Monday
8:30 a.m.: I was drinking coffee and getting ready for my 9 a.m. videoconference, when POW!!! My wife informed me that our rental car outside had gotten towed. Damn.
8:45 a.m.: I contact DJ Fully Focus, my 9 a.m, to move our meeting, and then hop in an Uber to the tow-truck spot.
10 a.m.: With rental car retrieved, I finally do the videoconference with Fully Focus, a popular DJ in Atlanta, who is a pioneer of playing African music on U.S. radio.
11 a.m.: The connection to Africa continues into my next meeting, which was an internal meeting about Wizkid with our UK team, plus some early-risers from our Los Angeles office.
12 p.m.: Two back-to-back meetings with the leadership team about strategy for 2021.
2:30 p.m.: I’m back in Africa again (virtually). A catch up with Tega, the COO of Mavin Records, who is based in Nigeria. Before COVID, we saw each other regularly at events, but with travel restrictions, that has changed.
3 p.m.: Meeting with Marketing folks. I brought up an artist for an opportunity, but capacity was limited.
4 p.m.: Meeting with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Tricia Rose’s team about an upcoming speaker series.
6 p.m.: We had a new album listening session on Google Hangout, so we can figure out ways to support it as a company.
Today’s highlight: It was my boy AJ’s birthday. He works in the Artist Relations Department here at YouTube. I created a birthday collage, then sent it to him via a group text we are both on.