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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORIES: HOMELESSNESS, KIDNAPPING & HOME EXPLOSION to LIL WAYNE & PIERCE THE VEIL | KEYAWNA NIKOLE 13.10.2026 2ч

  Send a message to DARKSIDE She finally escaped homelessness. Then her house exploded. Keyawna Nikole joins TK in the DARKSIDE interrogation room for Villain Origin Stories. From growing up mixed-race in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to chasing music in Los Angeles with $1,203, Keyawna opens up about the experiences behind her voice: gymnastics, family conflict, juvenile probation, face tattoos, and finding belonging in alternative music. She recounts hiding her homelessness from her mother,...
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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORES: House Fires, Arrests & Evictions — From Philly to BILLIE EILISH | ARMANI WHITE 15.09.2026 2ч 13мин

  Send a message to DARKSIDE Before the smile, there was survival. Armani White joins TK in the DARKSIDE interrogation room for Villain Origin Stories. Known for hits song like BILLIE EILISH and his infectious energy, Armani opens up about the experiences behind the music: growing up in West Philadelphia, the fire that affected his childhood, losing his father, and the years spent fighting to make his voice heard. He reflects on earning respect from Philly rap legends, navigating eviction and a...
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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORIES: £8 MILLION OF COCAINE, 11 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE & BADDIES GONE WILD - LEANDRA ROYER 04.09.2026 2ч 2мин

  Send a message to DARKSIDE A paid trip. A suitcase pickup. A sentence of 11 years and eight months. Leandra Royer joins TK in the DARKSIDE interrogation room for Villain Origin Stories. Before Baddies Gone Wild, Leandra was pursuing acting, modeling, and a future in entertainment. Then a trip to England placed her inside a cocaine-smuggling operation involving more than 300 kilograms of drugs. She has publicly said she didn’t know the suitcases contained cocaine—and deliberately avoided ask...
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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORIES: Musical Upbringing, MIT, Big Tech, & Funding the Future of Music w/ C.Y. Lee 23.08.2026 52мин

  Send a message to DARKSIDE Villain Origin Stories is a long-form interview series about artists, thinkers, and cultural figures confronting the catalyzing experiences that shaped them. C.Y. Lee opens up about growing up in a deeply musical family, learning piano and cello, and ultimately choosing technology over becoming a professional musician. From studying at MIT and discovering late-1980s house and hip-hop through college radio to building products at companies including Apple, Microsoft...
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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORIES: Losing Parents, Heart Surgery, Cypress Labs, & The Music Industry w/ Money Jezus 22.08.2026 46мин

  Send a message to DARKSIDE Villain Origin Stories is a long-form interview series about artists, thinkers, and cultural figures confronting the catalyzing experiences that shaped them. Money Jezus opens up about leaving high school to pursue music, receiving his first keyboard from his mother, and losing her suddenly to a brain aneurysm at 21. He reflects on the instability, displacement, sacrifice, and isolation that followed, the pressure of trying to build a future without the person who ...
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  VILLAIN ORIGIN STORIES: Surviving Abuse, Rediscovering Religion, XXXTentacion, & more w/ Bueli Njheri 07.08.2026 2ч 17мин

  Send a message to DARKSIDE Villain Origin Stories is a long-form interview series about artists, thinkers, and cultural figures confronting the catalyzing experiences that shaped them. In this episode of Villain Origin Stories, TK sits down with multidisciplinary artist Bueli Njheri, also known as Buelistic, for an unfiltered conversation about the experiences that shaped the woman and artist she became. Bueli opens up about surviving an abusive relationship, rebuilding her identity, manife...