In 2007, Soulja Boy “Crank That” was a gamechanger. #1 song in the US from a YouTube video!

Technology continued to lower the barriers to entry for artists. More genres of music were no longer held back by gatekeepers. A few years later, hip-hop officially become the most listened to genre in the world.

This clip if from a talk I gave at Stanford GSB Black Leadership Conference. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Mm0SB9UEW-k

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