"In a May letter that was recently verified by TMZ, Mangione wrote that he downloaded "a bunch" of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX songs to his tablet to "see what all the hype was about" after a "phony" list circulated online saying that he listened to those artists. "So I'm walking laps on the top tier of my unit listening to 'cardigan' by TSwift, when one of the other inmates, 'King,' calls me over to see what I'm listening to," Mangione recalled."
"Mangione's letter was formatted as a list of 27 things he was grateful for after turning 27 years old; everyone from his legal team to "Latinas for Mangione" got a shout-out. The final entry was initially Swift's "cardigan," but he crossed it out to replace it with Lil Durk's "Dis Ain't What U Want," which seems like a potentially apt descriptor for the new playlist that King made for him."
Luigi Mangione is incarcerated in Brooklyn on charges tied to the 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione wrote in a May letter that he downloaded Taylor Swift and Charli XCX songs to his tablet after a phony list circulated online claiming those were his favorite artists. While listening to Swift's "cardigan" on the top tier of his unit, an inmate called King scolded him and replaced his music, after which Mangione began listening to Lil Durk. The letter was a list of 27 things he was grateful for and showed he crossed out "cardigan" for Lil Durk. There is speculation about dramatizations and documentaries related to Mangione's case.
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