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Black Artist Revolution | Artistpreneur Spotlight: Twanita Dozier, Boss Up Magazine CEO | Book Black App Creator

June 7, 2023January 16, 2024 by PATMAN

PATUNIVERSE presents the Black Artist Revolution Sphere, a space where independent artists and entrepreneurs are recognized for their creativity and entrepreneurship. Creative entrepreneurs otherwise known as artistpreneurs are a unique kind of artist that not only bless the world with their art, but also have adopted the mindset and application…

Alonzo Black, Talent Agent | Small Business Owner | Music Executive | CEO of Zobe Models & Talents Agency | President/Senior Director of A&R (Zobe Records - Indie Major Label)

Black Artist Revolution | Artistpreneur Spotlight: Alonzo Black, Talent Agent | Small Business Owner | Music Executive

March 9, 2023January 16, 2024 by PATMAN

5 Reasons Why Indie Artists Should Invest In Their Own Music Blog

December 15, 2020January 15, 2021 by PATMAN

It’s time to end the “starving indie artist” tag and be serious with our hustle as indie artists. Enough with the nonsense that if you’re an independent artist not signed to some famous major music label, you’re probably going to be broke. One of the many reasons for this prevailing…

Black Artist Revolution | Artistpreneur Spotlight: Smooth, Music Executive | Founder of Global Music Digital

May 19, 2020January 17, 2024 by PATMAN

PATUNIVERSE presents the Black Artist Revolution Sphere, a place where independent artists and entrepreneurs are recognized for their creativity and entrepreneurship. Creative entrepreneurs otherwise known as artistpreneurs are a unique kind of artist that not only bless the world with their art, but also have adopted the mindset and application…

Top 5 Traits Of A Culture Vulture And Why Black People Need To Move On

August 29, 2019June 30, 2022 by PATMAN

One Of The Most Desensitized Modern Forms Of Oppression Is The Appropriation Of Black Culture Like it or not, one of the most desensitized modern forms of oppression is the appropriation of black culture. You heard that right. You see it in our daily lives in magazines, on TV, and…

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Indie Artists Need To Demand Money Instead Of Exposure

July 2, 2019September 20, 2023 by PATMAN

The Blurred Mindset Of The Working-Free Indie Artist Music is an art, and a quality art is worth all the investment—to get the necessary exposure and create a market for the art, and to reap financially from that market as compensation for the investment and quality put into the art.…

Black Entrepreneurs Need To Level Up Because Jay-Z Is A Billionaire

June 11, 2019January 20, 2022 by PATMAN

Jay-Z Being A Billionaire Is Awesome But Many Black Entrepreneurs Been Caking Up Throughout History The record industry in America is famous for chewing up musicians and spitting them out, leaving them with very little or nothing at all. However, it seems the Jigga Man didn’t get the memo. Rising…

The Hip Hop Ghostwriter And Why Rappers Need Them

October 18, 2017October 23, 2019 by PATMAN

There was a time when rappers could straddle the dual roles of writer and rapper. That day went the way of typewriters, Kodak cameras and dinosaurs. These each had a single thing that brought about their demise. It was the advent of something better, not keeping up with the shift…

Black Artist Revolution | Artistpreneur Spotlight: Jeck Da General, Rapper | Producer

October 4, 2017January 17, 2024 by PATMAN

I'm an artist, producer, and entertainment owner that has invested a great number of years of being dedicated to the brand of quality Hip Hop music as an artist, and urban music as a producer. I got my start in school rhyming in ciphers and participating in talent competitions. I…

Black Artist Revolution | Artistpreneur Spotlight: Mic Ruckazz, Rapper | Indie Music Artist

October 3, 2017January 17, 2024 by PATMAN

Marlon Jones, CEO & Label Owner, known professionally as Mic Ruckazz is an accomplished rap artist that has steadily developed in this genre since the age of fourteen. His fluent musical style is compared to the likes of Kool G Rap, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, and Big Daddy Kane. He…

Willfully Deciding to Be a Starving Artist is Really Stupid

June 27, 2017October 23, 2019 by PATMAN

Having a skill or hobby through which you can make money can bring independence and a financial flow that comes directly into your hands. Say enough with being a starving artist while being your own boss as you showcase your craft can come with many collateral effects. But the truth…

Time to Rewrite the Rules: Being “Normal” is Overrated

September 15, 2016April 27, 2022 by PATMAN

In today's day and age individuality is welcomed. Today's millennials are less into stereotypes. They don't want to live by the books. They want to rewrite them. Honestly, we should learn something from these youngsters. Stepping away from the expected rules of the game is interesting. You should not have…

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