In August 2021, an independent artist made nearly $200Kin 60 seconds. Thisrapper goes by the name of Spottie WiFiand his new-age style has already been cosigned by the likes of Snoop Dogg.

WhatHappened: Spottie WiFiannounced hisnew album, The Kings Alpha, which will be released sometime early next year: Btw I forgot to mention my new album features collabs with Snoop Dogg, Bun B, Jim Jones, and others 🙂

Spottie hadbeen making music for nearly twodecades, but it wasnt until blockchain came around that he was able to make a living from it.

Spottie tokenized his album and released limited copies on Ethereum ETH/USD , netting him nearly $200K, considereda benchmark study for independent artists.

I see the future of crypto as a revolution of transparency. Banks, governments, institutions, record labelsand other centralized entities control a lot of money and information, and theyre not always incentivized to be transparent," said Spottie.

"I see blockchains potential to transform and disintermediate a lot of industries, including the music industry.

Spottie also teamed up with Tower Records for its first-ever Web3 activation.

Why It Matters: Right now Im focused on finding opportunities and use cases for blockchain technology that are accessible to the masses. For me, that means token-gated experiences both IRL and metaverse and phygitals [physical-digital combinations]," said Spottie.

"I think the more we can enhance IRL experiences and physical products with blockchain during a bear market, the more receptive people will be when the bull returns.

Im Spottie, the rapper's first release, is limited to 200 copies, comes with an exclusive NFTand stillavailableon Tower Records website.

Spottie also recently appeared with Illmind at Benzingas Future of Crypto event in NYC.

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Photo: I'm Spottie album