Hip-hop is the largest and most influential cultural force perhaps in the history of the world. It started as a music genre in New York City in around the late 1970s, but it has since progressed to transcend and affect societies all over the world.
One way it has created a profound effect on culture is through its visual arts, through its style and imagery, which influences everything from address to declaration to music videos, and beyond.
As unprecedented as hip-hop was when it arrived in the world, the technology world has taken an unprecedented step with the medium of hip-hop: it has revolutionized how hip-hop imagery is bought, sold, and distributed.
One company, CryptoCrewz, has taken the concept of the hip-hop oriented NFT, or non-fungible token, and is bringing it to the mainstream in a powerful and compelling way.
Co-founder Hiram Ng explains,
“NFT’s and the upcoming Metaverse will be a major part of humanity going forward. We already spend a large amount of time on Zoom, as Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality gets better, the differences between the real world and the online world will continue to blur. NFT’s are the infrastructure for people to own and trade digital goods. As we spend more time in the metaverse, the ability to buy and sell goods that provide us with social net worth will become more and more important.
Our aim is to build our brand to be one of the largest brands in the digital realm.”
Crypto Crewz has built unique, state-of-the-art pieces for collection that represent just the tip of the iceberg for what NFT trading can be.
Just one example of the hip-hop themed digital art from Crypto Crewz
Hiram has been involved in management consulting, VC, tech startups, and property development for over 20 years. A consummate entrepreneur, Hiram has created and sold businesses up to $30m in value. CryptoCrewz is his latest venture in the NFT and Crypto space, with private equity backing of approximately $10m behind the brand.
“Our 10K NFT art set is basically a crowdsourcing platform to give our early adopters access to live events, promos, and backstage passes. The revenue from the art set will go towards growing our music NFT marketplace, where consumers can own and trade exclusive limited edition music, remixes, album art covers and other content from a stable of artists that release on our platform. We aim to be a site where super fans of particular artists can form a community and trade content amongst each other. Additionally, our brand is focused in streetwear and urban wear that resonates with social standing amongst celebrities and consumers can buy this branded apparel.”
“NFT’s and the Crypto-space and Web3 will be as important tomorrow as the internet is today. The metaverse will be a part of our daily life. We aim to be one of the largest brands in the metaverse, encompassing fashion, music and tech. Our goods will be sold and traded all across the metaverse,” Ng explains.
A key member of the team is Anise K, a record producer of over 20 years experience and extensive music industry contacts, whom recently collaborated with Snoop Dogg on a #1 hit song.
CryptoCrewz is negotiating with several high profile music artists to sign onto the label, to release exclusive NFT content on the platform. Fans have the ability to buy or trade these NFTs. By holding an NFT, fans can earn loyalty points proportional to the success of the music from royalties from Digital Streaming Providers, which can be used to buy into other content or merchandise.
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