When Dave Mays was a sophomore at Harvard, he started a single-page newsletter to serve the hip-hop community he loved with a pipe dream of becoming hip-hop’s answer to Rolling Stone.
With millions of readers, a notorious annual awards ceremony, a nationally syndicated radio show, a clothing line, as well as being the first entrepreneur to introduce hip-ho ... Show More
Oct 8
"Stop Apologizing": Lex Friedman on Why Podcasting Will Always Evolve and Why That's a Good Thing
This week on the Media Roundtable, we’re sitting down with Lex Friedman (not to be confused with Lex Fridman), one of podcasting’s original builders and a leader who’s shaped the business of podcasting since Day 1.Before launching his own consulting business, Lex played a part in ... Show More
51m 44s
Oct 1
Inside the 2025 Podcast Ad Playbook from Leading Brands: Whole Foods, Chime, Indeed, and Tecovas
Finally, some insights brand builders and performance marketers can agree on.We gathered CAOs in finance, food, jobs, and boots to share everything they’ve learned as they’ve scaled podcasting to enviable levels–and whether you’re brand or performance, you’ll benefit from their w ... Show More
39m 35s
Oct 2021
Interview With Dave Mays Discussing Break Beat, The Source, Hip-Hop Weekly, & The Power of Media
What’s up legendaries, it’s Ameenha Lee. In this interview, I had the pleasure to interview the legendary Dave Mays. Dave Mays is the founder of the Source Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly. In addition, Mays also is the co-founder of BreakBeat. The first podcast dedicated to the Hip-H ... Show More
13m 41s
Aug 2023
The economics of hip-hop
Mark Dent and Drea Hudson talk to Dan Runcie, founder of Trapital, a media brand covering the economics of hip-hop. From the genre’s golden era to its future (hello, AI), they uncover the moves, trends, and cultural shifts that transformed hip-hop into a billion-dollar global com ... Show More
14m 49s
Apr 2021
What Is the Future of Music, Audio, and Sonic In 2021? | Marketing For The Now #20 Part 1/2
Today’s episode is Part 1 of Marketing For the Now #20 where we ask the question “What is the future of music, audio, and sonic in 2021?”. We’re joined by an elite lineup of guests including:
Ryan Tedder, 3x Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter, Investor, Entrepreneur
Amazon Music, Gl ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2023
Hip-hop is 50 and it's having a midlife crisis
So much of the coverage of hip-hop’s 50th birthday has been congratulatory, in spite of its record of misogyny and anti-LGBTQ sentiment. In this episode of Into It, host Sam Sanders talks to journalist Kiana Fitzgerald about how the women of hip-hop are leading the way today, and ... Show More
45m 33s
Apr 2021
What Is the Future of Music, Audio, and Sonic In 2021? | Marketing For The Now #20 Part 2/2
Today’s episode is Part 2 of Marketing For the Now #20 where we ask the question “What is the future of music, audio, and sonic in 2021?”. We’re joined by an elite lineup of guests including:
Ryan Tedder, 3x Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter, Investor, Entrepreneur
Amazon Music, Gl ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2023
Special preview: Trymaine Lee on 50 years of hip-hop
This Black History Month, MSNBC’s “Into America” podcast celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with a special mini-series, “Street Disciples: Politics, Power and the Rise of Hip-Hop.” Hosted by Trymaine Lee, the series explores how our country’s political and economic forces ... Show More
5m 34s