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Lil Baby has been consistently dominating the rap game, and his music streams are proof of it. Since starting his label 4PF (4 Pockets Full) with Quality Control Music in 2016, Lil Baby has been making it clear that he is a force in the music industry based on the accolades he’s racked up. The music video network shared that the Atlanta rapper was named Vevo’s most-viewed artist of 2021 in the USA. He ranked at the top of Vevo’s US Top Ten Artists By Views, with over 770 million views. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vevo (@vevo) With his impressive amassed views, he took the lead over The Weeknd, who came in at No. 2 with 559 million views. Other pop star faves on the list included newcomers Doja Cat (429 million views) and Lil Nas X (382 million views).
Fanatics, Michael Rubin’s online sports company, has brought together a star-studded group of investors to transport Mitchell & Ness into the present day. On Feb. 18, it was announced that the legendary sports goods brand had been acquired for $250 million, Sportico reports. The recent deal included investments from Jay-Z, Maverick Carter, Meek Mill, Lil Baby , and the D’Amelio family. The breakdown of the ownership is Fanatics takes 75 percent of Mitchell & Ness, while the other investors get 25 percent, according to The New York Times. Mitchell & Ness has previously been a staple in the clothing industry, especially for streetwear fashion. Just as brands such as Diddy’s Sean John are working to make a comeback, the investors are bringing new energy to the brand that’s been missing. “Fashion is cyclical, but classics are forever,” Jay-Z said in a statement. “Mitchell & Ness is a true classic. I was an early adopter of this brand, as well as a part of a departure from athletic wear....
Rapper Swae Lee is taking charge in the metaverse under a new leadership role. The five-time Grammy Award nominee has been appointed as the Chief Entertainment Officer (CEO) of SYN CITY, a “mafia metaverse” blockchain platform, CoinQuora reports. Swae Lee’s appointment is set to spearhead a trailblazing merge of metaverse gaming, NFTs, and music.
A music mogul like Quincy Jones backing an “emotional” artificial technology (AI) music startup sounds like a match made in heaven. The startup — Musimap — is on a mission to develop effective music roadmaps for its users through AI. The automated engine leverages automated engines and metadata enhancement to generate a playlist that has a familiar music palette to correspond with the personality profile. When Jones made the decision to tap into Musimap last year, he operated as a special advisor disclosing a personalized listing of his top-performing singles in order for the company to curate a precise profile. The profile was generated in “a fraction of a second” with results matching songs across common themes including love, playfulness, sensibility and happiness. The search engine also revealed Soul Jazz, Pop, Disco and Jazz were the top contenders for the key genre, Music Business World previously reported. Since Musimaps’s acquisition of Jones’ catalog in May, the AI company...
Of the 1,537 startups that closed venture capital deals of at least $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, only 40 of them have Black founders at the helm, a new report finds. These findings were brought to light by Los Angeles-based diversity recruiting platform company Hallo in its second quarterly Black Founders Funding report. The new report analyzed 1,537 young companies across the U.S. that raised funding between $1 million and $50 million at the end of last year. The findings only account for these mega-deals closed between Oct. 1, 2020 , and Dec. 31, 2020. “In my honest opinion, the largest bottle neck for entrepreneurs of color are in the earliest days of starting your company. Once it’s time to go raise a traditional seed round the lack of friend and family capital access might put even the best laid plans and product roadmaps behind the curve in the eyes of seed investors aiming to back initial products and amazing teams,” Hallo’s co-founder and CEO Vernon Howard told...
Crisis levels are hitting an all-time high as the widespread of coronavirus causes global concern. The community spread of coronavirus is currently disrupting the flow of businesses, the stock market, and our social atmosphere in immediate and long-term ways. As more reports of the virus spreading pour in, people are on extreme alert causing major events, conferences, and concerts to cancel as well as tourist attractions to close down. Universities are even shutting down college campuses as a precaution for the outbreak. The virus has caused such a frenzy that tons of major business conferences and meetings hosted by companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft have all been cancelled due to the ongoing spread of the virus. Geek reports that South by Southwest (SXSW) has already seen cancellations from companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Vevo who have pulled out of participating in the annual festival. Other major social events such as Coachella and the Japan 2020 Olympics could...