Inside The Industry w/ J Nolan

Nicki Minaj and her team have been called out by social media influencer and dance Donte Colley for moves that he put together in a viral video to her song "FTCU." Supporters of Donte eventually began to tag him in clips from Nicki's Pink Friday 2 Tour in which her dancers were using pieces of his dance routine on stage. He allegedly spoke with someone from Minaj's team and was o...

In this episode, the host J Nolan analyzes new statements from Joe Budden where he claims that Cardi B is afraid to drop her album and declares the female rap wave as over. We take a critical dive into the opinions of Joe while also debunking many of his theories in real-time to offer the listens further insight about the music industry as a whole, which is facing numerous challenges.

In 2023, selling pure albums and singles seems to be a very controversial topic. Lloyd Banks openly retired from music a few years ago, to which his fans pleaded with him to return. Now that he's back, the music community is debating whether or not his next mixtape should be sold for $100. This conversation has even made it to the music production community with music producer, rapper, and con...

Rapper Jack Harlow has launched an exclusive tour experience for fans in his home state of Kentucky. For the 3rd installment of his 'No Place Like Home Tour', he will be performing in 6 cities across the state and offering fans exclusive access to him with additional events and perks from joining his Private Garden Membership. Fans that join will gain early entry into tour venues, enjoy pr...

UPDATE: News recently broke that Spotify is planning to create a 'minimum threshold' of streams for artists to hit before their music can be paid royalties. Many music creators are concerned that this will decrease hard earned money, regardless of the amount, that artists should be receiving.

In a recent interview on the BagFuel podcast, Grammy-winning producer Bangladesh explained his longstanding dispute with Kelis over their 2006 hit "Bossy."

After going back and forth with her former label 1501 Entertainment, Megan Thee Stallion is now an independent artist. Launching her new company, Hot Girl Productions, her new single "Cobra" delves deeper into the struggles she's endured over the past 3 years. In this episode, we break it all down.

Chicago rapper G Herbo is suing his former manager, Joseph "JB" Bowden for $40 million. He's accusing him and the label Machine Entertainment of taking advantage of him since he signed with them as a minor. Herbo recently presented JB with a release agreement that would render him a free agent, however, his former manager is now saying the document was signed under duress which would...

Taylor Swift's album catalog was sold by her record label a few years ago, before she had the opportunity to buy it back. Since that time, she hired a legal team to scour her recording contract with Big Machine and they found a provision that would allow her to re-record her masters after 7 years of each album released. Most artists in the music industry never exercise this option, however, Ta...

News recently broke that Spotify is planning to create a 'minimum threshold' of streams for artists to hit before their music can be paid royalties. Many music creators are concerned that this will decrease hard earned money, regardless of the amount, that artists should be receiving. In this episode, J Nolan breaks down what we know so far and how this will inevitably impact the independe...