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Devan Joseph, Head of Video at Genius, is documenting today's rap and hip hop music creation and backstory in real time with their wildly popular, behind-the-music video series, "Verified." Both an artist and filmmaker himself (part of the duo Maurice), Devan shares his music career trajectory as he walks us through his early inspirations and muses, how he was able to hone his chops doing video content and developing a digital media platform for Business Insider, how he found the perfect internship, and more.