A3C Hip Hop Festival Blog

DJ Drama and Don Cannon exemplify the hip-hop story

Written by Mike Walbert | Aug 23

From mixtapes kings to music executives. DJ Drama and Don Cannon exemplify the hip-hop story. They started hustling tapes to become two of the most influential executives in hip-hop. Today they work with some of hip-hop's most promising artists, Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti.

Hip-hop journalists, Maurice Garland and Branden Peters of Day 1 Radio, host an intimate conversation with DJ Drama & Don Cannon on Fri, Oct 6th at A3C Conference. They will be discussing their process for finding and developing artists, the state of the music industry and advice for young artists and executives.

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Artist Accelerator - Learn from industry leaders, build you're network and take your career to the next level. 

Beatstars Summit - Network with peers and hip-hop’s most influential music industry professionals. Experiment with the newest hardware, software and technology. Create new music and collaborate with hip-hop’s most talented artists.

Labelx Connect with the most innovative labels and music companies in hip-hop

Music Tech - Discover new music technology that impacts how artists share, create, market and monetize music. Meet and learn from those behind the most innovative tech advances in music. 

Action Summit - Activists, academics and artists connecting to address social justice challenges, learn from community leaders and develop actionable initiatives. 

The A3C Conference brings together artists, creatives and entrepreneurs in the music industry to connect, learn and create. The A3C Conference is the best event to network with the music makers, entrepreneurs and innovators that shape hip-hop music and culture.