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Is Music in Better Hands with Private Equity?

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AJ and Antonio dig into Harborview Private Equity quietly amassing 41,000+ songs and $3.8B in catalogs — from Quincy Jones and T-Pain to Stefflon Don and Shenseea — and what it means when funders, not labels, start writing the checks. The conversation widens into ownership, Black wealth, and whether artists are becoming tech-startup founders who keep creative control while someone else funds the upside.

0:00 – Intro

0:30 – Harborview & the private equity land grab

2:30 – $20.4B into music rights since 2019

3:30 – Artists as startup founders: funding…

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