"Sometimes to build Africa, you have to leave Africa."
With guests GNL Zamba
Episode notes
"Hip hop is going to change the world" G. N. L. Zamba is a Ugandan hip-hop artist who lives between Kampala and Los Angeles. He's the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Baboon Forest Entertainment. He's been credited with popularizing Lungaflow - a blend of Afrobeats and Luganda, the most widely spoken of Uganda's 40 languages. Claude spoke to him about how he's working to build up the music industry in his home country, Uganda: if he's copying the global success of Afrobeats; and why American rappers like Nas are such an inspiration. Plus: Why Nas was so revolutionary.
Transcript
🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:
3:47 How rapping in Luganda kickstarted it all
8:07 The musical wildebeests of Uganda
9:40 Coming to America
13:00 Nas the legend
20:53 Making money
29:11 Advice for entrepreneurs
💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:
“If alignment is a thing, this must be it.”
“Africa is entering a creative renaissance”
“Your ancestors have been waiting for someone with your strength to carry their name”
“I would compare it to a wi...
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