Just when we thought it couldn’t get more exciting than the infamous $100 mixtape, Nip delivers a gritty, diverse, star-studded masterpiece in Nipsey lets us in to his world in an unprecedented way with both this album, as well as an intimate interview with NPR about the meaning behind each of the tracks and the critical role each of his features played in his tracks. “You perceive value: People are in awe when they see art, but it’s like how dare you try to offer a piece of music [as art] when it comes from hip-hop culture.”Hussle has a simpler metric to value his work’s worth: “If I inspire you, pay for it, period.”I'm an associate editor at Forbes covering media and entertainment, with a focus on the movie business. Hussle, real name Ermias Asghedom, made $100,000 in a day in 2013 by selling 1,000 copies of mixtape “I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets,” says Cash Prince Nipsey Hussle, 29, on the phone from LA, where he has just returned following an 18-date European tour. “People consume music via lots of different platforms so I wanted to make it available everywhere.”True to his moniker, Hussle sees direct distribution as a chance to reclaim power from labels and Forced into independence, Hussle has flourished. While Nip dropped two singles – “Victory Lap,” featuring Stacy Barthe, and “Dedication,” featuring Kendrick Lamar – prior to the album drop, the rest was largely kept under wraps.There is an air of darkness to this album that can likely be attributed to the recent loss of business partner Stephen Donaldson, touched on in TIDAL’s recent RELATED: Nipsey Hussle’s Daughter Emani, 10, Honors Him During Graduation 2 Months After Rapper’s Death. By Shawn Setaro. Nipsey Hussle has done it again, but he didn’t do it alone. “A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.”In a tradition paved by Radiohead’s 2007 pay-what-you-want album, “I feel like the mixtape websites are still a very big part of hiphop culture,” says Hussle, who built a following through releasing free mixtapes in 2008. “I think you can give a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry,” Hussle explains.
Before Wu-Tang banked on the power of scarcity by announcing it would auction just one copy of its Stay informed with the latest news in Hip-Hop and Film culture. Nipsey Hussle has done it again, but he didn’t do it alone. Hussle had grand plans to roll out versions of it across the country. In the wake of his death, Hussle (né Ermias Asghedom) has been honored by … Asia Hampton, 26, visits makeshift memorial for Nipsey Hussle at his store The Marathon and shooting scene on Slauson Avenue on April 02, 2019 in … Copyright 2018 Doxygen Media / All rights reserved That’s the way Grammy nominee Nipsey Hussle greeted Stephen Curry when the two met up outside of Oracle Arena following a Golden State Warriors home game last year. Shawn is an Associate Editor at Complex … By focusing on live shows and exclusive experiences that can’t be pirated, Hussle is setting himself up to become the next indie mogul, a la Strange Music’s So what does he make of Wu-Tang’s decision to sell a single copy of their album, “I think it makes a lot of sense,” Hussle responded.
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Interview: Nipsey Hussle Talks New Partnership With Atlantic and Business Moves Outside of Music. Understanding artists make money on the road and through merchandise, post-“Music can go digital and will,” Hussle emphasized. For the magazine, I've written cover stories on In doing so, he has cut out the middle man, distributing straight to fans. For the magazine, I've written cover stories on I'm an associate editor at Forbes covering media and entertainment, with a focus on the movie business. The store was co-owned by Adam Andebrhan and Stephen Donelson. Before Wu-Tang proved the power of scarcity by announcing it would auction just one copy of its next album, independent rapper Nipsey Hussle had made $100,000 in …