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Boardroom with Rich Kleiman

Steve Stoute Sounds Off On Stephen A. Smith, Drake, Jay-Z & Why Fame Is Winning

Boardroom with Rich Kleiman

Boardroom Podcast Network

Sports, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.4620 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Steve Stoute – aka “The Commissioner”-- joins Rich Kleiman for the newest episode of Boardroom Talks for a raw, unfiltered conversation on culture, music, and the rise of fame over talent. From getting his nickname from Nas to advising icons like Jay-Z and Jimmy Iovine, Stoute breaks down how hip-hop reshaped business, and where things are headed next. He explains why “fame doesn’t need talent anymore,” and how that shift is changing everything from music to media to personal branding.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Fame has actually outpaced talent,

0:03.7

so people who are talented will actually do something

0:06.6

that will get them famous

0:08.5

versus leaning into that talent.

0:10.0

What are you doing to your brand?

0:11.2

What the fuck you think that says about you?

0:13.4

I'd be interested to hear your take on Nike.

0:17.2

They're in deep shit.

0:18.6

They're in deep shit because you don't drink the water, you just look.

0:22.6

Is this for the show?

0:23.6

It's just for the show.

0:24.6

Oh, okay. My only thing about people copying, that, oh.

0:29.6

It was funny as I wanted to sit for that second, I was like, this is going in my time the I think about being a

0:39.0

visionary is the better visionary you are the longer you have to wait by the way

0:44.1

you've gotten much better at this thing thank you bro it's great clip that one

0:50.8

what's up everybody this is Rich Climman today we got a special boardroom talks live from the Crane Club in New York City with somebody who's legitimately a friend of mine for over 25 years.

1:03.0

Please welcome the commissioner, Steve Stout. Thank you for having me on the boardroom.

1:08.0

I've introduced you as the commissioner. As I've gotten older and I've known you as that forever,

1:12.6

I've realized that's like one of the fucking flyest nicknames you could get.

1:17.6

It really is.

1:18.6

To be called the commissioner, and in some ways you were being called the commissioner of an entire, like, sector.

1:24.6

Where did you get that name, name bro I never even asked you that

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