Why Musicians Need NFTs with Ed Young, CEO of NFT.hiphop

In this episode, we welcome Ed Young onto the nft now podcast! Ed Young is the CEO and founder of https://nft.hiphop/ and one of the co-founders of influential hip hop magazine, “The Source”. He recently partnered with https://near.org/ and the Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) to feature 47 hip hop legend NFTs in honor of the 47th year anniversary of the hip-hop era. These 47 NFTs feature musical icons like Eazy-E to Lil Wayne.In this episode we discuss: Intro (0:00)Hip hop and NFTs (1:16)From magazines to NFTs (2:48)Why hip hop needs NFTs (6:06)Bringing the power back to the creators (7:20)The thriving middle class (8:30)How NFT.hiphop was born (9:02)Adding utility within hip hop NFTs (13:39)The vision behind NFT.hiphop (15:05)Any Shopify store can now sell NFTs (18:06)How has the Hip hop community responded to NFTs (19:36)Jay Z’s NFT vs 3LAU’s (24:20)NFTs, Blockchain and the future (27:24)Direct to consumer creativity (30:00)Milestone towards NFT mainstream adoption (32:41)Closing thoughts (36:49)To learn more about how Ed Young and NFT.hiphop are bridging the gap between music artists and NFTs, go to: https://nft.hiphop/ Connect with Ed Young on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edyoungprofileTo sign up for the nft now newsletter where we break down the NFT market into actionable insights each week, go to: https://www.nftnow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.