Sage Elsesser

Business of HYPE

HYPEBEAST

Society & Culture

4.8 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Sage Elsesser has always been something special - more than a skater, more than a model, more than a musician. Sage thrives in the blur of his own artistry. Lately he’s found his lane as Navy Blue, and as you’ll find out in this episode his influences run as deep as his lyricism. Most recently, Elsesser's seventh studio album Ways of Knowing was released to critical acclaim under his own label, Freedom Sounds.

BoH host Angelo Baque (Founder, Awake NY) has been with Sage since the very beginning. Together they trace the roots of their relationship, as well as Sage’s own part in introducing Earl Sweatshirt to Tyler the Creator.

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Executive Producer - Kyle Reyes Director - Jon Fusco Producers - Alejandra Zelaya, Jenny Fu Director of Photography - Julius Ignacio Gaffer - John Izarpate Grip - Rick Lim 1st AC - Brian Nguyen Set Design - Lucy Hislop Production Assistant - Tealoni Butler Editor - Jon Fusco Special Thanks Sarah Schecker Sophie Schieli

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Angelo Bake, and this is Business of Hype.
0:09.9	I've been fortunate enough to witness the come up of today's guest firsthand.
0:13.9	From the very start, Sage Alsessa was something special.
0:17.4	He's always been more than a skater, more than a model, more than a musician, and it's
0:22.1	in that blur of his own artistry where stage really thrives.
0:25.6	Lately he's found his lane as navy blue, and you'll find out in this episode, his influences
0:30.0	run as deep as his lyricism.
0:32.0	What else would you expect from the man who introduced Earl Sweatshirt to Tyler the Creator?
0:35.7	Alright, let's find out.
0:38.6	What's up?
0:39.8	My name is Angelo Bake.
0:42.6	I am the creative director and founder of Awake, New York.
0:45.7	This is the business of hype, brought to you by Hype Beast.
0:51.0	And today I'm honored to bring Sage Alsessor.
0:55.7	Sage, do you mind introducing the listeners to who you are?
0:58.3	Yeah, you just did it.
1:01.1	My name is Sage.
1:02.6	I'm happy to be here.
1:12.6	So just to give a little background, I've known Sage probably 15 years or so, 14, 15 years. And Sage and I, during my tenure at Supreme, worked on many projects.
1:17.6	Sage was, at least for me, not just, I think to call Sage a model would be minimizing
1:26.6	what he brought to the table, but I was seeing more of a muse.
1:30.9	And a lot of people don't know, but one of the biggest challenges at that job was transitioning
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