How Joe Budden Turned Career Setbacks Into the Joe Budden Network

Summary

Joe Budden signed to Def Jam at 21, spent his first advance on a Hummer, and spent 15 years in deals he says he never read. Then he walked away from music, helped build Everyday Struggle into a hit, said no when Spotify asked for his show for free, and later walked away from more money than he had ever seen to keep control of it. In the Built Different season one finale, Ian Schwartzman, Joe's longtime manager and business partner, sits down with him to talk about bad deals, the power of saying no, and why ownership became more important than the money. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:15 How Def…

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