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Why Silk Sonic Works Better Than Other Superduos
How 50 Cent’s Vitaminwater Deal Influenced Hip-Hop
Why Epic Games Acquired Bandcamp
What Creators Get Wrong About Text Marketing
Kanye West’s Stem Player Strategy
How Snoop Dogg Maximized His Super Bowl Moment
Spotify and the Neutral Platform Myth
How Gunna Maximized the Moment with DS4EVER and P
How Royal Can Redefine Music Royalties
How Creators Balance Ownership and Partnership
Utopia Music’s Plan to Unlock Value for Creators
Will the Saga Continue for Diddy and Sean John?
A Breakdown on Kanye West and Drake’s Amazon Music Concert
Royal Raises $55 Million to Give Fans Ownership in Music
Tidal Makes a Big Bet on Independent Artists
Why Ye Wants To Become a Publicly-Traded Entity
The Bored Ape Yacht Club Enters the Music Industry
The Lasting Impact of Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’
The Aftermath of Astroworld Festival
The Most Underrated Hip-Hop Business Moves
Why 300 Entertainment is Exploring a Potential Sale
The Weeknd Levels Up to Stadium Status
Why Adele’s Success is Hard to Measure in Album Sales
Why Cash App Launched Cash App Studios and What to Expect
The Struggle Behind TikTok’s NFT Launch
Will Kanye West’s Donda Communications Company Come to Life?
Fans and Influencers Bankrolling Artists Directly
Why TikTok Has Strong Potential With NFTs
How Will Clubhouse Face the Competition?
Audius Aims to Be the Web 3.0 Solution to Music Streaming
Why Genius Sold For Less Money Than It Raised
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith In Talks to Sell Westbrook Inc.
Jay Z and Fanatics Double Down on Sports Betting
How Drake Partnered With ESPN for “Certified Lover Boy”
Why DistroKid is Valued at $1.3 Billion
Def Jam’s Future is with New CEO Tunji Balogun
Aaliyah’s Music, Streaming, EMPIRE, and Posthumous Struggles
The Lox vs Dipset: How Verzuz Can Outlive the Quarantine
What to Expect from Travis Scott’s A24 Collaboration
Why NBA YoungBoy is the YouTube King
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