In this episode of the SouthFound startup podcast, Pat Gibson of RapChat shares his background and entrepreneurial journey. Including opening for rappers like Wiz Khalifa and others.    Pat Gibson, or P Holla as he is known in the rap world, was always a musician. In fact, playing in a band was something he was used to doing. But something about rapping appealed to him. Especially after the first time, he decided to drop his own beat during a practice session.   It wasn’t long before he was hooked and rapping became a regular habit for P Holla and his friends.    The challenge is that there was no easy way to record your rap sessions and share them with your friends.   Thus, RapChat was born.   RapChat is a mobile app, available on iTunes and Google Play, that provides you with free beats, a mobile recording studio, and a platform to aid in being discovered.   RapChat and Pat are 500 Startups and TechStars alumni, having been through their accelerator programs. Which Pat says played a huge role in their evolution. In fact, one key turning point came when they were encouraged by advisors at TechStars to not require users to have the RapChat app in order to listen to a recording. That one decision opened up the floodgates for the team and user growth skyrocketed.   If you’d like to connect with Pat you can connect with him on just about any social platform under P_Holla.