Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Jay-Z, Kanye West producer Dion ‘No I.D’ Wilson

No I.D. has achieved success with artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Usher, Rihanna, Common, Drake and Ed Sheeran
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Hipgnosis market cap tops $900m as share price hits all time high

Hipgnosis Songs Fund went close to a billion-dollar valuation earlier today (July 6), as its share price reached an all-time high. The rally in the UK company’s share price, on the London Stock Exchange, followed two bits of big news from the fir…

Hipgnosis acquires majority stake in Mark Ronson’s catalog, including Uptown Funk and Shallow

Two of Ronson’s songs have more than a billion streams on Spotify
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Mike Dean: ‘Being a producer is more psychological than technical, for sure…’

Mike Dean, trusted collaborator of Kanye West and Travis Scott, on the music industry, his new album, and the art of production
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Nile Rodgers on his production, his philosophy – and why he believes you should ’embrace failure’

Our World’s Greatest Producers series kicks off with a legend: Nile Rodgers
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