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Jim Jones' latest 'Mining Diamonds' episode puts respect on a Harlem boss

Dipset’s Jim Jones isn’t slowing down his work flow - at all. Instead, the hip-hop star’s popular ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast continues to push the culture forward and focus on the business and entrepreneurial side of the industry. This week’s episode shines some serious light on a Harlem legend responsible for turning a passion into a full-fledged career.

Dipset’s Jim Jones isn’t slowing down his work flow - at all. Instead, the hip-hop star’s popular ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast continues to push the culture forward and focus on the business and entrepreneurial side of the industry. This week’s episode shines some serious light on a Harlem legend responsible for turning a passion into a full-fledged career.

Check out some details behind the podcast’s latest addition and kick back for over 90 minutes of big gems.

Today, UnitedMasters has dropped its newest episode for Mining Diamonds, a podcast on navigating the business and entrepreneurial space. The podcast is hosted by Jim Jones and co-hosts Nakia Booth and Beef Jones. In this latest episode, Harlem entrepreneur, actor and philanthropist Russell “Big Russ” Smith discusses his 20-plus years journey of entrepreneurship, starting with a single barbershop in Harlem and growing into an empire of businesses. The episode touches on starting your own business, being smart with your money, and the difference between being a businessman and a hustler.

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Jim Jones talks Black culture, making biz moves and more in 'Mining Diamonds' episode 2

New York rapper Jim Jones isn’t slowing down with his newly released ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast. The hip-hop heavyweight’s latest episode has everything from talking about Black culture and the importance of education to the value of building a brand.

New York rapper Jim Jones isn’t slowing down with his newly released ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast. The hip-hop heavyweight’s latest episode has everything from talking about Black culture and the importance of education to the value of building a brand.

Check out some of the key quotes and keep scrolling to peep the full broadcast.

Today, UnitedMasters’ has released their second episode of their newest podcast series Mining Diamonds, featuring hosts Jim Jones, Nakia Booth and Beef Jones with guests Rashad Billal and Troy Millings of Earn Your Leisure. Financial Advisor Rashad Bilal and Educator Troy Millings, whose own podcast series Earn Your Leisure is described as a college business class mixed with pop culture, drop hints of wisdom and advice for young or emerging entrepreneurs and musicians.

On Black Culture: 

“Hip-Hop needs to be its own race, right? We got the human race and then you got the hip-hop race? It’s effortless, it’s part of us. The way we articulate ourselves is how we articulate ourselves because of the race we come from, and that is the hip-hop race. You don’t know nothing else.” - Jim Jones

“I had to learn business but I didn’t have to learn culture because I am culture. That’s just something that you’re just born with. Like [Jim] said, it's effortless.” - Rashad Bilal 

“Traditional business culture puts us, our culture, in a box to be like you need to come from these institutions, you need to wear theses suits, you need to have this on your resume, you need to have all these different things, these benchmarks in this community which we can’t achieve from ours because of the way we were set up. So having [Bilal and Millings] is like a business school.” - Beef Jones

On Education: 

“That’s why our platform became so popular. For a long time people thought that education was only through school, but education is through a variety of different ways. You can get educated through podcasts, you can get educated through YouTube, you can get educated through social media. Technology has changed the whole entire landscape. You can get educated through music.” - Rashad Bilal 

On Business: 

“Your brand doesn’t depend on anything else but your brand to make that money, your brand to make that partnership… It starts with your brand. You’re not leveraging that to lose control, the only thing you leverage is to gain control.” - Jim Jones 

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Jim Jones' 'Mining Diamonds' has launched and it's amazing

New York rapper Jim Jones has much more than a story to tell these days and with his new ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast officially launched, you can hear all about it. Following buzz about the new program launching at the start of Black History Month, Capo and company go all-out dishing on a variety of topics including financial mistakes, life-changing journeys and more with guest Chef JJ Johnson.

