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
Jul 9
Podcast to Primetime: How Evan Shapiro Turned Audio into TV and What’s Next
This week on “What’s a Podcast? - The Extended Interviews,” Evan Shapiro (renowned Media Universe Cartographer) brings his latest industry map to share with Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road & Veritone One) how and why podcasts should expand into other mediums. At IFC, Evan pioneered ... Show More
30m 26s
Jun 25
Joe Rogan Isn't a Podcast: Steve Pratt Puts Podcasting's Definition to the Test
This week on the Media Roundtable, Dan Granger (CEO, Oxford Road & Veritone One) hosts Steve Pratt (Founder, The Creativity Business, author of Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers) for a debate about Steve’s article on Joe Rogan’s podcast status.Why? Because a ... Show More
53m 26s
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