EP 2 - DREAMVILLE with Ibrahim Hamad (President of Dreamville)
Welcome to the LightHarted Podcast with Rising NBA Star Josh Hart (New Orleans Pelicans) a Rising Business Mogul Matt Hillman (Cut + Sew). To start our co-hosts are coming to you from Philadelphia a Los Angeles respectively to fill you in on what’s going on in their lives this past week (NBA Draft, Home Search, #BeignetBoys, etc.). Then it’s an honor and a privilege to have President of Dreamville Ibrahim Hamad join the conversation a unwind over a bottle of red wine to discuss:Wine drinking in their lives, Growing up in Queens, NY, Being Born in France a having family from Sudan, Biggest Queens influences, Going to St. John’s University, The demise of The Big East, How he met J. Cole a the first time he heard him freestyle, Learning how to be a Manager, J. Cole signing to Roc Nation a Building the Path to Dreamville, putting together their first single on the label a learning about the business, when the transition happened, scheduling an album on the same day as Kanye West, signing with Interscope Records, signing his brother Bas, meeting with Jimmy Iovine a discussing Tupac, The Process of getting their masters back, Building Dreamville a how it took off with J. Cole being reclusive, signing the second round of Dreamville artists, The Dollar a Dream Tour, relationship with the fans, going to war over Crooked Smile, Kendrick Lamar, Seeing KOD a Scorpion Tours at Staples Center this past year and comparing the shows, the story of “Wet Dreams”, touring being the biggest business, creating cutting edge content a management, The Dreamville Festival, The future of Dreamville, The LightHarted 10 a more! This episode is not to be missed! Subscribe to the Video Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/lighthartedpodcast Music by Cadillac Freeze www.CadillacFreeze.com
