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" I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?' "

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" Hustle is simple - it's doing the work. A lot of people like to talk about it, a lot of people have ideas, but it's difficult to actually do the work. "

" My mom was not able to buy us the expensive Air Jordans, so if I wanted something that was a little bit nicer, my brother and I, we had to go earn money for it. "

" Being schooled is the same thing as learning, and you can never be too old to have your coattail pulled when you're wrong about something. "

" GaGa is a digital baby - that's how they communicate. There cant be any layers between the artists and their fans. "

" I stay away from the arts... writing songs, being creative - those are downloads from God. You can't do data analytics on art. "

" It's pre-roll or post-roll on Vevo. The record company makes money off of that, and then it trickles down. "

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" I came up with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Those guys, they took me under their wing at an early age. "

" Hip hop is a multi-billion dollar business, and it was built off an opportunity that nobody else saw because they didn't understand the culture. "

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" Priyanka and Red One made a great record that we think will stand on its own. People won't buy the music just because she is who she is. We want them to buy it because it's good. "

" There were a lot of stereotypes that I had to break of how people in the entertainment industry do business. "

" In order to continue the growth, we have to go back to embracing technology and the way that people choose to consume music. "

" Backplane will provide a platform and tools for communities to socialize and communicate on a more focused level. "

" In the future, an artist will be able to perform for the entire world in one date. For the fan, it will be a fully immersive experience - through a pair of glasses or whatever the device. "

" If you can't see it, you can't be it. "

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" My biggest frustration is the lack of scale in the music industry. The fact that no one has sold 100 million copies of an album is frustrating. "