Ghazi, CEO & Founder of Empire, Talks About His Love for Hip-Hop & Gives Advice for People Trying to Break Through in The Music Industry  | R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live 2023 - video Dailymotion

Ghazi chatted with Billboard on the red carpet of Billboard's 2023 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players & Live.

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00:00 Hi, my name is Michael, I'm from Compton, Centennial High, and on behalf of Billboard

00:04 and Save the Music, I would like to ask you a few questions.

00:08 Sure, Mike from Compton, I'm Ghazi from San Francisco.

00:12 What advice would you give to a kid trying to make it into the music business?

00:16 Never let anybody tell you what you can or can't do.

00:19 Perseverance is a human gift that we all have inside of us, you just gotta tap into it.

00:24 Perfect, and what does hip hop mean to you?

00:28 Hip hop is my entire fabric as a human, it's my DNA, it's in my spirit, it's in my soul.

00:34 I would be nothing without hip hop, I wouldn't be the human I am, I wouldn't be able to make

00:38 the contributions to society that I make now without hip hop.

00:42 It's the very drive that inspires me to wake up every morning, to be honest.

00:46 And that's a real honest answer.

00:49 What advice would you give to your younger self?

00:53 Don't trip, it'll be cool tomorrow.

00:56 Perfect, and who was your favorite hip hop artist from the past 50 years?

01:05 I can't pick a favorite, it all depends on what age, what time of day, what my mood was.

01:12 I'm just a fan of everybody, so I would say it's too broad to give a real concrete answer,

01:18 there's too many to name.

01:20 From obscure ones to popular ones, in between, a full range.

01:25 And any advice you would give to anybody that feels like they can't do it or anything?

01:32 Like they don't have the exposure or any experience?

01:37 Yeah, I would just say, again, just wake up every day, hone your craft, talk to your audience,

01:43 make people believers in what you do every single day, day in, day out, and never ever

01:48 ever give up.

01:49 Period.

01:50 Thank you.

01:51 Alright, appreciate you Mike from Compton.

01:53 - Thank you. - Nice to meet you.

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