old <keyword id="12102400" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok-star" source="Orion">TikTok star</keyword> who was reportedly the oldest woman in Wales has died. </p><p>Amy Winifred Hawkins went viral on TikTok with a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0/video/6921336273483386113?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1p=v1">video</a> that showed her performing a rendition of the 1912 Jack Judge song "It's A Long Way to Tipperary" while holding a cup of tea to celebrate her 110th birthday on January 24.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0/video/6921336273483386113" data-video-id="6921336273483386113" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sachafreeman0" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0">@sachafreeman0</a> <p>My great grandma enjoying her birthday <a title="fpy" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fpy">##fpy</a> <a title="foryoupage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage">##foryoupage</a> <a title="old" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/old">##old</a> <a title="supergran" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/supergran">##supergran</a> <a title="uk" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/uk">##uk</a> <a title="1911" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/1911">##1911</a> <a title="birthday" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/birthday">##birthday</a> <a title="song" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/song">##song</a> <a title="music" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music">##music</a> <a title="old" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/old">##old</a> <a title="oldestontiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/oldestontiktok">##oldestontiktok</a> <a title="wales" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wales">##wales</a> <a title="celebrate" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/celebrate">##celebrate</a> <a title="tea" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tea">##tea</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6921336393771928321">♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>She died on Thursday at the Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr hospital in Ystrad Mynach, a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, soon after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the Welsh outlet <a href="https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/indomitable-lovely-oldest-woman-wales-21561039">WalesOnline</a>.</p><p>The TikTok, which was posted by Hawkins' great-grandson Sacha Freeman under the handle @sachafreeman0, has over 150,000 views and 35,000 likes, with many comments applauding the elder's effort and admiring her for living such a long life.  </p><p>Hawkins was "flabbergasted" at the amount of likes and comments she received for her first TikTok, according to an on-screen caption on another one of Freeman's videos.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0/video/6921672030261890306" data-video-id="6921672030261890306" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sachafreeman0" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0">@sachafreeman0</a> <p>Made her day <a title="110" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/110">##110</a> <a title="oldestontiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/oldestontiktok">##oldestontiktok</a> <a title="wales" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wales">##wales</a> <a title="uk" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/uk">##uk</a> <a title="birhtday" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/birhtday">##birhtday</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">##fyp</a> <a title="xyzbca" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/xyzbca">##xyzbca</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6921672027770292994">♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Due to COVID-19, Hawkins could not do her usual birthday ritual of going to a local pub and receiving loads of gifts, so she celebrated with her family by relaxing at home and <keyword id="12102402" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="singing" source="Orion">singing</keyword> old tunes, which led to the creation of the viral TikTok, according to <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-01-28/welsh-woman-becomes-tiktok-singing-sensation-at-110-years-old">ITV News</a>. </p><p>After the first clip gained traction, Freeman posted several other videos featuring Hawkins, including one in which the supercentenarian sang Mark Sheridan's "Who Were You With Last Night" and another where she covered the music hall song "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty."</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0/video/6922077098970467586" data-video-id="6922077098970467586" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sachafreeman0" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0">@sachafreeman0</a> <p>She’s singing a new song to me everyday <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">##fyp</a> <a title="song" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/song">##song</a> <a title="music" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music">##music</a> <a title="old" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/old">##old</a> <a title="wales" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wales">##wales</a> <a title="110" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/110">##110</a> <a title="oldestontiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/oldestontiktok">##oldestontiktok</a> <a title="xyzcba" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/xyzcba">##xyzcba</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6922077093480172290">♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>Freeman's most recent TikTok, posted in early February, showed Hawkins covering a tune that appeared to be in Welsh.  </p><p>Hawkins was born in 1911 in Cardiff but lived in Monmouth, Wales, with four generations of family members, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-58549830">BBC</a>. She was the oldest woman in the country, the BBC reported. </p><p>The TikTok microcelebrity worked as a window dresser and later a fire-watcher during World War II, and spent much of her life in the Welsh city of Newport until her husband, George Hawkins, died in 1996, according to the British outlet <a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1490836/Covid-deaths-oldest-woman-Wales-TikTok-gran-Monmouth">Express</a>.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0/video/6922450707157126405" data-video-id="6922450707157126405" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sachafreeman0" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sachafreeman0">@sachafreeman0</a> <p>This is for those who want more <a title="wales" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wales">##wales</a> <a title="uk" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/uk">##uk</a> <a title="song" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/song">##song</a> <a title="sing" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sing">##sing</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">##fyp</a> <a title="xyzbca" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/xyzbca">##xyzbca</a> <a title="oldestontiktok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/oldestontiktok">##oldestontiktok</a> <a title="110" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/110">##110</a> <a title="music" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/music">##music</a></p> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6922450726086036230">♬ original sound - Sacha Freeman</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>The woman's great-grandson Freeman said Hawkins "didn't really understand the concept of TikTok at first. I had to tell her it was 'on the computer' and could be seen by people all over the world," reported ITV <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">News</keyword>.</p><p>Hawkins' daughter, Rozi Hawkins, told WalesOnline that Amy "was lovely and she just cared about other people really more than herself."</p><p>The Monmouth city government and the Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr hospital did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">Read more stories from Insider's Digital Culture desk. </a></strong></p>

Amy Winifred Hawkins, who went viral on TikTok and was the oldest woman in Wales, reportedly died of COVID-19 at 110 years old

New Delhi, Apr 23 () A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the AAP government to ensure no one goes hungry for want of food on technical ground like want of proper identity card during the COVID-19 lockdown. <p> The application by an NGO has also sought directions to the Delhi government to "continue providing mid-day meals (either in the form of cooked meals or equivalent quantities of dry rations or food allowance in lieu of cooked meals) in all government schools".</p><p>It has also sought a direction to the Delhi government to indicate on its food department's website a list of all ration shops in the national capital with their phone numbers, addresses and GPS location, list of ration card holders, real time stock position in the ration shops and record of sales made each day.</p><p>The application was filed in the pending petition moved by NGO Rozi Roti challenging the decision to link ration cards with Aadhaar.</p><p> In the main petition, the High Court has already issued notices to the Centre and the Delhi Government.</p><p> In its application, the NGO has said that the lockdown has led to sudden and large scale loss of livelihood in the informal sector and has "plunged lakhs of people into food insecurity and hunger".</p>The various food programs, under National Food Security Act, are the only lifeline for such people and therefore, it is crucial that such schemes work properly, it has said.  HMP SKV RKS   RKSRKS

Ensure no one goes hungry during COVID-19 lockdown: PIL in HC

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Raiden Gonzalez, five, enjoyed a parade and a fire truck ride for his <keyword id="6356124" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="birthday">birthday</keyword>. </li><li>It was a temporary reprieve for the boy, whose father died of <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> in June and whose mother died from the disease in October. </li><li>Raiden's grandmother, who is taking care of him, hopes that people will stay aware of the risk of the pandemic.</li></ul><p>The community in San Antonio, Texas came together to make a five-year-old's birthday extra special after the boy lost both of his parents to COVID-19. </p><p>Raiden Gonzalez turned  five on November 22, and the next week the city fire department, Batman, Santa, and Mrs. Claus and dinosaurs showed up to help him celebrate with a drive-by birthday parade. </p><p>The response was touching for a family that has been devastated by the pandemic, Raiden's great aunt, Margie Bryant,<a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/texas-boy-parents-died-covid-19-5th-birthday-74465968"> told</a> Good Morning America. </p><p>"Everyone, including Raiden, was just overwhelmed with joy," she said. "We were overwhelmed with the response from the community."