For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music. And today we're celebrating Top Dawg.
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00:00 - You know me, I'm like behind the scenes all the time.
00:03 - For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating
00:06 by highlighting some of the greatest
00:08 black executives in music.
00:10 And today, we're celebrating Top Dog.
00:12 (upbeat music)
00:15 ♪ Sit down ♪
00:22 - From Kendrick Lamar to our 2023 Woman of the Year, SZA.
00:26 - I mean, you know, Top literally somehow
00:31 also had this belief in me.
00:32 - Behind some of the biggest artists in hip hop and R&B
00:35 is Top Dog.
00:37 Record producer, Anthony "Top Dog" Tiffith
00:39 founded a label of the same name in 2004.
00:43 A prolific producer, he earned three Grammys
00:45 for his work with Kendrick.
00:47 And he's become one of the smartest entrepreneurs
00:50 in the game.
00:51 Some of his biggest accomplishments under TDE
00:53 are executive producing the soundtrack album
00:56 for Marvel Studios' Black Panther.
00:58 ♪ Maybe the night that my dreams were let me know ♪
01:01 ♪ All the stars are closer ♪
01:03 - All the stars earned him two Grammy nominations.
01:07 - And she kicked butt.
01:08 - She really did.
01:09 - And everybody counted us out.
01:11 - And he also launched TDE's first full label tour,
01:14 the Championship Tour.
01:16 From discovering some of the greatest,
01:18 curating the best, and selling out tours,
01:21 that's why we're celebrating Top Dog.
01:24 - TDE is back on top.
01:26 It will always be there.
01:27 I'm out.
01:30 (electronic music)
01:33 (whooshing)