Ryan Klaus CoCEO Matter #blockchainmusic

Ryan Klaus CoCEO Matter In life, Ryan naturally takes the leadership role on a team that values a diversity of opinions, perspectives, and input. While attending Santa Clara University he helped start an ed-tech company and drove significant growth that led to a successful exit 2 years later. After graduation he Co-Founded Matter. Matter is a media platform, built on a blockchain payment engine. Where music is the medium that drives traffic and sales to its community marketplace.

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B-Legit CoFounder Sick With It Records #blockchainmusic

B-Legit CoFounder Sick With It Records along with E40. Brandt Jones is a Bay Area rap icon better known to many as B-Legit. B Legit debuted in the early ’90s with a hardcore style that he’d carry through decades of solo releases, collaborative efforts, and mixtapes. After attending Grambling State University, where he studied Computer Science he joined “The Click” a hip-hop group that also featured his cousins E40, Suga-T, and D-Shot. The quartet scattered three studio albums across the ’90s and early 2000s. Game Related, the second of the trio, placed the Vallejo, California-based group just outside the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 in 1995, the same year B Legit — along with E40 and D Shot — appeared on 2 Pac’s “Ain’t Hard 2 Find.” B-Legit’s s solo career began in earnest while The Click were active. By the end of the ’90s, he had three solo albums to his credit, highlighted by Hemp Music (1996), on which he was joined by the likes of E40, Suga-T, Celly Cel, Kurupt from Deathrow Records and even soft rock legend Daryl Hall. In 2018, B-Legit and E40 reunited and released “Connected and Respected. The rap veteran is a also a tech enthusiast who now has his eyes set on Silicon Valley to disrupt the music industry.

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Tatiana Moroz Founder Crypto Media Hub & Advisor Token.fm #blockchainmusic

Tatiana Moroz Founder Crypto Media Hub & Advisor blockchain music platform Token.fm is an American folk singer-songwriter, activist, and entrepreneur. She is the creator of the world’s first artist cryptocurrency. Tatiana Coin. Her inspiring 3rd album “Keep The Faith” was released in 2017. She is the founder of Crypto Media Hub, a marketing agency for the Bitcoin space. “The Tatiana Show” podcast streams on several outlets, and Tatiana performs at conferences worldwide.

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Mike Johns Founder Digital Mind State #blockchainmusic

Mike Johns Founder Digital Mind State Mike sits at the intersection between technology and entertainment. He’s become a sought after deal negotiator, brokering deals with, among countless others, ESPN, T-Mobile, Microsoft, NBC, and most recently iHeart Radio followed by Radio One. Generating significant revenue for these brands; Johns specialty is connecting creative marketing concepts with non-traditional revenue, brand positioning, media buying, organizing events, and public relations. Johns began his career as mobile content provider for T-Mobile and quickly leveraged his success to become a in-demand content provider serving telecom companies such as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. With a Jamaican ‘hard core’ work ethic, innovative marketing ideals and an eye for talent, Johns has put his ‘mobile touch’ on brands such as Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Oscar winning rap duo Three Six Mafia, Remy Ma, even former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson all of whose careers have launched into super stardom. Today Johns is focused on creating innovative experiences for emerging technologies in unexpected environments. He is passionate about how the data and technologies of both yesterday and today can be used to shape tomorrow. Johns is also a founding member of I Am Digital, a non- profit organization that’s dedicated to the promotion of digital literacy and creating smart cities, citizens and families. He is working to tailor STEAM learning in the US, Jamaica and several developing countries worldwide. In the past year since its inception, I Am Digital has helped train a slew of teachers, students and government officials highlighting the importance of digital literacy and its impact on the future of work.

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