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***Update (10:55am): Apparently Shia LaBeouf’s freestyle included stolen bars from Detroit emcees? Old bars from like 1999? Shameful shit, fam. Read for yourself here. It’s not often that celebrities can climb out of the abyss of public disdain. I’ll admit, I’m petty, and once I don’t like a public figure it probably means I’ll dislike them forever. And so I, like anyone masochistic enough to watch Transformers 1-3, disliked Shia LaBeouf… except now, in a stunning twist, he’s my new favorite celebrity. 2015 Shia LaBeouf is the most hilarious gives-no-fucks actor on the planet. With the help of the Internet, his unique brand of crazy has evolved like no one expected, and the result is everything great. Let’s see what god gave us this week, shall we? In his most recent bout of awesomeness, this dude Shia dropped freestyle bars in what appears to be a cypher of high, white 20-somethings in California. He was topless. He wore a ponytail. He looks like some combination of Cletis the Slack-Jawed Yokel and Joe Dirt. But you know what? Dude actually had a few bars! “I’m still up inside the sky like I’m fucking mashed potatoes” “Making no sense and it don’t really matter though //eat any rapper like I’m eating tuna casserole” “I’m so underground the rap kids call me Tubman”
And yo, the Internet didn’t stop there – we gave this dude nerd cred, too. Shia LaBeouf’s “Just Do It” motivation has been dubbed over every action character imaginable, to the point I can’t even look at Goku an…
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Jordan Calhoun
Jordan Calhoun is a writer in New York City. His forthcoming debut book "Piccolo Is Black" is a celebration of the common adaptations we made while non-diverse pop culture helped us form identities. He holds…
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