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Streams, Likes, Followers, Views. They’re Vanity Metrics!

October 1, 2023

Views, followers, likes, and streams can be great for building awareness, but they don’t necessarily bring in the most money or the loyalest fans.

A lot of you know this already, but it needs to be repeated!

This clip is from a talk I gave at Stanford GSB Black Leadership Conference about the future of music. You can watch here: https://youtu.be/Mm0SB9UEW-k

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