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Hello, everybody, my guest today is Anisan, y'all.

He's built a successful record label and toured the world before turning 24.

Then he was diagnosed with an end-stage kidney failure.

Today, he runs a digital agency which works with exciting early stage companies

and his goal is to help inspire people to find their purpose through the pain.

Ani, are you ready to take us to the top?

I'm here, Nathan. Thanks for having me. I'm excited. You bet. Thanks for jumping on.

So let's go back first to the record label.

Sure. How do you do this and tour the world before turning 24?

So I think it stems from, you know, my parents are from India. And so I'm growing up, you know, as a first generation, you know, brown kid in this country.

And identity, you know, was a huge issue.

And hip hop to me was, it was a funnel, you know, it was a vehicle for me to tell my story and find a way to, you know, reach people who were going through similar things.

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