Vald, de retour en 2025 ? Comment percer dans le rap aujourd'hui ? On parle avec Merkus

Subscribe to Mehdi's Twitch channel: twitch.tv/mehdi_mouse Back on Twitch with a special guest: Merkus, producer and manager of several established artists, who will be sharing his career path, his perspective on the industry, and some valuable insights about Vald. 0:00 - Intro 2:13 - Entering the Music Industry 3:44 - Mehdi Talks About Dany Dan 3:53 - Graffiti 6:16 - First Steps in Music 8:08 - Starting to Make Money 11:04 - Deal with Believe 12:21 - Signings and Publishing 15:32 - Role at Universal 16:23 - Artists Signed by Merkus 16:43 - Entering the Music Industry 17:49 - Managing Unknown Artists 19:06 - Record Label Problems 19:49 - Vald's Status 21:42 - Going Solo 22:46 - The Artists' Office 23:20 - Pitfalls for New Artists 25:31 - Is Rap on the Decline? 27:40 - Unsupported Artists 28:21 - Fewer Stars? 31:26 - Vald 33:46 - Shocked in the Studio 36:02 - Fianso 40:17 - Regrets? 40:38 - SCH 40:57 - Jul and PNL 43:31 - What's Left That's Exciting? 44:51 - Seezy 46:21 - Drake 49:09 - Favorite Artist 50:04 - Combining Work and Social Media 51:23 - Lack of Control? 54:14 - What to Do? 58:28 - If We Had to Start Today 1:01:15 - Vald's Freestyle at abcdr 1:02:54 - Where to Find Rap News? 1:03:58 - Echelon and This World Is Cruel 1:06:51 - Favorite Album? Editing: Nathan Barbier Graphics: ynns graphics