Carrie Battan

The New Yorker

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Staff writer for The New Yorker, contributor to GQ.

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Lil Pump’s hit song “Gucci Gang” has been viewed 880 million times. When it came out, Lil Pump was 18 years old, and had braces.

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Lil Pump’s hit song “Gucci Gang” has been viewed 880 million times. When it came out, Lil Pump was 18 years old, and had braces.

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