Break an artist or shut up

Keep building it brick by brick!

The UK is a key market for so much of the talent from the continent because of immigration / how well diasporic audiences take to particular forms of cultural production from there. We don’t talk about how the UK is probably the first western territory to receive a lot of them

great patience & a real vision gonna get you in the door every time

A real trendsetter, I need air vents on my coffin so I smell the flowers.

Too much exposure invites entitlement, and too much access breeds disrespect. When people feel they can reach you anytime, see you everywhere, and speak to you however they want, they begin to forget your value. Mystery protects respect, boundaries protect peace.

I'mma say this once. Studios/C-Suite heads can not for the life of them wrap their heads around cultural phenomena because it's not something you can measure. It's not something you can put on a graph or in a deck. It must be felt, loved, & celebrated to be understood.

Small, yet consistent wins are bigger than One big win. Small, yet consistent income is bigger than One big check.

Follow ur passion and purpose. Not the check.

My artistic gift is seeing things before everyone else is able to. And believing it can happen before everyone else. Whatever “it” is…

Leon Thomas, Lucky Daye, Sasha Keable, RAYE, Elmiene, Cleo Sol, Tems, Billie Eilish, Summer Walker, Yebba, Snoh Aalegra, Inayah

Not every organic “moment” in culture needs to be leveraged, monetised, exploited, formalised, or corporatised. Sometimes moments can just be moments. Neo-liberalism, the advent and growth of social media, digital entrepreneurialism and more got us monetising every moment

More than anything, I’m seeing a divide between people who like real shit and people who don’t mind lies as long as it’s dressed up nice smh

Keep digging — you’ll rarely find gold on the surface.

We are in the Niche Era. An artist can be a SUPERSTAR within their niche and 99 out of 100 random people might have no idea who they are. Saying “I don’t know anyone who listens to [Artist X]” says more about your orbit than their popularity.

This is GREAT advice!

If everyone shared new music instead of complaining about the state of music, the whole ecosystem would be healthier. Be the change you want to see.

We gotta keep the Soul in R&B. Gotta keep it alive. It’s more important now than it’s ever been.