Trapital Podcast

Hip-hop's heavy hitters explore their best ideas so you can level up your game.

Trapital Podcast

Hip-hop's heavy hitters explore their best ideas so you can level up your game.

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Master P on Bringing Culture to Corporate America (live from TMRE)

Issa Rae on Insecure, Ownership in Media, and Creator Economy Trends

Rick Ross on Bossing Up, Building His Empire, WingStop, and his Investments

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Tiffany Ballard on Music Business Law, How She Made Connections on Myspace, and Why Bad Deals Still Happen, and Her Time on Reality TV

May 5, 2020

Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad on Building Dreamville, Managing J. Cole, the Dollar & a Dream Tour, and Starting Dreamville Fest

April 14, 2020

Shawn Prez on the Bad Boy Street Team, Grassroots Marketing in Hip-Hop, and Starting the Global Spin Awards

April 7, 2020

Hannibal Buress on How Netflix Changed Comedy, His Investing Strategy, and Why Isola Fest is One of His Favorite Career Moments

March 31, 2020

Trapital Mailbag #2! D-Smoke’s Potential, Lovers & Friends Fest, Jay Z the Wartime Leader, The Cost of Album Bundles, and Def Jam…oh Def Jam

March 3, 2020

Lynzie Riebling on Gen Hip Hop, Quantifying the Power of the Hip-Hop Audience, and REVOLT’s Role in the Culture

February 25, 2020

Karl Fowlkes on Music Business Law, Combat Jack’s Influence, and Why He Hopes There are Less Lawyers in 20 Years

February 18, 2020

Jesse Kirshbaum on Nue Agency’s Brand Marketing, #CRWN Interview Series, and the Future of Award Shows

February 11, 2020

Tarik Brooks on Combs Enterprises, Diddy’s Investment Strategy, and Managing a Portfolio of Brands

February 4, 2020

Steve Stoute on UnitedMasters, a New Deal with Apple Music, Ownership in Hip-Hop, and Why Brands Value Indie Artists

January 28, 2020

Fantasy Record Labels? We’re Skeptical. (a Trapital – Water & Music Collaboration with Cherie Hu)

January 21, 2020

Milana Lewis on Stem’s Artist-First Strategy, How it Evolves in the Streaming Era, How it Makes Tough Decisions

December 16, 2019

Trapital Mailbag Special: Grammy Awards Woes, Young Rappers Most Likely to Become Moguls, and Thoughts on a Rappers Union

November 26, 2019

Why Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’ Was a Hit

November 19, 2019

Mike Weissman on SoundCloud’s Creator Strategy, How it Compares to a Startup Accelerator, and What it Means to be a SoundCloud Rapper

November 11, 2019

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