About this episode

Hit-Boy discusses his career, the complexities of success, and the music industry's financial challenges in an interview with DJ Vlad and Elliott Wilson.

Grammy-winning producer Hit-Boy sits down with Vlad and Elliott Wilson for an in-depth conversation about success, music industry politics, financial independence, and the lessons he's learned producing for some of hip-hop's biggest artists. Hit-Boy discusses the meaning behind his project Success Is a Dirty Word, explaining how achieving success can complicate relationships with friends and family. He opens up about investing significant money into his father's music career while dealing with the emotional and financial strain that came with trying to help someone close to him. The conversation explores Hit-Boy's creative evolution and his legendary run with Nas, which produced six albums and roughly 80 songs in just three years. He reflects on being permanently associated with massive records like "N****s in Paris" while explaining why his catalog extends far beyond the hits he's best known for, including R&B and other styles of production. Hit-Boy also gets candid about the business side of the music industry, detailing a restrictive production and publishing situation that limited his financial freedom despite producing diamond-level records. He discusses the difficulty…

People in this episode

Hosts: DJ Vlad, Elliott Wilson

Guest: Hit-Boy

Topics covered

• music industry
• financial independence
• creative evolution
• success
• investing
• artist development

Keywords

• Hit-Boy
• music production
• Grammy-winning
• financial freedom
• artist relationships
• streaming economics
• investments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nas, Amazon, Goo

Books & works: Success Is a Dirty Word, N****s in Paris

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