Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.
Justin Hunte's expansive resume covers banking, journalism, television, and music marketing. His career began in investment banking where he was a VP at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. He then transitioned in music journalism where he became HipHopDX’s editor-in-chief, cultivating a video strategy that generated 500,000 YouTube subscribers while overseeing the day-to-day site that reached 2.5 million monthly readers. Justin also served as Director of Content & Strategic Marking at EMPIRE, and was also a producer on A&E's popular clip show, Court Cam.
Hunte's amassed over 87M views and 267,000 subscribers on his personal Youtube channel. His thought-provoking videos attract millions, prompting branding partnerships with Brisk Bodega, Simple Mobile, Honda, and Lexus. He also debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, arguing that William Shakespeare is more culturally relevant than Kanye West. Hunte currently consults for a number of premiere artists and brands in tech and entertainment. And in his spare time, he is an LA Mission Ambassador where he dedicates hours to helping the houseless community.
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Drake "Iceman" On The Way? + Rakim & Lyricism + Afrika Bambaataa
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00:00 Intro
05:05 DRAKE ICEMAN EXPECTATIONS
07:00 Symba: Show us who you've grown into as a man
09:00 Mickey Factz: I don't think we're gonna get any hip hop MCing
10:10 BK: I don't hear any indication that he's gonna switch it up
12:32 Stat: I wouldn't put anything out and let hip hop suffer as a whole
16:22 Elle: Drake should stay in the Pop lane
19:20 WAS KENDRICK v DRAKE KILLED HIP HOP?
20:00 Symba: Since the battle people want something more authentic
24:53 Stat: Where are the 20 year old lyricists in the mainstream?
27:00 Elle: Hip Hop was rebellious. We're putting too much into pop metrics.
29:00 Mickey Factz: Shout out to Baby Keem, Lil Tecca...
38:00 Symba: Have we outgrown Hip Hop?
40:00 Elle: Hell Naw
42:00 BK: Hip Hop is still doing beautiful things
46:00 Stat: I like to see the mainstream flourish because it supports people like us
47:00 Elle: Do the label people matter more than the millions of listeners
48:00 Stat: I have survivors guilt for the rhymes I've written
52:00 TCM: Music is everywhere
55:00 (Maybe?) RAKIM'S TOP 10 MCs
1:00:00 Symba: The list is missing Lil Wayne
1:06:00 What's the difference between a good lyricist and a great lyricist?
1:08:00 Mickey Factz: I don't consider myself a lyrical spiritual miracle...
1:19:00 Elle: I feel like people run away from lyrical spiritual miracle...
1:22:00 Symba: The original "GOAT" was 11 minutes long. I run from Lyrical miracle.
1:24:00 Stat & Symba explain their fall out
1:38:00 BAMBAATAA
1:54:00 Super Chats
2:14:00 Hip Hop's Dead Troll Pages
2:38:00 Beyonce's website
2:59:00 Russ vs Even
3:39:00 Live Nation Court Loss
4:01:00 World Cup tickets too damn high
4:28:00 Ja Rule Magnises
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Life Through The Lens of Hip Hop.
Justin Hunte's expansive resume covers banking, journalism, television, and music marketing. His career began in investment banking where he was a VP at Bank Of America Merrill Lynch. He then transitioned in music journalism where he became HipHopDX’s editor-in-chief, cultivating a video strategy that generated 500,000 YouTube subscribers while overseeing the day-to-day site that reached 2.5 million monthly readers. Justin also served as Director of Content & Strategic Marking at EMPIRE, and was also a producer on A&E's popular clip show, Court Cam.
Hunte's amassed over 87M views and 267,000 subscribers on his personal Youtube channel. His thought-provoking videos attract millions, prompting branding partnerships with Brisk Bodega, Simple Mobile, Honda, and Lexus. He also debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, arguing that William Shakespeare is more culturally relevant than Kanye West. Hunte currently consults for a number of premiere artists and brands in tech and entertainment. And in his spare time, he is an LA Mission Ambassador where he dedicates hours to helping the houseless community.
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