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Happy Tuesday, Future Party. 2026 is the year of unexpected hip-hop side hustles. Actor Tom Hardy, rapping under the pseudonym Frankie Pulitzer, dropped an album with rap supergroup Czarface (it’s great!), while MrBeast did a verse on Lil Baby’s remix of his song “Dead Fresh” (it’s… not as great). Who should try spitting some bars next? Chris Pratt? Martin Scorsese? Dame Judi Dench?

Top streamer IShowSpeed (real name Darren Watkins Jr.) is teaming up with men-focused personal-care brand Dr. Squatch on a scavenger hunt that blends the physical and digital worlds.

Why It Hits: Brand sponsorships and passive ads just don’t cut through the noise these days. People want interactivity, community, and maybe even the opportunity to strike it rich. It’s what has turned MrBeast into the biggest creator out there. Now, IShowSpeed is getting in on the action, building on the recent content that has taken him traveling across the world.

Behind The Competition: SPEEDRUN: Million Dollar Mission wants to be the Amazing Race of social media, per Forbes.

Final Challenge: Dr. Squatch hatched the idea for the competition and then approached Speed to see if he’d want to link arms because his fandom is one that “reacts, participates, and competes,” according to chief brand officer John Ludeke. Speed agreed, saying it “fits how my community already interacts with my streams.” Both parties worked with experimental ad agency Applied MSCHF to mount the complicated scavenger hunt.

And with 184 million followers, Speed has enough of an audience to make the effort more than worth it.

Prediction: Expect SPEEDRUN to be the first of a wave of activations that seamlessly weave the physical and digital worlds into a singular experience.

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Popular creator-turned-filmmaker Markiplier (real name Mark Fischbach) has become the largest single shareholder in camera company GoPro.

The Big Picture: There have been plenty of successful examples of creators launching product-focused businesses over the past handful of years… but Markiplier might be the first to take a major position in an existing public company with the hopes of supercharging both its reach and sales.

Behind The Investment: According to Bloomberg, Fischbach may not be a professional investor, but he has loads of conviction (and money).

Fischbach said of the position: “I saw the stock and where it was, and I was like, that seems undervalued. It’s just something I’ve been cooking in the background; I want the company to succeed.”

Closing Thoughts: It’s one thing to be a fan, and another to feel compelled to spend over $9 million to prop up a potentially sinking ship. The deciding factor for Markiplier was finding out about the company’s first-ever cinema camera with interchangeable lenses — the Mission 1 Pro ILS.

Markiplier, who self-funded and distributed his debut feature, Iron Lung, to a whopping $51 million at the box office, has made promoting DIY filmmaking his hill to die on. He sees GoPro’s new camera as a major step forward for filmmaking accessibility, so the tie-up between the parties may be a match made in heaven.

The Future: Given enough attention, Markiplier might just be able to turn around GoPro’s stock price and fuel a comeback.

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40.7% of you voted I’ve never used either in yesterday’s poll: Are you (or were you) an X/Twitter user?

“Twitter was too combative, even before the name change, and I wouldn’t touch a Musk product with a 10-foot pole.”

“Once it became X, I was out.”

“I loved Twitter, warts and all, but immediately jumped ship when Musk bought it. Hoping the reboot figures out successful moderation — not just to bring back an old familiar, but as a working model for other SM platforms as well.”

“Back in the day, Twitter was my favorite platform. I’m currently pretty happy with Threads, except that it’s owned by Meta. I have great hope for Twitter.now.”

“I could never bring myself to delete what I did on Twitter.”

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📉 PayPal’s stock slipped nearly 15% after Stripe and Advent called off their acquisition pursuit.

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