Christian Clancy is a legendary dude & music industry outsider very much on the inside. He is the co-founder of 4 Strikes management along with his wife Kelly. They manage the careers of Tyler, The Creator, Mac Miller's Estate BROCKHAMPTON, Domo Genesis, Raveena, Boylife and formerly Solange and Frank Ocean. Clancy also formerly headed up hip hop marketing at Interscope Records in it's gangster rap heyday, helping promote such artists as 50 Cent, Eminem, The Game and more...
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+ The facade he wore at Interscope ultimately weighing him down
+ Why music is so powerful
+ Clancy explains what 1st drew him to Tyler, The Creator
+ The curious dance within artists between ego and insecurity
+ Why a slow build career beats a hit single, or immediate success
+ Reflections on being on the receiving end of road rage
+ What were the catalysts that helped you grow into this version of yourself?
+ Leaping from Interscope into 4 Strikes with nearly no money
+ How the music business rewards facades and caricatures
+ Clancy's gratitude practice
+ Seeing depression as a movie in your head to get space from it
+ Meditation as a major key to our well being
+ Personal pain hopefully leads us to more empathy
+ The GIFTS of aging
+ Evolving internally and externally
+ Judging Mac Miller before meeting him & their first meeting
+ Recalling where he was when he got news Mac passed away
+ Clancy's favorite Mac Miller memory
+ When your old ceiling becomes your new floor, the magic of growth
+ Getting trapped in anger & missing a) solution b)the blessing within it
+ Horrible breakup prepping Clancy to become the man who attracted his wife
+ "The things that aren't right for you, will give you up"
+ Everything has its opposite ie. the lower you go the higher you can go
+ Gem advice for up and coming artists...
+ Clancy's relationship to money, having grown up with none
+ How great artists / entrepreneurs can easily get dismissed & overlooked
+ Why tragedy unites us
+ Frank Ocean's brilliance and impact on pop culture
+ The magic and appeal of the underdog
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