SONW Classic : “The Source” Dave Mays Success Story
School’s Over...Now What?
Shawn Anthony
5 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is a SONW Classics. We look back to a powerful interview with Dave Mays. Co-Founder & CEO of @breakbeatmedia. Creator of The Source & The Source Awards, co-founder Hip Hop Weekly. Dave is known as a media visionary & entrepreneur.
To learn more about Dave Mays follow him here / therealdavemays
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's going on, family? |
| 0:01.3 | Listen, we've had a lot of amazing guests on the show, |
| 0:03.7 | and perhaps you may have never, ever listened to those episodes. |
| 0:07.4 | So we wanted to present a new segment called S-O-N-W Classic. |
| 0:11.1 | When we go back, we revisit those iconic conversations |
| 0:14.1 | and give those full episodes back to you. |
| 0:17.4 | Sit back and enjoy this week's S-O-N-W Classic. |
| 0:21.2 | We have none other than the founder of the source, |
| 0:25.0 | the source magazine, the source awards, |
| 0:27.7 | now running things at Hip Hop Weekly. |
| 0:30.0 | The one and only Dave Mays is on a podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | Take us back to the young Dave, right? |
| 0:36.1 | Where are you from? |
| 0:37.1 | I graduated from high school, you know, D.C. Wilson, public high school, and then went |
| 0:44.1 | to Harvard for undergrad. |
| 0:47.1 | I wasn't really ready, you know, for that, but, you know, I wanted to find a way to bring hip hop and the culture that I was, you know, |
| 0:58.2 | so much a part of and in love with, you know, into Harvard, so to speak. So I was able to create |
| 1:04.4 | a radio show on the station, which broadcasts throughout the Boston area, I had a big signal. |
| 1:10.1 | And that really gave me the connection to the community. |
| 1:14.6 | People who were listening were all over the Boston area, |
| 1:18.6 | people that loved hip-hop, looking for a way to hear new music, |
| 1:23.6 | find out information. |
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