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From My Experience

Not Saving Anything For The Way Back

I was running around doing some errands yesterday, and while walking towards the cash of an electronics store, I noticed a bin of DVDs for sale.
At the very top, as if just placed there perfectly for me, was Gattaca.

This movie right here, is one of my favourite movies period.
It’s a little old now (came out [...]

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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

The other day, Asher Roth, his manager Scooter Braun, and I were discussing some business, and took a minute to just chat. During our convo, Asher was telling me that he’s constantly asked questions about his buzz and the amount of exposure he’s been getting.
He always responds, “you’re only as good as your team”.
I couldn’t agree [...]

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MTV & 50 Cent Are Stalking Me And Other Updates

I just wanted to drop you guys a quick line to update you on a few things and fill you in on this MTV & 50 Cent situation:
MTV & 50 Cent Are Stalking Me!
Finally all those random emails and messages I’ve been getting about casting calls makes sense.
Turns out, MTV and 50 Cent are doing [...]

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The Importance of Personal Relationships

Okay, this post might crossover into rant mode, but I have to get this off my chest.
A little while ago, I noticed someone had sent me a friend request on 2 different social networking sites; Facebook and LinkedIn. I know who the person is, but I’m not very familiar with her because we’ve only briefly [...]

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How I Discovered Kanye West

Note: I get a little side-tracked in this post, but it all comes together, I promise.
Have you ever felt connected to and genuinely proud of an artist’s success because you were a fan of theirs before they became major celebrities? You somehow believe you were a part of the movement, even if you were no [...]

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Taking Advantage Of Opportunities

“In order to take advantage of an opportunity, you must first recognize it” – Ivan Berry
At 17, he owned his own record store – and dropped his first mixtape.
At 19, he was one of the biggest names in the mixtape game and launched his own artist development firm.
At 21, he took his first job at [...]

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Taking Over Your Spot

Yesterday was a long day for me – well, longer than usual. Amongst all the running around and flood of phone calls I had to deal with throughout the day, I met with an artist and his team in the afternoon to talk about the plans for his upcoming record.
The artist himself has had pretty [...]

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