{"id":1879850,"date":"2026-04-13T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1879850"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:59:00","slug":"xaviersobaseds-online-obsessions-nba-2k-skate-videos-and-nickelodeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1879850","title":{"rendered":"Xaviersobased\u2019s online obsessions: NBA 2K, skate videos and Nickelodeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1080\/0-300-1080-720\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443237.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/70074\/1\/xaviersobased-online-internet-obsessions-recs-nba-2k-skate-videos-nickelodeon\" data-article-id=\"70074\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"14\" class=\"img\" height=\"1620\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1080\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443237.png\" width=\"1080\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Demetri Demetropoulos<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-13T11:59:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/dazed-faves\">Dazed Faves<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/dazed-faves\">Dazed Faves<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Xaviersobased\u2019s online obsessions: NBA 2K, skate videos <span class=\"nowrap\">and Nickelodeon<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>As he touched down in London for the first leg of his European tour, we caught up with the Harlem rapper to unpack the internet habits shaping <span class=\"nowrap\">his sound<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-13T11:59:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-04-13T11:59:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"13 April 2026\"><span class=\"month\">April<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"13\">13,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/solomonpacemccarrick\">Solomon Pace-McCarrick<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dazed-gallery has-11-images \">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<header>\n<div class=\"info\"><span class=\"heading\">Xaviersobased, The Riverside <span class=\"nowrap\">tour 2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumbs\">\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/0\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"36\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443245.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/1\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"37\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443246.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/2\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"39\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443247.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/3\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"40\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443248.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/4\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443238.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/gallery\/36933\/5\/xaviersobased-the-riverside-tour-2026\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4\" class=\"img\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/320\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/3\/1443239.png\" width=\"1314\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-footer\">Gallery \/ 11 images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>It\u2019s all happening for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xaviersobased\/?hl=en\">Xaviersobased<\/a> right now. At just 22, the Harlem rapper has already spent years being treated as a figurehead of the hyper-online underground rap world, helping to usher in breakout stars like Nettspend and popularise microgenres such as jerk and digicore. But in the months since the release of his debut album <em data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"376\">Xavier<\/em> in January, he has started to breach containment, emerging from niche online forums and cropping up on For You Pages around the world. \u201cLife is changing drastically,\u201d he tells me when we finally sit down for our interview. \u201cFrom the first tour to the second was such a difference. It just keeps growing every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the centre of Xavier\u2019s appeal is a run of positive rap anthems that channel-surf between hyperactive pop, party-ready jerk rap, melodic pluggnb and the warm distortion of underground rap. It\u2019s a genre-diffuse approach that partly explains why Xavier and his contemporaries are increasingly grouped under the broad umbrella of \u201cunderground rap\u201d, rather than the microgenres that dominated discussion in previous years \u2013 it\u2019s their Gen Z instincts, not industry labels, that guide them. \u201cI never really identified with any subgenres, to be honest. I just made what I wanted,\u201d Xavier explains. \u201cMy music just sounds like what is going on in my head \u2013 it\u2019s chaotic, but also chill. It\u2019s a weird mix.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"7WWGE8boOGg\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7WWGE8boOGg\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>Online, his fans seem to speak of him as if he were a close friend, recreating his likeness in video games like <em>Minecraft<\/em>, worshipping old unfinished SoundCloud uploads, and poking fun at his lighthearted, happy-go-lucky persona. \u201cIt\u2019s not just that they connect with it, they\u2019re a part of it, too,\u201d says Xavier. \u201cIt\u2019s like a renaissance right now. All the fans make music, all the fans make clothes, everyone\u2019s just doing shit. I definitely see myself in the mulattos [among them] for sure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Still, all the online fanfare in the world couldn\u2019t have prepared me for the chaos that unfolded at Xavier\u2019s performance at EartH Hackney later that night. Having already sold out the 1200-capacity venue weeks in advance, the streets of Dalston were flooded with hundreds of additional fans hoping \u2013 and failing \u2013 to make it in on the night, creating an electric energy that I\u2019ve yet to see at any UK Ug rap show. Walking home amid the throng of shirtless teenagers who had made it into the moshpit, I caught snippets of fans affectionately referring to the star as \u2018Xav\u2019, praising his performance with sprinklings of American slang (\u2018based\u2019, \u2018turnt\u2019) and speaking with the hushed euphoria that often accompanies one\u2019s first live gig experience. Xavier really seemed like the people\u2019s champ that night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, rising underground rap godfather Xaviersobased breaks down five of his internet obsessions, from his favourite YouTube channels to his love of Nickelodeon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE SONG: \u201cCAME DOWN COURT BANGING\u201d \u2013 JETTT4<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"AAAKJyyzC78\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAAKJyyzC78\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>This shit right here is fire. The beat is just mad simple and he sounds fire talking shit on it. I like the video for it too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE VIDEO GAME: <\/span><em><span>NBA 2K26<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"Mh57YWNaQC4 \"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mh57YWNaQC4%20\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>I\u2019ve been playing a lot of 2K26. The state of the game right now is very bad, but I do like the dribbling system and I been getting better at it, too. I just been on the game, locked in recently. Ksuuvi brought his PS5 [on tour], so I\u2019m going to be on this one for sure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE SKATE PART: DANIEL