--- title: DJ Drama and Don Cannon exemplify the hip-hop story description: 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 image: https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Drama-and-Cannon-V2.png?t=1503444770087&width=518&name=Drama-and-Cannon-V2.png --- [**](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/dj-drama-and-don-cannon-exemplify-the-hip-hop-story#) - Oct 8-13, 2019 - [Home](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Schedule](https://a3cconference.com/shows/index.html) - [Lineup](https://a3cconference.com/lineup/index.html) - [Oct 8-13, 2019](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Blog](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Buy Tickets](https://www.a3cfestival.com/tickets) ![](https://udxsva.com/tag?id=11009) - [Home](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Artist Advice](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/artist-advice) - [Music Industry](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/music-industry) - [A3C Updates](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/a3c) - [Events](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/events) - [Atlanta](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/atlanta) - [Opportunities](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/opportunities) # DJ Drama and Don Cannon exemplify the hip-hop story ![Mike Walbert](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hubfs/Mikelinkedin.png) Posted by [Mike Walbert](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/mike-walbert) on 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](https://www.a3cfestival.com/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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