Message In The Music

Today we take it back to 2004 with a classic from Kanye West- All Falls Down. This song is truly timeless as Kanye speaks about the financial pitfalls many of us make including making bad spending decisions, hustling while in school, making choices to please family, budgeting and much more. Stay tuned as we dissect the Message in the Music.

In todays episode we discuss The Queen B Beyonce's song ApeShit. In 2018 Beyonce and Jay Z flexed a bit talking about their cars, flights and lavish lifestyle. But as always the Carters had a deeper message within the music. We will discuss the gender pay gap, receiving equity as payment, salary negotiations and much more.

Today we discuss The Story of O.J from Jay Zs 4:44 album. The Story of O.J is most popular for its references of credit and the notorious neighborhood Dumbo in New York but if you listen a little closer our Uncle Jay speaks about financial mistakes that we as a community continuously make and even speaks about some of his own triumphs and downfalls while on the journey to building generational wealth. In todays episode we discuss everything from investments, buying back the block, appreciation, credit and much more!

We kick this series off with none other than our angel Nipsey Hussle and his song Rap Niggas. Throughout the song Neighborhood Nip raps about the difference between him and other rappers from him traveling, and shopping to him opening TRUST ACCOUNTS and handling his TAX AFFAIRS. In this episode we touch on the importance of tax planning, consequences of not paying taxes, and uses of different trust accounts.

Welcome to Message in the Music Hosted by Dominique Stapleton aka @Ms___Stapleton. I am CEO and Founder of Stapling Success, which is a credit consulting and financial education firm for athletes. In episode 1 we dive into the What and Why of Message in the Music.