My next guest, his name is Benny Pugh. He's a respected entertainment industry veteran of decades of experience

propelling the careers of some of the leading superstars. When I say superstars, I don't miss words,

including Jay-Z, Riana, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Future,

DJ Kowlett and 21 Savage.

Pue has left an indelible mark on the music industry holding executive roles at

labels like Motown, Def Jam, Epic Records,

MC Records, Rock Nation, that's when he called me, he said he was doing Rock Nation,

I tried to hook up, it's a Rock Nation boy, okay, before ultimately deciding to pivot to, this is why he's on the show,

pivoting to entrepreneurship because that's what money-making conversation

masterclass is all about.

Not getting so much locked in and what you're doing, but what you're capable of doing for your own

personal dream. Over two years later Benepuse multi-tiered entertainment

company diverse, diverse media is home to record labels, distribution platform, publishing, management, and more.

Please work with the money-making conversations, Math to Class, the CEO Benny Pue.

What's up?

How you doing, my up? How you man?

Well, you know, Benny, it's, first of all, let me just tell you why Benny is so special to me. Steve Harvey and I,

he gave us our first record deal.

Way back in 2000, what, one or two?

Man, listen, that was a real story too, man.

You guys, one thing I will say about you and Steve is that, you know, it's no secret on why you guys are successful because, you know, I've been in, as I started my career in Motown Records, so I was blessed to start my introduction into the music business in a black-owned company,

right, which is different. Everyone's journey is different, but one thing that I feel blessed was is that you know they made

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