Victor Lombard, known as DIVINE, and legendary emcee Rakim have launched Notes, a fintech startup designed for independent urban artists. The platform aims to provide essential tools for artists to manage their careers, including access to financial literacy resources, loan applications, and credit monitoring through a digital passport feature. The app, which will launch fully in February, incorporates AI technology and aims to combat the exploitative structures of the music industry by redistributing power back to creators, which DIVINE draws from his personal experiences and extensive fintech background.
"The music industry, as it stands, is structured to take advantage of artists through exploitative contracts and limited financial resources, forcing them into predatory deals just to survive."
"Having spent the past ten years building fintech companies, I view technology as a great equalizer, a way to redistribute control back to artists and creators."
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