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Serial Entrepreneur, 8x RIAA Platinum & Gold Recipient, Lecturer& Editor. Built by Prayer, Powered by Faith. I Eat Drink Flex and Sin Respectfully
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Kanye never actually owned Yeezy. Everybody thought Kanye owned Yeezy. He owned the name, the trademark. Adidas owned the designs, the factories, the distribution, and the money. He looked like a mogul with his own brand. He was the most important employee of a shoe that belonged to Adidas. Own the machine, not the logo. Full breakdown on YouTube, link in bio. Roget, Street Smart Business. #Kanye #Ye #Yeezy #Adidas #ownyourbrand #ownership #StreetSmartBusiness #hiphop by @blackcountrr
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2 days ago
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Half of Biggie’s song. Forever. 💀 By one account, Diddy swore he’d hold Biggie’s publishing until his bones turned to powder. Biggie signed half of it away at 24 and never once talked about his own music like that, because nobody told him what he was giving up. The lesson is older than hip hop: read it before you sign. Full breakdown on YouTube, link in bio #Biggie #NotoriousBIG #Diddy #hiphophistory #musicbusiness #ownyourpublishing #ownership #StreetSmartBusiness by @blackcountrr
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7 days ago
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Nas Made $40 Million Off a Doorbell. While everybody flexed chains, Nas quietly bet on a doorbell and walked away with a reported 40 million. One small check into Ring. That is the whole lesson. Full breakdown on my YouTube, link in bio. #Nas #Ring #QuietWealth #Coinbase #OwnYourMasters #StreetSmartBusiness #HipHop #Reels by @blackcountrr
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13 days ago
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They Told Diddy Not To Do My Deal I sat across the table from Sean Combs and negotiated a buyout and a signing. I moved one of my own writers from Universal to Bad Boy. Everybody in that building told him not to do it. He did it anyway. That writer was Shannon Jones. He is a Grammy winner now. The full episode is what happened to the other man in that story. He owned the label. He owned the catalog. He turned down the flat liquor check and took a piece of the business instead. By 2022 the reports had him at a billion dollars. He sold 90 percent of Sean John in 2016 for a reported 70 million, then bought his own brand back out of bankruptcy in 2021 for 7.5 million. In 2023 he gave the Bad Boy publishing back to Biggie's estate, Faith Evans, Mase, The Lox and 112 instead of selling it. By the middle of 2024 the vodka was gone, the tequila was gone, Revolt was gone, and he was in a federal cell. Nobody robbed him. He did the paperwork right and it still did not save him. Ownership protects you from the label, the partner, even the tax man. It does not protect you from you. Full breakdown on my YouTube, Street Smart Business. Link in bio. #Diddy #SeanCombs #BadBoy #MusicBusiness #OwnYourMasters #StreetSmartBusiness by @blackcountrr
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21 days ago
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Dame Dash Launched a Billionaire. Now He Has $100. Dame Dash launched a billionaire. Today he has a hundred dollars, and a court is selling the rights to his own life. I have watched this happen to people I know, so let me tell you how it really goes. It does not come all at once. It comes as a letter you do not open. Then a second letter. Then a lawyer's name you have never heard. And the whole time you are telling yourself you will handle it when the next check clears. That is how a man with a 700 million dollar brand ends up with nothing. Not one disaster. A thousand days of deciding not to look. The full story is on my channel. Follow for the game before the mistakes cost you. Music by Niko: @WeTrustNiko #DameDash #RocAFella #ReasonableDoubt #JayZ #StreetSmartBusiness #MoneyLessons #Ownership #Wealth #BusinessLessons #Mindset by @blackcountrr
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25 days ago
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Michael Jordan wanted Adidas. He did not even want to take the Nike meeting. His mother, Deloris, made him sit down anyway. That one yes she forced built the greatest sneaker deal in history. He made about 93.5 million his entire NBA career. Nike has paid him an estimated 2.35 billion since 1984, because he took a piece of every pair instead of a flat check. Sometimes the most important yes is the one somebody who loves you makes you say. Full episode is on my channel. Follow for the real game before the mistakes cost you. Music by S.I.D. Reynolds #MichaelJordan #AirJordan #Nike #Ownership #BusinessLessons #Wealth #StreetSmartBusiness #Equity #Mindset #Family #MoneyTalk by @blackcountrr
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a month ago
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Michael Jackson Was a Billion Dollar Landlord His tenants were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis, etc. He paid 47.5 million dollars in 1985. By 2016 Sony owned all of it. By 2024 Sony owned half of Michael's catalog too. Full breakdown on YouTube link in Bio Music by S.I.D. #MichaelJackson #TheBeatles #Musicbusiness #Ownership by @blackcountrr
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a month ago
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T.I. Was Charged $52 Million to Buy Back His Own Music T.I. is suing his own label. They want $52 million to sell him back music he already made. The albums that made him the King of the South. Full breakdown on my channel Street Smart Business on YouTube. Who is right here? Music by Niko @wetrustniko #TI #musicbusiness #ownership #masters #shorts by @blackcountrr
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2 months ago
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Twenty years in this business. Plaques on the wall. None of it hits like watching your own son find his voice. My son @wetrustniko his version of "I Believe," Mali Music. Full one coming. #wetrustniko #malimusic #gospelcover #brooklynartist #streetsmartbusiness by @blackcountrr
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2 months ago
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Most of what I post is business. This one is personal. Just a father supporting his son’s journey. Proud of you @WeTrustNiko. Keep going. ❤️ by @blackcountrr
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2 months ago
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Lil Wayne sued the man who raised him. Wayne sued the man who raised him for 51 million not a stranger the man he called Dad. New episode is up on YouTube How the kid who could not get fair check from his own label flipped into a 100 million dollar catalog #LilWayne #Birdman #CashMoney #Drake #NickiMinaj #MusicBusiness #OwnYourMasters #StreetSmartBusiness #Reels by @blackcountrr
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2 months ago
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The calmest person in the room" is a lie. In boardrooms they call me the calmest, most deliberate person in the room. The truth? Inside my head I live with ADHD and I battle anxiety. My brain runs a million miles an hour. And inside my home, my son, an incredibly talented artist, battles being bipolar. I know exactly what it looks like when the mind is a brilliant, beautiful, chaotic engine. This one is deeply personal. Full episode on my channel, link in bio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFVUDTO4WUA Hashtags: #MentalHealth #ADHD #Anxiety #MusicBusiness #StreetSmartBusiness #Reels by @blackcountrr
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2 months ago
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