A recording artist and entrepreneur known for his platinum hit single, “Jordan Belfort” and accompanying tour where he performed 50-plus shows across the U.S. and Europe. The song reached number 25 on the Billboard charts and the official music video for it has more than 36.5 million views. As of 2020 the rapper/hip-hop artist has more than one million monthly listeners and over 200 million streams worldwide. Based in Philadelphia, he just released a brand new official music video for the song “Bad Hair," and has a new song coming out nine days after the release of this episode. He also has an independent boutique label that he's developing independent artist services for, including distribution.
"I think it's all about having a plan and then being ready to execute on that plan to get the initial wave going around a big release."
"I ended up deciding to go back to college to finish my education. So, I took a couple years off from releasing music, but I was also just working on my craft."
"I think the average artist puts way too much pressure on themselves to be perfect."
"There's a fine line between over-focusing and just kind of releasing things and moving on. When you're not releasing constantly you're kind of losing momentum and it's important to keep your momentum up. So, I think having a consistent release schedule is highly important and you don't want to focus too much on being a perfectionist."
"Growth is what's important and you can always make new music and release better and better work."
"I really worked hard to create some content for my old music and work on my social media to promote that, and that's been a great strategy."
"Everything I've learned about the music business has been from experience and just from kind of getting out there and networking and trying to learn as much as possible about video and audio and recording and studios and the whole music production process and the business surrounding it as well as marketing and promoting music."
"if...you want to learn about music business and artist development and entrepreneurship, I'm trying to bring together a collective of people to support each other online as well as learn about these various things."
"A lot has changed in the past five to ten years and I've witnessed a lot of that happening and so I kind of see where the industry's going."
"I recommend that you get a publicist and learn from them ... Working with a publicist is always going to be more professional and get you better connections and a better article and submitted to better sources."
"Your music is an asset and you need to make sure that you're getting a full value of it."
"Bad Hair"
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