The sale of music catalogs has become big business for legacy artists. Why has this huge investment taken off so recently, and why isn’t hip-hop getting in on the action? Financial Times US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou (@annaknicolaou) explains.

Read Anna’s story: https://www.ft.com/content/c31fa721-676d-480a-8c1d-bb26b7ec809c

Today’s episode was produced and engineered by Jon Ehrens, and hosted by Rani Molla.

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