# @ideagenerationofficial on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=_LZFgxOEM_k
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16201723-ideagenerationofficial-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2021-10-06T14:00:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ideagenerationofficial (@ideagenerationofficial) — https://gondola.cc/ideagenerationofficial

## Caption

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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Childhood + Introduction to Rap
04:10 - College Years
05:06 - Meeting J Cole
07:30 - Building A Fanbase 
10:10 - Bigger Ambitions 
11:10 - Getting Signed
12:40 - Conceptualizing Dreamville 
13:37 - Being Signed + Working with Jay Z
15:18 - The First Breakthrough Record
16:19 - Battling Criticism + Social Media
17:20 - Making Born Sinner
18:06 - Leveling Up 
18:56 - the BET Awards + staying true to yourself
21:08 - Making Forrest Hill Drive
23:09 - Dreamville’s Rise + Mission 
24:18 - 4 Your Eyez Only + KOD
25:25 - Being A Manager and Label Head
28:10 - Dreamville Fest
29:13 - The Dreamers Session + Revenge of the Dreamers III
30:12 - Plaques
30:50 - Looking Ahead 

Manager and music executive Ibrahim Hamad takes us on his long journey from meeting a then-unknown rapper named J.Cole in college to becoming his manager to helping him build a label, a festival and a media company as partners. Modest and soft spoken, for Cole's entire career Hamad has balanced friendship and business, acting as a sounding board, idea man, and relentless executor. And he learned how to do it all while on the job. In this episode he explains how he gets the best out of J.Cole, the pressure he puts on himself, and his vision for the future of Dreamville.

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## Stats

- **Views:** 168,663
- **Likes:** 3,245
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 159

## Credits

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A brand, account owner, or featured person is not necessarily the creator.

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ideagenerationofficial | @ideagenerationofficial | https://gondola.cc/ideagenerationofficial | Media Company |
| Sage | @sage.ve | https://gondola.cc/sage.ve | Colorist |

## Tags

dreamville, jcole, ibrahimhamad

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