Afropolitan 🅰️🌶

I hate trap music with all my life. Hip-hop has been trapped for 15 years — same sound, nothing's changed. Meanwhile Afrobeats brings variation. 🎙️ #Afropolitan #TrapMusic #HipHop #Afrobeats

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Jay-Z built stakeholders. Diddy built an audience. One has people who will defend him when everything falls apart. The other has fans who disappear. @Audu Maikori breaks down the difference between community and clout.

Is Nigerian music an industry or a hustle? It became an industry BY the hustle. But can we transition? 🎙️ #Afropolitan #NigerianMusic #Afrobeats #MusicBusiness

I just finished watching one of the best episodes of the Afropolitan podcasts of the year so far. @afropolitan

I built @TruSpot in my teen years, and it was definitely way ahead of its time (the story will be televised one day), but one thing living and working in Silicon Valley taught me was if the people are ready, the product will find its moment. They did that with Web3 and now AI, I just hope that this time and period we do not miss and stay behind this new era of ownership, tech and distribution. Love this episode with my Oga @Audu

We built an entire industry on somebody else's infrastructure. We own nothing. If Spotify says goodbye tomorrow, where do we go? 🎙️ #Afropolitan #MusicIndustry #Ownership #Afrobeats

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A Nigerian built Pandora before Pandora. @iKEOrizu created TruSpot Radio—a streaming platform before Apple Music, before Spotify touched Africa. The industry wasn't ready. The infrastructure wasn't there. But the vision was right.

Is M.I Abaga's Talk About It Nigeria's best Hip-Hop album of all time? Audu Maikori thinks so.

IP slavery is in perpetuity. They're going to own what we've done forever. We have to protect our soul. 🎙️ #Afropolitan #AfricanMusic #IPRights #Afrobeats #MusicBusiness

"I hate trap music with all my life. Trap Music trapped Hip-Hop..." - Audu Maikori

There’s nothing like when a Nigerian artist sits down with a Nigerian storyteller that knows what they are doing. The cultural factor in the way the interaction translates is huge. I get the appeal of foreign outlets/audience but our biggest stars should be sitting down with us!

"In Chocolate City's case, we've always been the most structured company since inception... Even at the time we did the Warner deal, we were doing at least $1.5m - $2m a year..." - Audu Maikori

His warning: "Intellectual property enslavement is in perpetuity. They're going to own what we've done forever." Hip-hop got owned by people who had the data. Afrobeats is next—unless we change. New episode of the Afropolitan Podcast is live. youtu.be/2glnOXKEMGc

If Spotify and YouTube leave Africa tomorrow, the entire music industry collapses. We own nothing. @Audu Maikori has watched this for 20 years. @MI_Abaga @Jessejagz. @Iceprincezamani. He built Chocolate City before Afrobeats went global.

When Africans and African-Americans talk to each other, it feels like there's a white man in the middle interpreting for both of us. We have to remove him. 🎙️ #Afropolitan #Diaspora #AfricanAmerican #PanAfrican

I didn't have an imagination for the woman I became. I just wanted to survive. I was even scared to ask God for a lot because I thought He was busy. 🎙️ #Afropolitan #Faith #Purpose #GrowthMindset