Shaka Senghor: belief

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…One of the best venture capitalists of the century, right? Absolutely, absolutely, I think one of the greatest entrepreneurs, the greatest curator of talent. And when you think about where the talent came from — Diana Ross was in Brewster projects, and so much talent was right in this little two- or three-mile radius — that part resonates with me. But the other thing that really excites me is techno music, and a lot of people don’t know the roots of techno music being in Detroit. Now, we have all this music — I think they call it emo, EDM. They have some fancy name for it now, but it’s rooted in techno music. And the architects of that music grew up in Detroit and started there. When I think about music culture, those things really matter to me. And of course, Marvin Gaye and What’s Going On. It’s so timeless, and it still applies to where we at in America right now. The musical legacy there is just unparalleled. Do you think that hip hop music today is a revolutionary or a conservative force?…

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