At the root of any societal issue is human truth, especially those truths we find hard to confront.
If only love can drive out hate, we have to remember that love is a verb. It requires action.
I never want to predict the relationship between music and advertising.
Nas is an artist who writes from his heart.
It's very important that an artist's job is to be a great artist.
Music has always been and will always be a strong gateway to connect with consumers in an emotional hot state.
The advertising industry needs to keep evolving.
I look at the artists as mini media companies, like if Beyonce is ESPN and Lady Gaga is Discovery.
I used to run record companies, and I went to the advertising business at 29 years old.
There's much more money being brought into the advertising and communications business than in the music industry.
The ad business has some of the great artists, but because there are so many, its hard to determine the true gems.