</p><p>The parade was a welcome, if temporary, distraction for Raiden, who was worried about turning five less than eight weeks after his mother's death. </p><p>"He was sad he wasn't going to be able to celebrate because he doesn't have a mom and dad, and I told him, 'No, we're going to have a drive-by parade for you,'" Bryant<a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/year-boy-loses-parents-covid-19-74251996"> said</a>. </p><p>Initially the party was going to be for family and friends, but Ryan Thor, who organized a GoFundMe for Raiden, shared the invite on the page.</p><p>"It would mean so much if everyone could show up and celebrate," he<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/25r8hukutc"> wrote</a>. "Thank you all for your kindness through this time."</p><p>In June, Raiden's father, Adan Gonzalez, died of COVID-19 after spending weeks in the hospital. The family believes that he contracted the virus at his job as a truck driver. At first, Gonzalez thought that his symptoms were allergies, but a few days later he tested positive for the coronavirus, Bryant told GMA. </p><p>"It was very rapid," she said, adding that he had recently passed a physical required by his job, and didn't have any preexisting conditions. </p><p>A few months later Raiden's mother, Mariah Gonzalez, left the house in an ambulance. She died from COVID-19 the next day at just 29 years old. That left Raiden in the care of his maternal grandmother, Rozie Salinas.</p><p>Bryant told GMA that the Gonzalez parents did their best to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19. But as a truck driver and a preschool teacher, they were required to work outside the home. Salinas told GMA she hopes that people will learn from her family's heartbreak and loss, and continue to stay vigilant about the dangers of the coronavirus as the pandemic drags on. </p>

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<ul><li>Thomas Zacharias or TZac, a professional chef of 15 years, is now exploring his food journey on <keyword id="819905" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="instagram" source="Orion">Instagram</keyword>.</li><li>Started off with videos as a way to comfort people, TZac told Business Insider that he ended up making an entire month’s salary from just one Instagram video.</li><li>TZac plans to use this medium to make people aware of their heritage, cuisine and culture through food.</li></ul>Instagram is one place that can serve as a platform for people to express who they are, show off their work and also earn through it.<br /><br />Despite its <a href="https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/shedding-more-light-on-how-instagram-works" data-type="tilCustomLink">algorithm</a> that shows content based on recommendations and the people you mostly engage with, Instagram has given birth to many creators and businesses who now rely on it as their primary source of income. For this Indian chef, an Instagram video earned him an entire month’s salary that he would otherwise get through 15 hours in the kitchen. <br /><br />Meet Thomas Zacharias or popularly known by his alias “TZac”, a professional chef of 15 years from Mumbai. TZac was a chef at The Bombay Canteen and is now “working towards making a deeper intervention within our food system in India for a brighter, more delicious future,” according to his Instagram bio. TZac while speaking at the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/universal-pension-is-a-better-idea-than-universal-basic-income-says-indias-chief-economic-advisor/articleshow/86282048.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Future of Work Summit 2021</a> said that he still can’t come to terms with making a month’s salary through just one Instagram video. <br /><br />“I never did monetary social media collaborations until a year ago. I found out that in one collaboration in a recipe video I was making the same money that I made in a month of toiling for 16 hours a day and running a team of 30 people. 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That’s primarily where they (videos) came from,” he said.<br /><br />  <div type="Youtube" id="oVLYZYxWer4" title="Future of work and the creator economy | #FutureOfWork Summit" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oVLYZYxWer4/mqdefault.jpg"></div><br />He is now using Instagram as a platform to share his views about food which are mostly on celebrating regional Indian food, exploring local indigenous ingredients, and getting people to be more conscious about what they’re eating, their heritage, culture and cuisine.<br /><br />TZac also tries to stay grounded and not get completely looped into the social media influencer world. “I know that it’s important to keep up but I don’t want to lose myself in the process so there’s a fine balance between sticking to the times but also staying rooted in what my own purpose, goal or drive is,” he said.<br /><br />Having been a professional for 15 years, TZac now wants to explore other ways through which he can “change the world through food and bring impact” but still remain rooted to his true cause. <br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO:</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/meet-rozy-south-korean-influencer-who-doesnt-age-and-is-predicted-to-earn-almost-1-million-from-sponsorships-this-year/articleshow/86192294.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink"></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/instagram-tells-you-where-to-put-hashtags-in-the-comments-or-caption/articleshow/86417159.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Instagram settles the debate on where hashtags should go — comments or caption</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/meet-rozy-south-korean-influencer-who-doesnt-age-and-is-predicted-to-earn-almost-1-million-from-sponsorships-this-year/articleshow/86192294.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Meet Rozy, South Korean influencer who doesn’t age and is predicted to earn almost $1 million from sponsorships this year</a><br />

