On this episode we welcome music business entrepreneur and artist manager Rufin Tshinanga to the show. We discussed:His influences growing up and how he developed a love for music and event promotion. Attending the University of Georgia and how he started planning events thereThe process of seeing an unfulfilled need in the market and how to develop a business model around meeting that needBrokering business deals and promoting events with artists such as Ludacris and DrakeHis ongoing development of his pop up shop company, @Popplr and his future plans for itHow he got into artist management and how he linked up with his current artist @CityRominieckiHis advice for music producersWhat’s next for Rufin?Follow him:@gobigrufAlso discussed this episode:New Music from Takeoff, Swizz Beatz, Vince Staples, Metro Boomin, MoneyBagg Yo and othersYoutube says it’s paid $1.8 Billion to musicians/artist last fiscal yearJoin us for our 100th episode (hit the link in our IG bio @freegamepodcast)This episode was recorded at @graymattercollective by @zariusthegreat mixed by @checkmatecreative and produced by @londonelixirlx Cover Art by @yo.im.jay