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
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Protecting Human Connection: Audio’s ROI, AI Slop, & Netflix Moves
<p>How will the industry shift with 200k AI episodes? Or with Netflix’s $400M podcast push? How do audio and video podcasts <em>actually</em> stack up for attention? Find out on a new <em>Media Roundtable: Industry Edition</em>, sponsored by our friends at <a ... Show More
1h 2m
Nov 12
Bye, YouTube: Why Spotify's Moving Hit Shows to Netflix
<p>Did you have Netflix becoming a major audio platform on your bingo card? If you’re surprised, we’re here to help you make sense of the big moves by the industry’s (new) big players.</p><p>This week on The Media Roundtable: Industry Edition, <a href="https://www.linkedin.c ... Show More
47m 5s
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
<p>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:</p>
<p><strong>Ryan Tedder, </strong>3x Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter, Investor, En ... 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
<p>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:</p>
<p><strong>Ryan Tedder, </strong>3x Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter, Investor, En ... 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
Aug 2023
It was all a dream: Hip-hop turns 50
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Two turntables and a microphone. That was all DJ Kool Herc had 50 years ago when he planted the seeds of what would become hip-hop. Today, we’ll hear directly from some of the genre’s biggest stars about how hip-hop took over the world.< ... Show More
38m 14s