Steve Rifkind on Offering Scooter Braun His Job, Not Signing Justin Bieber

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Legendary music executive Steve Rifkind sat down with DJ Vlad to discuss his career and signing some of the biggest superstars in Hip-Hop history. He discusses spending his own money on Akon and “Locked up” being the first single, and Akon’s debut album selling 3 million. He discusses his Hip-Hop legacy tree, which was wanting Scooter Braun to take over his company, and Scooter eventually signing Justin Bieber, and his one degree of separation from Lady Gaga via Akon. He also discusses Terror Squad, specifically finding out Big Pun was dead and eventually selling SRC Records to Universal. Check out the exclusive interview above.

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