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Instant Replay: Ben Baller On Reinvention, Hip-Hop, and High-End Jewelry

Instant Replay: Ben Baller On Reinvention, Hip-Hop, and High-End Jewelry

FromThe Limits with Jay Williams


Instant Replay: Ben Baller On Reinvention, Hip-Hop, and High-End Jewelry

FromThe Limits with Jay Williams

ratings:
Length:
38 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

You know Ben Baller as the jeweler who has iced up the biggest names in hip-hop. But before that, he was a record executive listening to Jay-Z's first album before anybody else. The guy's got stories. Like how he was fired by Dr. Dre for speaking out against the bad contracts Dre was giving to his artists.So Ben gets fired? So what. He's a master of reinvention. He sells his sneaker collection for millions and starts designing high-end jewelry. Now he's telling stories about making pieces for Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson.In this episode of The Limits with Jay Williams, Ben tells Jay how he hustled his way to the top not just once, but over and over again. The way he tells it, a Korean-American kid can do anything he wants if he just goes out and grabs it.Content warning: This episode contains explicit language only suitable for mature audiences. For sponsor-free episodes, weekly bonus content, and more, subscribe to The Limits Plus at plus.npr.org/thelimits. Follow Jay on Instagram and Twitter. Email us at thelimits@npr.org.
Released:
May 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (52)

Today, the art of celebrity doesn't look like it used to. Now, it's all about betting on yourself and expanding your personal brand—sometimes even beyond your comfort zone. Few understand the art of rebounding your life better than Williams, now an author, entrepreneur and ESPN host. Each week, he'll go deep with heavy-hitters from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and pop culture to understand the principles of faith, vision, and grit they live by in order to see past doubt and build their empires. From rappers-to-moguls, to talk show hosts-turned-CEOs, you'll learn the ways that successful people define, push, and conquer their limits.