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<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right" style="width:400px"><div class="image on-image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/526571eceab8eaeb08ccecec-800-600/drake-11.jpg?maxX=400" border="0" alt="Drake" width="400" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/recording-artist-drake-performs-onstage-during-the-news-photo/181521423">Ethan Miller/Getty</a></p><p class="caption"><keyword id="248848" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Drake">Drake</keyword> apologized to fans on Instagram after his Philadelphia concert was postponed.</p></div><p></p></div>Drake <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/Rapper_Drake_cancels_concert_in_Philly_Wells_Fargo_Center.html" target="_blank">cancelled his concert in Philadelphia</a> Saturday night - one hour after the show was supposed to start, and after hundreds of fans had already taken their seats. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The Philly concert was the second in the artist's "Would You Like A Tour" show at the Wells Fargo Center.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">The official explanation for the cancellation was due to an "unexpected technical issue."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;"> The Wells Fargo Center <a href="http://www.wellsfargocenterphilly.com/news.aspx?story=1209" target="_blank">released a statement</a> saying the concert has <span>has been postponed until Wednesday, December 18.</span></span></p>
<p>Drake <a href="http://instagram.com/champagnepapi" target="_blank">apologized to fans on Instagram</a>, saying, "I<span> was so ready to come see all of you but things happened beyond my control and a judgement call was made. I will see you all soon!"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5em;">Philly's Drake fans took to Twitter following the show's postponement, and needless to say, they were less than thrilled.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></p>
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<p>I was chilling in a stadium for a drake concert for the past 4 hours &amp; it got canceled wtf who do I have to kill</p>
- Jerry (@SincerelyJerry) <a href="https://twitter.com/SincerelyJerry/statuses/391727431281025024">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>Drake concert got canceled...I'm SICK!!!</p>
- Mrs.Graham (@Adri_Beth) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adri_Beth/statuses/391722285264285696">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Drake">@Drake</a> I quit my job to be at your concert and you do this? I got paid $30hr</p>
- Almighty Rozie (@Hellowkittee) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hellowkittee/statuses/391733100675596288">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>So glad I dropped $35 on a Drake shirt to have his show canceled.</p>
- Jake Tyler Robinson (@Real_Raynman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_Raynman/statuses/391732803668553728">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>IM NOT TALKING TO NOBODY FOR A YEAR YO!!! IM SO MAD! MY HEART IS BROKE! I HATE THE WORLD CAUSE THEY CANCELED DRAKE CONCERT</p>
- K.Dot? (@__kayyyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/__kayyyy/statuses/391726084976541696">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>My poor roommates, crying because the Drake concert was canceled.... ??</p>
- Lindsay Zinko (@LindsayZinko) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindsayZinko/statuses/391754733507321856">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>Still pissed off that drake concert was cancelled</p>
- Tyler Dawson (@TyDawson95) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyDawson95/statuses/391959599601160192">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>That's bs the drake concert is cancelled.</p>
- Carolyn Wilde (@cwilde93) <a href="https://twitter.com/cwilde93/statuses/391724053150842880">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23wtf&amp;src=hash">#wtf</a> I feel like im on punk...they cancelled the drake concert</p>
- casandra ervin (@Smallscmd) <a href="https://twitter.com/Smallscmd/statuses/391723037483364353">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p><strong>The tweets went noticed by a lot of people:</strong></p>
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<p>Everyone on my timeline is angry about their drake concert being cancelled lol <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SorryNotSorry&amp;src=hash">#SorryNotSorry</a></p>
- Olquin Perdomo (@Tubizcochito27) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tubizcochito27/statuses/391764266606657536">October 20, 2013</a></blockquote>
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