Bun B Believes The Metaverse Will Open Up Access Between Artists & Fans Trapital

In this week's show, we have a hip hop legend, Bun B. Best known as one-half of the Southern rap duo UGK, Bun along with Pimp C formed UGK in the late '80s when their former crew, Four Black Ministers, fell apart. Based in Port Arthur, Texas, UGK signed with Jive, and with 1992's Too Hard to Swallow began a series of Southern gangsta rap albums that were successful sellers.
 
In 2005, Bun B carried on solo, and released both the mixtape Legends, and his debut album Trill extending his presence into the 2010s with Trill O.G.: The Epilogue and Return of the Trill, just as a generation of younger MCs looked up to the influential veteran for inspiration. Since then he has continued to experiment and always try what’s new, specially in the technology field, to take full advantage of it.
 
We have an insightful talk on what he’s doing with NFT’s and Web 3.0, and discuss broadly about the metaverse. Tune in to discover how Bun has positioned artists and himself in this incredible space!
 
Episode Highlights

[02:50] Bun’s insights about NFT’s and EulerBeats
[05:09] Technology advances in the music industry: Vinyl, cassettes, CD’s, mp3
[06:36] Bun’s wallet and the genuine aspect of being someone that is producing art and trying to consume it in space vs the cash grab
[13:26] How NFT’s shapes the way Bun chooses to release music in the future
[17:01] Bun’s outlook about putting himself in the frontlines for all types of things
[20:41] Pimp C and testing technology in 1995 with the Ridin’ Dirty album
[24:00] Doing more metaverse concerts for more artistic interpretation
[29:42] The real advancement of technology with the Nintendo Wii.
[35:02] Hip hop artists in Houston
[38:49] Hip hop entertainment media becoming more democratized
[40:40] Bun’s perception of how to take full advantage of what the metaverse and web 3.0 have to offer
[41:28] Bun’s Trill Burger Restaurant
[48:20] What Bun wants the “Trapital” audience to know about

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Host: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.co

Guest: Bun B Twitter: @BunBTrillOG
Instagram: @bunb

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How Bun B Has Positioned Hip Hop Artists in the Metaverse Space


Bun B 00:00
All of this different stuff. I do believe that you can do things in a metaverse concert that you maybe can't do in real life, right? Levels of production interaction, people communicating to you in real-time, right? In ways that you probably couldn't do in the middle of a fully organized and fully produced concert.

Dan Runcie 00:27
Hey, welcome to the Trapital Podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from the executives in music, media, entertainment, and more who are taking hip-hop culture to the next level. This episode is with hip hop legend, Bun B. This man needs no introduction. But everyone on this podcast is going to get one, especially a legend in the game, like Bun. 

It's wild to think this is coming up on 30 years since Bun and Pimp C dropped their debut album as UGK. And each evolution of his journey Bun has continued to experiment, continue to try what's new. And what he's been doing recently with NFT's and with Web 3.0 is a great example of that. He recently linked up with Cryptopunk Rapper Spottie WiFi. And Bun and I talked all about the releases that they have planned what their strategy has been with NFT's and we talk more broadly about the metaverse. What does that look like for hip-hop artists? How Bun has positioned themselves in this space, and what UGK's approach to NFT's would have looked like. We also talked about what Bun's been doing in the restaurant business, Houston, hip hop artist, w