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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

His win came when the global appetite for Amapiano, a style of house music that emerged in South Africa , and Afrobeats, a popular music genre that originated from Western Africa , had increased exponentially. It was a much-needed success for the African music scene, and though it didn’t appear so, it was a boost for its tech scene. .

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Mindset, an artist-driven mental wellness audio platform, raises $8.7M from Scooter Braun’s TQ Ventures and others

TechCrunch

Mindset, a platform featuring personal story collections from recording artists, announced today that it raised $8.7 In its current format, Mindset features four audio collections from artists like Jae, Tablo, BM, and Mindset co-founder Eric Nam , who happens to be a K-pop star himself. million in seed funding.

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Logic signs to Twitch, exclusively

The Verge

And Logic, better known offstage as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, isn’t a stranger to the churn of comments that power social media; it’s how he made his name, he tells me, reaching people where they were by putting out his music for free online. “I And if you want to know how I feel about the world, you listen to my music.”.

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Make the most of wearing a mask

The Verge

After COVID-19 started dominating the headlines, one of the changes that we started making in our lives ( well, most of us, anyway ) was to wear a mask. Well, nothing says sophistication like Vida’s holiday masks , which have artistically patterned gold or silver foil laid against a black background. Rexi Co’s mask with fringes.

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I spent hours waiting to find out what an NFT looks like IRL

The Verge

Capping it all off was a two-part event on Thursday called Dreamverse, hosted at the expansive music venue Terminal 5. For most of the afternoon, the event transformed Terminal 5 into a digital art gallery, showcasing rising NFT artists. We won’t be offended,” the artist said. The artist was offended.

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Sure, we talked about visual art, but also music, tickets and sports moments. What does the artist get out of it? Then we talked culture. What could it mean that NFTs are in the market?

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Equity Monday: If you don’t want to be criticized for your editorial choices, don’t make editorial choices

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This Monday show actually felt a bit old-school, in that the weekend controversy in tech has spilled over into the working morning, meaning that we need to talk about it. The Joe Rogan furor continued.

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