The State of Hip Hop & the Future of the Music Industry with Insanul Ahmed

from BACKSTAGE · host Foxtrot and the Get Down

Something a little different this week. We welcome on Insanul Ahmed, who just wrote an amazing article for Billboard detailing rap's place in modern music, as well as where the music industry goes from here in the wake of the streaming wars and social media. We get into the ever changing industry landscape, music consumption, riding trends and the commercialization of rap (:48-37:08). We also get into the new 1975 album, ON/OFF the list, Dante in Italy, and not giving a FUCK.LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE!!!

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