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Trapital

Gain insights from top execs in music, media, and entertainment. Trapital founder Dan Runcie interviews hip-hop heavy hitters to explore the trends that shape the rest of the business world. Learn mor... Read more

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Shea Serrano on the Economics of Book Publishing, ‘Movies (and Other Things),’ and How DJ Screw Inspired his Promotional Tactics

Shea Serrano on the Economics of Book Publishing, ‘Movies (and Other Things),’ and How DJ Screw Inspired his Promotional Tactics

Shea Serrano, New York Times bestselling author and staff writer at The Ringer, came on the pod to chat about his strate... Read more

4 Nov 2019

49mins

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

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

Mike Weissman, President of SoundCloud, came on the pod to talk about the streaming company’s business model, how it com... Read more

11 Nov 2019

36mins

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James Supreme on Being the A&R Behind Lil’ Nas X “Panini”, G-Eazy's Management Team, and why Mental Health Matters in the Industry

James Supreme on Being the A&R Behind Lil’ Nas X “Panini”, G-Eazy's Management Team, and why Mental Health Matters in the Industry

James Supreme, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group, came on the pod to talk about his role in Lil’ Nas X’s secon... Read more

10 Oct 2019

44mins

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Moody Jones on marketing for Snoop Dogg, EMPIRE’s digital strategy, and why he wants to work with Childish Gambino

Moody Jones on marketing for Snoop Dogg, EMPIRE’s digital strategy, and why he wants to work with Childish Gambino

Moody Jones, Head of Digital at EMPIRE, came through the Trapital Podcast to chat about his experience marketing for art... Read more

23 Aug 2019

39mins

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

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

The Fowlkes Firm founder and music business professor Karl Fowlkes talked about his experience as an entertainment lawye... Read more

18 Feb 2020

46mins

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

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

Stem CEO and co-founder Milana Lewis came on the Trapital Podcast to talk about Stem’s role as a music distributor, how ... Read more

16 Dec 2019

47mins

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

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

Combs Enterprises COO Tarik Brooks came on the Trapital Podcast to talk his role managing the Combs Enterprises portfoli... Read more

4 Feb 2020

45mins

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

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

REVOLT’s VP of Insights & Strategy Lynzie Riebling came through to talk about Revolt’s new study Gen Hip Hop, key fi... Read more

25 Feb 2020

44mins

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The Hip-Hop Partnership Flywheel

The Hip-Hop Partnership Flywheel

Dan breaks down why distribution is so critical for today’s hip-hop artists and how it has created a partnership flywhee... Read more

23 Jul 2019

9mins

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James Supreme - A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group (2019)

James Supreme - A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group (2019)

James Supreme, A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group, came on the pod to talk about his role in Lil’ Nas X’s secon... Read more

10 Mar 2020

44mins

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Roc Nation's Wild Year

Roc Nation's Wild Year

Dan breaks down Roc Nation’s wild and eventful 2019--a bunch of execs got fired, there are new co-presidents for the rec... Read more

1 Aug 2019

9mins

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RapCaviar's Big Advantage

RapCaviar's Big Advantage

Dan explains why Spotify’s RapCaviar playlist still has a competitive advantage over its competitors and why that won’t ... Read more

9 Aug 2019

9mins

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

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

I answered some of the most-pressing questions from Trapital Members: Should the digital streaming providers invest in ... Read more

26 Nov 2019

31mins

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Dame Ritter on Kanye West’s Sunday Services, Launching Music Entrepreneur Club, and How He Almost Signed Russ to a Deal

Dame Ritter on Kanye West’s Sunday Services, Launching Music Entrepreneur Club, and How He Almost Signed Russ to a Deal

Dame Ritter, Founder and CEO of the Music Entrepreneur Club, came on the podcast to talk about the latest with Kanye Wes... Read more

8 Oct 2019

45mins

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DJ Semtex on UK Hip-Hop’s Moment, Stormzy and Skepta Becoming Stars, Brexit’s Impact on the Culture, and Why Radio Still Matters

DJ Semtex on UK Hip-Hop’s Moment, Stormzy and Skepta Becoming Stars, Brexit’s Impact on the Culture, and Why Radio Still Matters

DJ Semtex, award-winning DJ, radio host, author, and podcast, came on the pod to talk about the moment UK is having in h... Read more

28 Oct 2019

47mins

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

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

Nue Agency Founder and CEO Jesse Kirshbaum talked about his company’s transition from talent to brand partnerships. We a... Read more

11 Feb 2020

45mins

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

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

Water & Music creator and music journalist Cherie Hu came on the Trapital Podcast to discuss why “fantasy football f... Read more

21 Jan 2020

46mins

Ranked #18

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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

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

This is Round 2! Here are the most pressing questions from Trapitalists: How successful will the Lovers & Friends Fe... Read more

3 Mar 2020

30mins

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Zack O’Malley Greenburg on the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash List, the Controversy it Causes, and What it Took to Declare that Jay Z is a Billionaire

Zack O’Malley Greenburg on the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash List, the Controversy it Causes, and What it Took to Declare that Jay Z is a Billionaire

Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Senior Editor of Media & Entertainment at Forbes, came through the Trapital Podcast to talk... Read more

26 Sep 2019

35mins

Ranked #20

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50 Cent is a Habitual Line Stepper

50 Cent is a Habitual Line Stepper

Dan is joined by Ace Patterson (hip-hop artist ‘Call Me Ace,’ Consumer Marketing at Facebook). They break down how 50 Ce... Read more

12 Sep 2019

42mins

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