SHIMIZU, <\/span><em><span>THAT\u2019S LIFE (2004)<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"96nNw1ZhIoQ\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96nNw1ZhIoQ\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>As of recently, this is one that I watched and fucked with his swag OD. He was just snapping. He\u2019s wearing the Dunks and the flared jeans. I always say I want to skate more, but I find it tough. I just never can. Last time I went, I just kept getting recognised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE TV SHOW: <\/span><em><span>HOUSE OF ANUBIS (2011)<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"sbj9GigAf9c \"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sbj9GigAf9c%20\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>My favourite TV show that I\u2019ve watched as of recently is <\/span><em><span>House of Anubis<\/span><\/em><span>. It actually takes place out here [in England]. It\u2019s a Nickelodeon show, an old one. It\u2019s just like <\/span><em><span>Zoey 101<\/span><\/em><span> with magic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Impectual\"><span>IMPECTUAL<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"VniFZj1VI6s\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VniFZj1VI6s\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>I been watching the homie Impectual on YouTube. He\u2019ll be doing [NBA] 2K videos. I\u2019ve actually been watching a lot of gaming shit. Also, the Pro Skater shit \u2013 shout out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@THPSVideos\"><span>THPS Videos<\/span><\/a><span>. 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At just 22, the Harlem rapper has already spent years being treated as a figurehead of the hyper-online underground rap world, helping to usher in breakout stars like Nettspend and popularise microgenres such as jerk and digicore. But in the months since the release of his debut album <em data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"376\">Xavier<\/em> in January, he has started to breach containment, emerging from niche online forums and cropping up on For You Pages around the world. \u201cLife is changing drastically,\u201d he tells me when we finally sit down for our interview. \u201cFrom the first tour to the second was such a difference. It just keeps growing every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the centre of Xavier\u2019s appeal is a run of positive rap anthems that channel-surf between hyperactive pop, party-ready jerk rap, melodic pluggnb and the warm distortion of underground rap. It\u2019s a genre-diffuse approach that partly explains why Xavier and his contemporaries are increasingly grouped under the broad umbrella of \u201cunderground rap\u201d, rather than the microgenres that dominated discussion in previous years \u2013 it\u2019s their Gen Z instincts, not industry labels, that guide them. \u201cI never really identified with any subgenres, to be honest. I just made what I wanted,\u201d Xavier explains. \u201cMy music just sounds like what is going on in my head \u2013 it\u2019s chaotic, but also chill. It\u2019s a weird mix.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"7WWGE8boOGg\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7WWGE8boOGg\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>Online, his fans seem to speak of him as if he were a close friend, recreating his likeness in video games like <em>Minecraft<\/em>, worshipping old unfinished SoundCloud uploads, and poking fun at his lighthearted, happy-go-lucky persona. \u201cIt\u2019s not just that they connect with it, they\u2019re a part of it, too,\u201d says Xavier. \u201cIt\u2019s like a renaissance right now. All the fans make music, all the fans make clothes, everyone\u2019s just doing shit. I definitely see myself in the mulattos [among them] for sure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Still, all the online fanfare in the world couldn\u2019t have prepared me for the chaos that unfolded at Xavier\u2019s performance at EartH Hackney later that night. Having already sold out the 1200-capacity venue weeks in advance, the streets of Dalston were flooded with hundreds of additional fans hoping \u2013 and failing \u2013 to make it in on the night, creating an electric energy that I\u2019ve yet to see at any UK Ug rap show. Walking home amid the throng of shirtless teenagers who had made it into the moshpit, I caught snippets of fans affectionately referring to the star as \u2018Xav\u2019, praising his performance with sprinklings of American slang (\u2018based\u2019, \u2018turnt\u2019) and speaking with the hushed euphoria that often accompanies one\u2019s first live gig experience. Xavier really seemed like the people\u2019s champ that night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Below, rising underground rap godfather Xaviersobased breaks down five of his internet obsessions, from his favourite YouTube channels to his love of Nickelodeon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE SONG: \u201cCAME DOWN COURT BANGING\u201d \u2013 JETTT4<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"AAAKJyyzC78\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAAKJyyzC78\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>This shit right here is fire. The beat is just mad simple and he sounds fire talking shit on it. I like the video for it too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE VIDEO GAME: <\/span><em><span>NBA 2K26<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"Mh57YWNaQC4 \"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mh57YWNaQC4%20\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>I\u2019ve been playing a lot of 2K26. The state of the game right now is very bad, but I do like the dribbling system and I been getting better at it, too. I just been on the game, locked in recently. Ksuuvi brought his PS5 [on tour], so I\u2019m going to be on this one for sure.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE SKATE PART: DANIEL SHIMIZU, <\/span><em><span>THAT\u2019S LIFE (2004)<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"96nNw1ZhIoQ\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/96nNw1ZhIoQ\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>As of recently, this is one that I watched and fucked with his swag OD. He was just snapping. He\u2019s wearing the Dunks and the flared jeans. I always say I want to skate more, but I find it tough. I just never can. Last time I went, I just kept getting recognised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE TV SHOW: <\/span><em><span>HOUSE OF ANUBIS (2011)<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"sbj9GigAf9c \"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sbj9GigAf9c%20\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>My favourite TV show that I\u2019ve watched as of recently is <\/span><em><span>House of Anubis<\/span><\/em><span>. It actually takes place out here [in England]. It\u2019s a Nickelodeon show, an old one. It\u2019s just like <\/span><em><span>Zoey 101<\/span><\/em><span> with magic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span>FAVE YOUTUBE CHANNEL: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Impectual\"><span>IMPECTUAL<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"VniFZj1VI6s\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VniFZj1VI6s\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Xaviersobased: <\/strong><span>I been watching the homie Impectual on YouTube. He\u2019ll be doing [NBA] 2K videos. I\u2019ve actually been watching a lot of gaming shit. Also, the Pro Skater shit \u2013 shout out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@THPSVideos\"><span>THPS Videos<\/span><\/a><span>. This channel right here is fire also.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Scroll up for some shots of Xaviersobased\u2019s Riverside tour so far.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. 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