New York rapper Jim Jones has much more than a story to tell these days and with his new ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast officially launched, you can hear all about it. Following buzz about the new program launching at the start of Black History Month, Capo and company go all-out dishing on a variety of topics including financial mistakes, life-changing journeys and more with guest Chef JJ Johnson.

Check out a rundown of the topics discussed and kick back for over an hour of amazing conversations.

The first episode was released today in celebration of Black History Month and features guest Chef JJ Johnson, the James Beard award winning chef, author, and owner of FIELD TRIP, a chain of fast-casual rice bowl restaurants.

Jones and his co-hosts dig deep discussing how Johnson got his start as an ambitious culinary student to launching a burgeoning food empire and what it took to start fund and scale. Wanted to share a few quotes from the episode in case you wanted to share:

  • Jones talking about learning from his financial mistakes: It's easy to get the money, it's harder to keep the money. […] I think I spent it all in one month when I got my first million.

  • Johnson on why he created an affordable, fast casual restaurant: When I started looking at the landscape of the black and brown communities, I started to see everything is either “finger lickin’ good," fried, McDonald’s, you know, big brands. But nobody that looks like us has food that they can actually feel good about after they eat it.

  • Johnson on a game-changing trip to Ghana: When I left [Ghana] it was like the ancestors gave me these marching orders to cook food of the diaspora - to look through the West African lens. I wasn't looking at food through a very eurocentric lens anymore which I was taught in school.

The podcast will provide information related to entrepreneurship and business as well as offer a sense of community for both aspiring and established entrepreneurs. Mining Diamonds, the newest series to launch off of the UnitedMasters podcast network, was created to highlight success-building strategies and insights from the next generation of entrepreneurs with easy to digest content meant to feel like personal conversations.

New audio and video episodes will be released bi-weekly and can be streamed via all major platforms including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

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Here's a look at Jim Jones' new 'Mining Diamonds' podcast

Is there anything slowing Jim Jones down these days? The Dipset executive continues to stay in the headlines and bosses up with music industry icon Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters to launch their new ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast.

Is there anything slowing Jim Jones down these days? The Dipset executive continues to stay in the headlines and bosses up with music industry icon Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters to launch their new ‘Mining Diamonds’ podcast.

Kick back and check out the details and keep scrolling to watch the launch trailer.

Today, Steve Stoute’s UnitedMasters announced Mining Diamonds, a new podcast hosted by musician, entrepreneur, and cryptocurrency ambassador Jim Jones and co-hosted by serial entrepreneurs, Nakia Booth and Beef Jones. The podcast, set to launch on February 1st, will provide information related to entrepreneurship and business as well as offer a sense of community for both aspiring and established entrepreneurs. Mining Diamonds, the newest series to launch off of the UnitedMasters podcast network, was created to highlight success-building strategies and insights from the next generation of entrepreneurs with easy to digest content meant to feel like personal conversations.

Over roundtable discussions, the hosts engage entrepreneurs in a range of topics that address fundraising strategies, pivoting and/or scaling your business, wealth generation, and exciting technology like cryptocurrency and Web3. Notable guests include actor and real estate developer Malik Yoba, musician Vin Rock of Naughty by Nature, and professional BMX biker Nigel Sylvester. Other guests include native NYC business-owner Russell “Big Russ” Smith, environmental activist and real estate developer Majora Carter, and award-winning chef and TV personality JJ Johnson.

The podcast’s theme derives from 235 plus years of Black innovators and entrepreneurs being unrepresented and discredited in America, despite many of their contributions continuing to shape modern society. UnitedMasters recognizes this pattern and has made a commitment to support independent creators through ownership with robust distribution and analytics tools to grow and maximize their careers.

The first episode is set to release at the beginning of Black History Month on February 1, 2022 and will feature guest JJ Johnson, the James Beard award winning chef, author, and owner of FIELD TRIP, a chain of fast-casual rice bowl restaurants. New audio and video episodes will be released bi-weekly and can be streamed via all major platforms including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.

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