Introducing the Rolling Stone Future 25
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Meet our inaugural class of innovators and iconoclasts leading the music business into its next golden age
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Future 25: Pharrell Williams, Artist and Festival Founder
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe hitmaker-turned-entrepreneur is reimagining the look, feel, and purpose of music festivals with his hometown event Something in the Water
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Future 25: Jody Gerson, CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe veteran executive took the publishing giant past the billion-dollar mark by tearing down silos and taking risks
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Future 25: Chris Kappy and Lynn Oliver-Cline, Luke Combs’ Team
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe management dream team knows how to build old-school Nashville stars in an Internet age
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Future 25: Rebeca Leon, CEO of Lionfish Entertainment
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe manager and CEO propelled Latin music stars like J Balvin forward at a time when the airwaves were dominated by pop
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Future 25: John Stein, Co-Creator of Spotify’s Genre-Less Pollen Playlist
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe curator is part of a Spotify effort "to connect audiences to music without using genre"
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Future 25: Holly Herndon, Artist and Inventor of Spawn
Posted in: Music FeaturesInstead of fighting the rise of artificial intelligence in music, the singer-songwriter built a robot bandmate
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Future 25: Steve Martocci, CEO of Splice
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe former engineer is streamlining music-making by pulling ideas from the open-source data world
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Future 25: Dire Straits and Royalty Exchange
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow the band's long-time manager used a budding online marketplace to turn new profit on old songs
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Future 25: Mr. Eazi, Artist-Entrepreneur
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe African star is making a big investment in home-grown talent through his new company, emPawa
