Quotes from Troy Carter

Once we started making investments, we realized the same service we provided to artists was applicable to entrepreneurs as well.

Being schooled is the same thing as learning, and you can never be too old to have your coattail pulled when you're wrong about something.

Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors don't have a fan base that just follows them around. With musicians, the fan base just goes everywhere they go.

I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?'

That's all I ever wanted to do in my life was music. And because I was a failed artist, I was actually able to help somebody accomplish their dream was, you know, definitely fulfilling.

I grew up carrying crates of records for Will Smith and those guys.

I came up with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Those guys, they took me under their wing at an early age.

Before I even agreed to work with Hennessy and the Privilege Awards, I wanted to do some research on it, look up past winners, and find out more about it.

The problem with when you look at eBay is that you can put a pair of Jordans next to a frying pan. It's an altogether different experience compared to having some editorial around it and well-curated experience.

GaGa is a digital baby - that's how they communicate. There cant be any layers between the artists and their fans.

No one has bridged that gap between music and technology yet.

You have a huge demographic shift that's happening in America. Globally.

A lot of corporations now have venture arms that are investing in young entrepreneurs or building programs within so you can disrupt yourself internally instead of looking to those external factors.

I had this little rap group, and we were called '2 Too Many'... We used to hang out in front of Jazzy Jeff's record studio every day.

I thought I was going to be a rapper as a kid and used to hop the train down to Jazzy Jeff's studio for, like, six months straight waiting outside of the studio for the big break, and one day we got in the studio and played our demo for Will and Jeff and quickly learned that we weren't that good.

I didn't go to business school. I actually didn't even graduate high school. I ended up with a GED. So everything that I've learned in business, I've learned through experience.

We called ourselves '2 Too Many' because we only had enough money for one of us.

I think, as an industry, we should be supportive of a broad subscription model and not do anything to jeopardize the potential health of the music business - because we're not out of the woods yet.

Money doesn't make me tick. This definition of success doesn't make me tick. Managing some of the biggest stars in the world doesn't make me tick. Making my family proud makes me tick.

Fifty-one million likes doesn't mean we're going to sell 51m albums or concert tickets.

It's pre-roll or post-roll on Vevo. The record company makes money off of that, and then it trickles down.

I bring in the record label who distributes the music.

With what Enrou was doing with helping women and taking products from local marketplaces, we thought it was really great.

When your back is against the wall, your brain has to function at a high level.